Hampden County DA’s offices conducts the most wiretapping in the state, analysis finds

Hampden County DA’s offices conducts the most wiretapping in the state, analysis finds

The practice of listening into someone’s phone calls without their knowledge is “probably the most invasive form of government surveillance,” said Kade Crockford, the director of the Technology for Liberty Program at the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts.

Hampden DA wiretaps suspects far more than other prosecutors, records show

Editor’s note: This investigation is a collaboration between The Shoestring and The Republican newspaper. SPRINGFIELD — When it comes to listening in to private phone conversations to investigate crime, one district attorney’s office in the state relies on the tactic far more than others. Compared to other prosecutors, the Hampden District Attorney’s Office consistently filed the most wiretap applications in the state from 2021 to 2024. That’s a…