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Parking Ban Lifted as Storm Track Shifts

February 12, 2024
The Belmont Police lifted the snow emergency parking ban at noon on Tuesday, removing the restriction on parking on roads, in municipal lots, and in Belmont Public School parking lots. The snowstorm, predicted to dump close to eight inches on Belmont, veered…

Emily Bartlett De-Escalates, Diverts, and Delivers Results

January 7, 2024
In the front seat of a Belmont Police cruiser, Emily Bartlett seems more approachable than her uniformed co-workers. She carries no service weapons and she wears plain clothes, an embroidered quarter-zip fleece and a winter jacket that says “clinician.” Her job, as…

A New Era for Hiring Belmont Police Officers

November 9, 2023
The Belmont Police Department is preparing its new hiring policies after Town Meeting members voted 160-101 (with one abstention) on Monday night to leave the state’s Civil Service process. The program required Belmont to make hires from a list of people who…

Nov. 6 Special Town Meeting Results

November 7, 2023
After a lengthy and hotly contested debate, Town Meeting members voted last night to leave a century-old system for hiring police in Belmont. In the first of three scheduled nights of Special Town Meeting at the Belmont High School auditorium, members approved…

Unions and Town Clash Over How to Solve Police Shortage

October 1, 2023
Belmont Police Chief James MacIsaac has struggled for years to fill the four vacancies plaguing the department. The staffing shortages have led to forced overtime, low morale and patrol officers switching into specialty positions. That doesn’t even count one officer out on…