It didn’t take long for Bristol County’s newest K9 team to make a difference in the community. On Wednesday evening, Officer Filipe DaSilva and his partner, K9 Robika, tracked and located an elderly citizen with dementia who had wandered into and gotten lost in the woods. When located by Officer …

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) today announced an additional human case of West Nile virus (WNV) in the state, bringing the total number of WNV cases this year to eight. The individual is a male in his 40s, who was exposed to WNV in Middlesex County. Most WNV …

Massachusetts State Police Department K9 Kantor has received a bullet- and stab-protective vest thanks to a charitable donation from the non-profit organization Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. Kantor’s vest was sponsored by Madeline Hamersley of Sorrento, Maine, and embroidered with the words “In honor of Sandy Marcal.” Kantor’s handler is …

After a little more than a week since it was announced that a teacher at the Gomes Elementary School tested positive for COVID-19, New Bedford’s School Superintendent-Director James L. O’Brien sent an email out to parents across the city addressing the positive test result of a student at Greater New …

“The New Bedford Commission on Police Use of Force Policies just issued its four-and-a-half page 60-day findings. Aside from three pages of bureaucratic blather about its mandate and a rather defensive section on its compliance with Open Meeting laws, the report was short on both analysis and prescription. The only …

BPD Photo of the Day: Earlier this week, BPD Captain Kelley McCormick was working a paid detail at a Red Sox-Yankees game at Fenway Park when his attention was drawn to an adult male party who had gained access to a camera position high above center field. The individual appeared …

Just before 10 p.m. yesterday Trooper Justin Dauplaise, assigned to the Troop B Community Action Team, was patrolling Route 91 in Springfield. As he was traveling southbound approaching Exit 11 he observed a brown Mitsubishi Outlander operating erratically while making numerous lane violations. Trooper Dauplaise caught up to the Mitsubishi …

Today, Governor Charlie Baker nominated Kimberly Moses Smith as Associate Justice of the Probate and Family Court. Attorney Moses Smith has nearly 25 years of legal experience. “The wide variety of cases that Attorney Moses Smith has tried over her decades practicing family law have prepared her well to serve …

New Bedford Public Schools has partnered with Comcast to provide six months of high-speed internet access through Comcast’s Internet Essentials Program to eligible families served by the school district. In recognizing the importance of high-speed access for distance learning, Superintendent Thomas Anderson stated, “It is vital that we do all …

The last thing Filipe DaSilva thought about was being a K9 Officer. “I never thought I’d have a working dog,” Officer DaSilva said recently. “Now, I can’t picture life without one.” Officer DaSilva and his partner, K9 Robika, graduated from the Bristol County K9 Academy last week at a small …