POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: SPAM’s body cams – CHANDLER’s uncertain term – East Bridgewater's POT battle
SPAM’s body cams – CHANDLER’s uncertain term – East Bridgewater's POT battle 04/03/2018 07:25 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski ( ldezenski@politico.com ; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths ( bgriffiths@politico.com ; @BrentGriffiths) GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. CHARLIE BAKER WANTS BODY CAMS, NEGLECTS TO TELL UNION! BAKER OFFERS UP BODY CAMS TO SPAM - Massachusetts could be the latest state to have a statewide body camera program thanks to new reforms coming to the Massachusetts State Police - but there's a big if: it depends on the OK of the State Police's union SPAM. Beginning a study of a new body camera program was one of a series of changes to the embattled law enforcement agency announced yesterday. Gov. Charlie Baker told reporters he'd like to see something "by the end of the calendar year," but SPAM says they haven't been involved in any body camera-related discussion, and the union says it hasn't seriously looked ...