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Josh Landes

@JoshLandesWAMC

Berkshire Bureau Chief
@WAMCNews / @WAMCRadio
Sharing interesting things from around this website and covering the westernmost county of Massachusetts for WAMC
Pittsfield, MA Joined February 2018
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Months after controversial killing, independent assessment finds Hinsdale Police Dept. in ‘disarray:’ the latest chapter of the fallout from the fatal shooting of 27-year-old Biagio Kauvil during a botched mental health response in January
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www.wamc.org Months after controversial killing, independent assessment finds Hinsdale Police Dept. in ‘disarray’ Months after a controversial killing during a mental health crisis call, an independent review of the Hinsdale, Massachusetts, Police Department describes it as existing in a state of "disarray."
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"The ideal is that regardless of which town you live in, including towns that don't have an established police force at all, that if you're in a crisis, that the necessary response is a mental health unit, not necessarily an armed response." @WAMCNews wamc.org/news/2026-11-0…
www.wamc.org Mental health crisis response reforms on table in Berkshires In 2022 and again this January, young men of color were shot to death by police in Berkshire County while experiencing mental health crises. In both cases, law enforcement in Pittsfield and Hinsdale...
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Voters again back Mass. State Auditor at the ballot box: "The Commonwealth came out in droves to call on the legislature to be subject to the public records law as every other state entity is subject to the public records law." @DianaDiZoglio on @WAMCNews
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www.wamc.org MA State Auditor talks next steps, voters back ballot question expanding public records laws From the bevy of ballot questions Massachusetts voters decided on in this week's election, the most resounding "yes" came for the first.