Defense attorney Maria Jacob said the woman only went to the Capitol “as a cry for help” and didn't intend to harm anybody.

State officials have awarded more than $2 million in federal funding to help local police departments and state agencies ...

Human trafficking, commercial sexual exploitation happens every day throughout the Commonwealth,” Judge said. “We work ...

Dozens of people rallied at the State House in support of the Safe Communities Act, which would further limit police ...

The push from the Massachusetts GOP comes as national Republicans take aim at Boston, other major cities over immigration and law enforcement policies.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, along with mayors from Denver, New York, and Chicago, is being called to testify before the U.S.

Dozens of communities are demanding marijuana businesses pay up thousands of dollars each year, years after legislators did ...

The Holyoke Police Department and the Hampden DA’s office are two of 18 recipients of the first funds awarded in Massachusetts through the Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program.

A Lynn, Massachusetts, teen was arrested following a domestic dispute, and shortly after placed in Immigration and Customs ...

A former Boston Police officer who pleaded guilty to secretly filming a naked child was banned last week from working in law enforcement in Massachusetts by the state’s police oversight board. The ...

The Castro consent decree, which required police departments to hire based on the city's demographics, expired on Dec. 31.