Holmes, a retired Boston Police deputy superintendent, has expertise in one of the investigation’s key questions: whether the State Police Academy’s military-style training is effective ...

After 11 years on the job, K9 Viper retired in December, and K9 Rogan is now on the force, Dracut police said Friday.

The southbound side of Route 1A in East Boston remains closed on Tuesday morning after a charter bus transporting workers to Logan Airport toppled multiple utility poles on Monday morning.

Boston police said an Academy shuttle bus with 18 passengers on board lost control and veered into a utility pole just after 5:30 a.m. Monday. Five poles came tumbling down in a chain reaction.

I’VE HAD HIM SINCE SEPTEMBER. NOW. WE WENT THROUGH SCHOOL UP AT THE BOSTON POLICE CANINE ACADEMY. MACK IS THE NEWEST WORCESTER POLICE CANINE. HE’S THE SEVENTH DOG IN THE UNIT, BUT THE FIRST ...