Worcester Crime Trends and Lack of Police Transparency
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
While Worcester Police Officers continue to dominate the highest paid employees in the city, there have been a variety of crime issues in the city, most recently a heroin epidemic. Additionally, the city has ranked high in a few statewide and national crime reports.
"Police have to be held accountable to the taxpayers,” said Rick Daniels, COO of GoLocal24 and former President of the Boston Globe. “It has been my experience in leading large media companies that this works best when there is a partnership between news organizations and the police. If the police department refuses to answer press inquires, there are huge questions raised about why the taxpayers are paying their salaries."
Check out the slideshow below for a timeline of some of the most recent crime trends and issues between the media and Worcester police.
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