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MAYA SHAFFER

MAYA SHAFFER

THE SEVEN YEARS WAR

Boston police used their fusion center to surveil my journalistic actions. It took nearly seven years for BPD to hold itself somewhat accountable, and only after they used my information in a Department of Homeland Security conference presentation. The department violated transparency laws and their own policies to hide their

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MAYA SHAFFER July 13, 2023
MAYA SHAFFER

PUBLIC RECORDS CRISIS DEEPENS

The case pertains to an investigation into the use of rodenticides by government agencies You have five days to agree to give us $22,000, or else …  While this may sound like an extortion note from a B movie, it’s essentially a newly state sanctioned proper response to a public

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MAYA SHAFFER May 2, 2022
MAYA SHAFFER

HOW THE COMMONWEALTH CONTINUES DRIFT AWAY FROM TRANSPARENCY

  This is what happens when you try asking the second largest city in Mass and state officials to adhere to basic public records laws Across Massachusetts, today is actually tomorrow. Except in Worcester, where it’s already the day after tomorrow. But if that would make it the weekend, then

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MAYA SHAFFER December 13, 2021
MAYA SHAFFER

IT’S NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO OBTAIN POLICE RECORDS IN MASS. WILL THAT EVER CHANGE?

For anybody trying to get public information on police in Mass, there are several stumbling blocks, any number of which stymied USA Today.

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MAYA SHAFFER June 20, 2020
MAYA SHAFFER

AG HEALEY’S OFFICE BLOCKS ACCOUNTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SHIELDS BAD ACTORS ACROSS STATE

Now records we have received from Healey’s shed light on why her office may be avoiding the issue—her office is also guilty of the same kind of questionable social media management.

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MAYA SHAFFER February 26, 2020
MAYA SHAFFER

FEATURE FOLLOW-UP: COP BLOCK

While there have indeed been formal requests made for public information and several articles written about CPD misconduct, it is news to us that we are on the “attack.”

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MAYA SHAFFER January 15, 2020
MAYA SHAFFER

THE WESTERN MASS POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT HAS HOSTED TWO-DOZEN EVENTS AT CHICK-FIL-A

“They are a great company. They do great work here. End of discussion.”

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MAYA SHAFFER November 4, 2019
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