The Senate on Tuesday tacked onto its budget a directive for the University of Massachusetts to study the feasibility of installing on every campus a system to detect gunfire and alert the authorities.
The amendment filed by West Roxbury Sen. Michael Rush requires the UMass system to look into installing "an indoor active shooter detection and reporting system in all student accessible buildings on all University of Massachusetts campuses" and report back by March 2017.
STATE HOUSE — Following the killing of an Auburn police officer, and a shootout that resulted in a dead suspect and a wounded State Police trooper, Gov. Charlie Baker said a different approach to criminal justice might be warranted and he believes police killers should be executed.
Jorge Zambrano, 35, reportedly died in a shootout after allegedly killing Auburn Police Officer Ronald Tarentino Jr. early Sunday morning. He reportedly fired on police who discovered him in a neighbor's closet Sunday.
