Police and Courts
Who holds an arrestee overnight? In Mass., it depends on the county
State law requires cities and towns with over 5,000 residents to maintain lockups, but many now rely on county sheriffs under local agreements. As resources grow scarce, those arrangements are fraying.
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A repository of New Bedford Police Department policies obtained and published by The Light.
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