The Suburban police chief worries the policing world is failing to reform

 

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The Black police chief of the mostly white town of Harvard worries the policing world is failing to reform

By Dugan Arnett Globe Staff,Updated February 6, 2021, 4:02 p.m.

 

 

 

 

“Have I wasted 30 years of my life doing this?”

For much of his career, Ed Denmark, the 53-year-old head of the Police Department in this quiet central Massachusetts town, had felt like things were trending in the right direction. Where once he was hesitant to speak his mind, he had matured into an outspoken proponent of police reform. And as one of only a handful of Black police chiefs in Massachusetts, he had been looking for ways to help shape the future of law enforcement at a time when it is increasingly under determined attack.