New Mass. state police unit will target hate crimes
by Alison Kuznitz
WBUR | November 20, 2023
Jeremy Burton called the HART team a “step in the right direction.”
“There is a higher level of coordination that has to happen from the local to the federal (levels).”
“Not every local police department has the capacity or the training necessary to analyze everything, and certainly doesn’t have a direct line to all levels, like the federal government, so this is definitely one more tool in that toolbox. And frankly, at a time like this, where there is an incredible rise in antisemitism and hate, we need all the tools we can get.”
