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Taunton delegation asks committee to approve home-rule petition to ease police chief transition during move to new public safety facility
Summary
State lawmakers representing Taunton urged the Joint Committee on Public Service to favor a Taunton-filed home-rule petition designed to give the city flexibility during the transition into a new public safety facility and to support outgoing Chief Walsh through the move.
State lawmakers representing Taunton told the Joint Committee on Public Service that a Taunton-filed home-rule petition would smooth a planned transition as the city moves into a new public safety facility and as its longtime police chief approaches mandatory retirement.
"Just to give a little background, the city of Taunton is in the process of building a new public safety facility," said Kelly Dooner, "and with that transition period is the reason we filed this home rule petition. Just so that Chief Walsh could help with that transition period of everybody moving into the new public safety facility, working with new equipment, new cameras, new…
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