Human trafficking, commercial sexual exploitation happens every day throughout the Commonwealth,” Judge said. “We work closely with the Boston Police Department human trafficking unit, and I know that they’re doing this work day and night.

Police said they have identified a suspect and issued a warrant after a juvenile was found being held against her will at a MetroWest hotel earlier this week.

The Massachusetts State Police, along with the West Newbury Police Department, are asking for help in finding a missing neurodivergent teen. Police say 14-year-old Madison Marino was last seen in West Newbury wearing dark colored clothing and a backpack.

The push from the Massachusetts GOP comes as national Republicans take aim at Boston, other major cities over immigration and law enforcement policies.

Police responded to reports of a wrong-way driver on Route 3, headed south in Plymouth shortly before midnight. A State Police trooper found a two-car crash at mile marker 9.2 that appeared to be related to the call, according to Massachusetts State Police Department spokesperson Tim McGuirk.

A driver died after a pickup truck crashed into a tree in Carver, Mass. The incident is under investigation by local and state police.

Kristian Avery, 46, of Windsor, allegedly broke into the town’s firehouse, attempted to start a fire there and stole a pickup truck early Saturday morning.

A call for more crimefighting technology was heard from Cambridge’s police commissioner at a community meeting about a fatal shooting two weeks earlier on Clifton Street, accompanied by a call by the slain man’s mother for the community to trust in local officers.

Federal authorities are threatening to investigate state officials who don't comply with immigration enforcement policies.

But right now in Massachusetts — its trailblazing 2020 police reform law notwithstanding — that training remains a hodgepodge of curricula. The hours spent in classroom instruction vary, and the classes are too often offered by uncertified instructors.

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