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24-year-old Timothy Duval Jr. was found dead in Wellfleet last year in an apparent hit-and-run. The investigation into the incident is still open.

Police Chief Jason Thody suspended use of the cameras earlier this month, after a New Bedford police officer was accused of using Flock cameras to track her former romantic partner. Opponents of the cameras say they need to be removed to restore public trust.

Police across the country—not just locally—can access the data these cameras collect. Privacy advocates are concerned.

All staff instructors at the new East Falmouth Police Academy have temporarily been removed from their positions following allegations of inappropriate conduct. In addition, two academy leaders have been suspended.

Some local police have trouble affording a home on Cape Cod, which makes hiring officers more difficult and can affect emergency response times. We learn more about the problem and what communities are doing in the conclusion to a two-part series.

Deputy Chief Kevin Considine was part of the opening ceremonies at the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin.

"Our goal is to divert these individuals from going to the emergency room or being arrested if they don't need to be," says Stephanie Rubel, the first full-time clinician assisting Barnstable police under the state's developing co-response model.

Barnstable Police Supervisor of School Resource Officers: "We're going to learn things from what happened in Texas — where the weak points were, and where we can improve in our district."

The initiative to provide mental health counselors is made available with $120,000 dollars in state funding through the latest federal stimulus package.

Police are concerned about two things this Halloween: unsafe gatherings and the vandalism sometimes associated with the holiday, according to Chatham…