Worcester officials call for police reform after ‘shocking’ DOJ report. Advocates express doubt anything will change.
The report doesn’t include a consent decree, or any sort of legal agreement between investigators and city officials. No lawsuit was filed.
Worcester police officers were allowed to engage in sex with suspected prostitutes, report finds
The police department in Worcester allowed officers to engage in sexual contact with women suspected of being involved in the commercial sex trade, according to a Justice Department report.
‘We need some identification’: Worcester mayor responds to Worcester Police Department report
While Worcester Mayor Joseph Petty said he’s taking the findings of a revelatory Department Of Justice report on the Worcester Police Department “very seriously,” he also wants to see the data behind the report.
The DOJ issued a scathing report of Worcester police. Here are top takeways.
The Justice Department alleged Worcester police engaged in a “pattern or practice” of sexual misconduct involving women suspected of prostitution.
Worcester pastors share experience amid police's DOJ report
A Worcester pastor shares his troubling encounter with police, echoing a DOJ report on civil rights violations, and calls for community oversight.
Worcester police unions blast bombshell DOJ report on department as ‘inaccurate’
Two Worcester Police unions released statements on Tuesday calling the Department of Justice’s recently released report of the Worcester Police Department (WPD) “inaccurate,” contradicting statements from the city manager,
'Extremely inaccurate': Worcester police unions criticize Justice Department findings
Both the patrol officers and supervising officers unions called for disclosing the names of those involved in the investigation.
City and state officials react to DOJ report of Worcester police conduct
The report alleges excessive force and sexual misconduct, including credible reports that officers sexually assaulted women under threat of arrest.
Worcester city manager announces initiatives after DOJ report on police misconduct
A Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation found city police used excessive force, engaged in sexual misconduct and engaged in discriminatory enforcement.
Justice Department investigation finds Worcester police officers sexually assaulted suspected sex workers
The DOJ investigation also found that the department excessive force and engages in sexual conduct with women suspected of ...
Feds find Worcester, Massachusetts police used force, had sexual contact with women
Local police in this central Massachusetts city used excessive force and engaged in “outrageous” sexual contact with women ...
Police in Worcester, Mass., Engaged in Sexual Misconduct, Justice Dept. Says
The agency found that the Police Department used excessive force and allowed undercover officers to have sexual contact with ...
Worcester police used excessive force, engaged in sexual misconduct, DOJ investigation finds
The Worcester Police Department has unjustifiably used Tasers, police dogs and hit people on the head, the U.S. Department of ...
Federal investigation faults Worcester police on use of force, sexual contact with women
Investigators said they also have “serious concerns” about “credible reports of sexual assault and other sexual misconduct by ...