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Healey highlights Project Safe Neighborhoods after Brockton public‑safety roundtable
Summary
Governor Maura Healey and local and state public‑safety leaders met in Brockton to review results from the Commonwealth's Project Safe Neighborhoods program, discuss juvenile violence and staffing, and reaffirm support for continued state funding.
Governor Maura Healey and state and local public‑safety leaders gathered at Brockton's new public safety building for a roundtable focused on coordination between state and local law enforcement and the results of the Commonwealth's Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative.
At the meeting, Governor Maura Healey said the program's recent investments had produced measurable enforcement outcomes. "In the first six months of 2025, those investments ... resulted in nearly 500 arrests, took 54 illegal guns out of communities, seized 30 kilos of narcotics, recovered more than $240,000 in suspected illicit proceeds," Healey said, adding that since 2024 the initiative has led to "more than a thousand arrests or summonses, seizure of 130 illegal firearms, confiscation of over 108 kilograms of narcotics, and recovery of over $600,000 in suspected drug proceeds."
The governor framed the roundtable as a demonstration of the Healey‑Driscoll administration's emphasis on partnership and funding for law enforcement and prevention programs. "One shooting, one death is too many in this state," Healey said, calling for continued collaboration among local police, the Massachusetts State Police, district attorneys and community partners.
Massachusetts State Police Colonel Jeff Noble described the day's session as an opportunity to align operations and community engagement. "Success is not only about numbers, it's about trust," Colonel Jeff Noble said, urging trauma‑informed responses and data‑driven enforcement that pairs state resources with local departments.
Brockton Police Chief Brenda Perez, host for the meeting, highlighted Project Safe Neighborhoods as a model of interagency work and said each firearm or quantity of narcotics removed from the street can prevent further harm. Chief Perez noted the building being used for the event is a new $150,000,000 public safety facility that had a soft opening and will hold an official ribbon cutting in about two weeks; she said the new facility will also house Brockton Emergency Management (BEMA) and free up five classrooms at Brockton High School.
Speakers at the roundtable also discussed rising juvenile violence, the need for prevention and mental‑health resources, and staffing shortages in policing. Healey urged recruitment into law enforcement, calling policing "a great and honorable profession" and encouraging people to consider careers in public safety.
Participants included local police chiefs and state officials who said they will continue to coordinate operations, prevention programming and prosecution support through grants and joint operations. The meeting included representatives from county and municipal law enforcement and district attorney offices; Healey thanked community partners such as the Boys & Girls Clubs and the YMCA for their role in prevention work.
No formal votes or policy changes were announced at the meeting; participants described ongoing operational coordination and continued support for the Commonwealth's grant programs and joint enforcement initiatives.
