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
Amid pushback from her progressive counterparts, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu strongly backed the police department’s plans to continue using ShotSpotter, technology she said has led to “countless instances” of lives being saved in the city. Batting away criticism that the gunshot detection system used in Boston for nearly 20 years is ineffective and racially biased, … Read more
The head of the city’s largest police union said a person entering Boston City Hall with a gun should be a wakeup call for officials to tighten up security there, by placing armed police officers at entrances currently manned by unarmed guards. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. … Read more
One student was arrested and a knife was confiscated after a fight between two teenagers that sent a South Boston high school into lockdown. Head of School Nachelle Gordon said Excel High School was placed into “safe mode” for approximately 25 minutes Wednesday, “due to a physical altercation involving a few students.” Police said the … Read more
Boston’s police chief said he won’t delay signing a new contract for continued use of ShotSpotter technology that “saves lives,” shrugging off concerns from city councilors around its effectiveness and perceived overuse in communities of color. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In … Read more
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said the city tried for days to de-escalate the encampment at Emerson, and protesters were even offered 24/7 warming rooms in exchange for taking down their tents, but students refused because they wanted to be arrested. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. Read original … Read more
Police are investigating a physical altercation involving two students, one of whom was struck with an object and hospitalized, at a Boston high school Monday. Richard Chang and Stephen Cirasuolo, heads of the Josiah Quincy Upper School, said in a letter to families that the students involved in the afternoon fight will face disciplinary action … Read more
The sun had not yet risen and less than 6 hours of the new year passed before the city of Boston recorded its first shooting death of 2024. According to the Boston Police Department, officers assigned to District 11 in Dorchester were sent to High Street around 5:30 a.m. in response to reports a person … Read more
Receive a disturbing text about something going down either Friday or Saturday in the Seaport district of South Boston? Boston Police says it’s a hoax. “We have no credible threat in the Snowport,” Sgt. Det. John Boyle, Boston Police’s chief spokesman, told the Herald Friday. From what the Herald can gather, some people online shared … Read more
