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Healey taps former Boston police commissioner to advise on shelter security
Gov. Healey has hired former Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis, saying “I want him advising me directly about what else we can and should do to ensure that we're doing all we can here in ...
Healey says she ordered criminal background checks on all shelter residents last spring, but they didn’t happen
Gov. Maura Healey said Friday the state will conduct full criminal background checks on all emergency shelter residents, ...
Gov. Healey orders more thorough background checks for Massachusetts shelter residents
A spokesperson for the Healey administration said that the state was already conducting limited background checks on ...
Crimes in Mass. shelters fuel debate over Healey’s $425M funding request | John L. Micek
"You have to start screening better at the door, and that’s what needs to be done," state House Speaker Ronald J. Mariano, D-3rd Norfolk, said.
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Screening emerging as issue in shelter debate
The arrest of an illegal immigrant with fentanyl and a loaded assault rifle at a family shelter site in Revere is putting an intense new light on safety in ...
Healey administration acknowledges it hasn’t been conducting full background checks on state homeless shelter residents
The state has been conducting searches for sex offenses and outstanding warrants — but not checks of past criminal activity.