chief cordeiro

A devastating report on the safety of living in New Bedford comes to light.

New Bedford Police Chief Joseph Cordeiro's tenure has been marked by efforts to bring police into the community.

In a wide-ranging interview with WBSM's Brian Thomas, New Bedford Police Chief Joseph Cordeiro touched on a lot of subjects that plague the police force, including panhandlers, shootings and drug overdoses. Chief Cordeiro says the problem with the latter isn't with increased heroin use, but rather that the heroin is being mixed with Fentanyl, creating a more powerful and more addictive high... Rea