Raised by undocumented loved ones, new Worcester officer seeks to rebuild public trust

Raised by undocumented loved ones, new Worcester officer seeks to rebuild public trust

When ICE agents arrested a Brazilian woman on a Worcester street this spring, then-police academy cadet Malachy Jackson watched the public backlash unfold after the city’s police department stepped in.But it wasn’t being viewed from the perspective of an aspiring police officer, but as someone with undocumented loved ones of his own.