A Boston city councilor plans to ask the Wu administration to revisit the residency requirement for police officers, and whether easing up on that long-standing policy is a “viable option” to address today’s staffing challenges at BPD. City Councilor Ed Flynn didn’t elaborate much on what form his request would take, but said the time … Read more
Citing concerns with violence and low staffing levels, a Boston city councilor formally requested that police department leadership enlist the help of outside law enforcement agencies to “ensure public safety” at this weekend’s festival and events. City Councilor Ed Flynn made the request in a Tuesday email sent to Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox and … Read more
Concerns about violence at this weekend’s Boston Caribbean Carnival celebration, associated with a mass shooting last year, are rising in the wake of the “senseless” violence that took place at a different festival held in Franklin Park on Sunday. Boston police union officials are sounding the alarm on low staffing levels, saying that although the … Read more
Two men were shot, one fatally, inside a Dorchester home on Monday evening, Boston Police said. Police responded to a report of a shooting at 5 Trent St. at approximately 6:36 p.m. and found two men suffering from gunshot wounds, Deputy Superintendent Paul McLaughlin said. Both men were taken to a local hospital, where one … Read more
Big Brother is watching you in Boston. The city’s first annual surveillance report highlighted an array of ways the Boston Police Department uses technology to detect and prevent crime, including, but not limited to, the use of cameras throughout neighborhoods, cell phone monitoring, body-worn cameras on officers and automated license plate readers. Boston Mayor Michelle … Read more
The Boston City Council appears to be headed toward a complicated final budget vote Wednesday after failing to achieve the required two-thirds consensus for a straight override of a mayoral veto that fully restored the body’s public safety cuts. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. Read original article … Read more
ShotSpotter is firing back at Bay State elected officials who are pushing for a federal probe of the gunshot detection tech company, as the firm’s CEO said the politicians were spreading “numerous recycled falsehoods and misleading assertions.” The head of SoundThinking, formerly known as ShotSpotter, wrote a letter this week to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. … Read more
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said she plans to veto cuts the City Council voted to make to her recommended spending plan for public safety, vowing to “fully” restore funding allocated for the police and fire budgets, the Herald has learned. Wu said she plans to file documents vetoing City Council amendments to her $4.6 billion … Read more
The Boston City Council is eying more than $12 million in amendments to the mayor’s budget as it heads into a Wednesday vote, changes that would cut more than $3 million from the police department and millions more from other city services. The Council wrapped up its last relatively brief working session Tuesday afternoon, after … Read more
Boston’s police commissioner and the mayor’s chief of streets have put major food delivery companies on notice that the city will be cracking down on dangerous and unlawful operations by their drivers, many of whom use mopeds and scooters. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. Read original article … Read more
