Family of Michael Conlon: Police crisis training should be mandatory
The family of Michael Conlon, the 28-year-old who was fatally shot by police officers in Newton Highlands in January, wrote in a letter to the Boston Globe that crisis training should be mandatory for police officers. “We recognize that Newton is developing a...DA Marian Ryan identifies shooting victim as Michael Conlon
UPDATE: Man Identified in Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting in Newton 911 Call, Radio Transmission Released NEWTON – Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan has confirmed the identity of the man shot by police in Newton yesterday as Michael Conlon, 28, of Newton. On...Shooting on Lincoln Street in Newton Highlands
Update from the Boston Globe (I removed Robbery from the headline.) According to several reports on Twitter, there’s been an attempted robbery and shooting on Lincoln Street in Newton Highlands. I don’t see official word from the Police but it sounds like...Newton’s lack of transparency
The Newton Police website has a public information page that can give you some top-level data, but if you really wanted to dig deeper, it’s surprisingly difficult. For example, you can see the locations of bike/pedestrian incidents, but you can’t do any...The Future of the Newton Police
When it comes to the future of the Newton Police, the only point that everyone seems to agree on is that something must change. That’s what the task force is about, that’s what the budget debate was about, that’s what the Defund movement is about,...
300 Newton residents attend “Defund the Police” Zoom call
I just witnessed a 300-person Zoom call between about 14 city councilors and supporters of defunding the Newton police. The call was organized and run by people who’ve graduated from the Newton schools in the past several years. Speakers of color talked about...Thank you Officer Adam Gabriel
I don’t typically write about my daily life here, but this story is too good to pass up.
My wife and I drove to West Newton last Saturday. We parked in front of Harris Cyclery and went to the Farmers Market, followed by L’Aroma and then Sweet Tomatoes. All in all, it was a flavorful way to spend part of our Saturday.
But when we got back to my car, about 90 minutes later, there was an unsigned note on my dashboard from a good citizen saying my car was
Where vehicle accidents crashes in Newton happen
Newton Police have created this interactive map which shows where car accidents crashes have taken place, sortable up to the past year.
Newton police: Clean off your cars
Newton Police: Lock your cars
Police are asking residents to lock their car doors when they park them, even if it’s in front of their home, after some 13 unlocked cars were reported broken into last week, Newton Patch reports.
New Yorker has Crushing Experience in Newton
According to Newton Police, on the scene, a tree blew down crushing this car and also fell on telephone wires causing further damage. The site was on Bullough Park near Dexter Road. Police indicated that no one was injured and the owner was notified.
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