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'I've never seen anything like it ... I'm appalled that it got passed': Panel pleads for changes to be made to SAFE-T Act before Jan. 1

October 20, 2022 | By David Adam, MRN Editor

QUINCY — Adam Yates, chief of the Quincy Police Department, offered a story about a homeowner with a pool to help illustrate the flaws of the Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today (SAFE-T) criminal justice reform act. “It’s summertime, you’re out in your backyard, and there’s someone in your swimming pool who you don’t recognize,” he…