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Operation Ceasefire (also known as the Boston Gun Project and the Boston Miracle [1]) is a problem-oriented policing initiative implemented in 1996 in Boston, Massachusetts. The program was specifically aimed at youth gun violence as a large-scale problem. The plan is based on the work of criminologist David M. Kennedy.
A Boston Police Special Operations officer A Boston Police cruiser on Beacon Street Boston Police cruiser near Berklee College of Music Boston Police Department kiosk in Downtown Crossing The Boston Police Department has approximately 2,015 officers and 808 civilian personnel, with patrol services covering an area of 89.6 mi 2 (232.1 km 2 ) and ...
The following is an overview of defunct Commonwealth of Massachusetts law enforcement agencies.. Three of these agencies (Registry of Motor Vehicles Division of Law Enforcement, Massachusetts Capitol Police, and the Metropolitan District Commission Police) were merged in 1992 by Chapter 412 of the Massachusetts Acts of 1991 along with the former Department of Public Safety - Division of State ...
Following several deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police, President Donald J. Trump issued an executive order on June 16 that calls for increased training and credentialing to reduce ...
Boston Municipal Police was dissolved at 12 a.m. on January 1, 2007, [1] and replaced on the same day by the BMPS, an unarmed security force with limited police powers. From 12:01am, January 1, 2007 to 12am, July 1, 2021, BMPS officers held police powers under the Boston Police Department’s "Rule 400 and 400A special police officer" licensing ...
William B. Evans (born February 23, 1958) is currently serving as the executive director of public safety and chief of police of Boston College.Previously, Evans was the commissioner of the Boston Police Department from January 2014 until August 2018.
Boston has reached a $2.4 million settlement with a high ranking female police commander who accused the department of gender discrimination, her lawyer said Wednesday. Beth Donovan, the first ...
Between 1982 and 1983, a group of eight police officers, firefighters and regular civilians set between 163 and 260 fires in the city of Boston, Massachusetts and nine surrounding towns and cities to protest Proposition 2½, hoping to revert the budget cuts that led to hundreds of police officers and firefighters being laid off. Proposition 2½ ...