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NEW BEDFORD The New Bedford Police Department is reviewing its gang list, the acting police chief said on Tuesday.
This comes about a month after a Boston-based youth advocacy group, Citizens for Juvenile Justice (CfJJ), released a report critical of the city s police department and its use of a gang list.
After multiple requests to schedule an interview with Acting Police Chief Paul Oliveira to discuss the department s use of a gang list, spokesperson Melissa Batchilder told the Standard-Times on Tuesday that Oliveira is currently reviewing the gang list or database.
She said there may be some changes and asked to hold off on an interview as the acting chief would have better information after the review.
Legal 1st Circuit won t reconsider ruling allowing ICE courthouse arrests
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The full 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has declined to review a panel ruling that said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has the authority to arrest immigrants who are in the country illegally when they make appearances at courthouses in Massachusetts.
The Boston-based appeals court on Tuesday denied panel rehearing and en banc review of the September ruling, which overturned a judge s decision barring courthouse arrests by ICE in a lawsuit by two county prosecutors.
The three-judge panel said it was not for the court to decide whether ICE s strategy of making courthouse arrests is sound public policy, saying that question lies within the domain of the politically accountable branches of the federal and state governments.
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