New Bedford Police chief

Organized crime detectives have arrested six New Bedford residents after conducting a drug bust in a South End apartment that police said was filled with urine and excrement.

Amid a controversy over surveillance of public housing residents along with rising rents and evictions, New Bedford's housing authority is in the process of upgrading its video cameras.

An investigation has found that the cause of this week's deadly fire at a New Bedford rooming house was accidental, apparently coming from either a microwave or the outlet it was plugged into.

New Bedford officials have announced a new $5,000 signing bonus for incoming city police officers as an incentive to encourage applications amid a hiring crisis for the department.

New Bedford detectives have seized 22 pounds of marijuana and over $34,000 in cash along with other narcotics in two drug busts in the city last week.

A repeat New Bedford offender already on probation for multiple drugs and firearms offenses was caught on Monday with a variety of drugs and a loaded handgun, according to police.

The New Bedford Democrat lobbied the Office of Public Safety after talking with Chief Cordeiro.