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On January 24, 2019, the department started laying off 50 officers (more than half, since there were 95 to begin with) because of a contract dispute. If the pay raises in question had gone into effect, Methuen would have overspent its budget, which is illegal in Massachusetts. [1]
Sep. 13—METHUEN — Four years of tension between the city and Police Department have led to the City Council voting unanimously to accept a $1.5 million collective bargaining agreement with the ...
Aug. 31—METHUEN — Meet the city's new police chief: Scott McNamara. McNamara was appointed by Mayor Neil Perry Tuesday after what Perry called a "highly competitive selection process" and ...
Jan. 16—METHUEN — The police Superior Officers Union has a new leader after Capt. Greg Gallant resigned from his role this week. Sgt. James Moore, now in his 27th year with the department, is ...
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2018 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies (CSLLEA), [1] the state had 374 law enforcement agencies employing 19,578 personnel (27,489 personnel, total, including sworn and non-sworn positions), with an average of 284 sworn personnel per 100,000 ...
Jan. 23—METHUEN — In what's seen as a new dawn for city police, members of the superior officers' union say they want to "open the channels of communication and work forward together" with the ...
Methuen had several fiscal issues while Jajuga was on the City Council and served as mayor, including a School Department that overspent its budget by $4 million and a contract with the police department where captains would $434,841 on average. To keep within the budget, the initial plan was to lay off a large percentage of the patrol cops.
Jul. 24—METHUEN — The search for the next police chief is underway in earnest, with Mayor Neil Perry expecting to name the department's next leader by the end of September. A panel of nine ...