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WBUR asked questions of all the candidates running for sheriff across Massachusetts. Here's what they had to say.

SOUTHAMPTON — With more than one third of the town’s population over the age of 60, the Southampton Council on Aging has been working to expand its programming to meet the needs of its growing elderly population.In doing so, the council has hired...

NORTHAMPTON — Eleven pretrial detainees at the Hampshire County Jail and House of Correction, all of whom are unvaccinated against COVID-19, are under quarantine after testing positive for the coronavirus, according to the sheriff’s office.In public...

COVID plays havoc on Massachusetts county sheriff budgets; overtime costs rise exponentially amid pandemic Updated Feb 07, 2021; Facebook Share “But then, here came the virus,” he said. Cocchi is the first to admit that, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, overtime spending for the Hampden County Sheriff’s Department went through the roof. By year’s end, the department’s anticipated $200,000 surplus became a $7.4 million deficit. Overtime spending went from $1.3 million in 2019 to $8.6 million in 2020. That works out to a 571% year-over-year increase. “That’s a lot of money. Don�...