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Baker, Healey Name Peace Officers Standards And Training Commission Members

The nine members have been named to the state's new Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission.

The group will create a mandatory certification process for police officers. It will be chaired by Retired Judge Margaret Hinkle.

Its members include two active police officers, one police chief,  attorneys, a social worker, a psychologist, and a chaplain. One member, Larry Ellison a detective in the Boston Police Department's School Unit, joined WBUR's Morning Edition host Bob Oakes to discuss.

This segment did not run as planned.

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Bob Oakes Senior Correspondent
Bob Oakes was a senior correspondent in the WBUR newsroom, a role he took on in 2021 after nearly three decades hosting WBUR's Morning Edition.

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