On Friday, Steven D. Giannini was sworn in as the new chief of the Fitchburg Police Department, while on Jan. 21, Thomas A.
State officials have awarded more than $2 million in federal funding to help local police departments and state agencies prevent firearm deaths and injuries across Massachusetts.
In all, 11 police officers from five departments fired on the man after the theft of two police vehicles and a chase that ended in a crash.