Working to reform police practices to improve respect for basic human and civil rights. Reforms must address issues in policing including racial discrimination/profiling, diversity, excessive/deadly force and corruption.
Boston police commissioner wants law to push back on camera-toting cop watchers Officials say filming can cause risks to both officers and community when there is a tense crime scene involved Aug 10, 2015 By Matt Stout | Boston Herald BOSTON … Continued
Walsh, Evans: Police body cameras not the solution Wednesday, August 5, 2015 By: Chris Villani Boston police Commissioner William Evans and Mayor Martin J. Walsh said they are open to a pilot program to put body cameras on police officers but … Continued
Boston City Council to consider body cameras for police By Jan Ransom GLOBE STAFF AUGUST 04, 2015 A proposal to equip Boston police with body cameras — a measure being tried in several major cities in the aftermath of police-involved … Continued
Court orders Boston police to reinstate fired officer By Edward Mason and Tom Mashberg GLOBE CORRESPONDENTS JULY 22, 2015 A Suffolk Superior Court judge has upheld a decision by an arbitrator who ruled that the Boston Police Department must … Continued
Feds: Terror suspect planned to kill college students, mimic Boston Marathon attack Tuesday, July 14, 2015 By: Joe Dwinell, O’Ryan Johnson The 23-year-old son of a Boston police captain said he wanted to execute “sinful” college students in a massacre similar … Continued
Son of Boston police captain charged in pro-ISIS plot Monday, July 13, 2015 By: Joe Dwinell The family of an Adams man accused today of plotting to bomb a university on behalf of ISIS to kill “sinful” college kids said they … Continued
Cops need to justify ‘stop & frisk’ stops after report finds racial bias Report finds racial disparity Photo by: Arthur Pollock Speaking here is BPD commissioner William Evans. Saturday, July 4, 2015 By: Matt Stout Boston police say they are reworking … Continued
Boston cop pleads to lying to feds, will resign Thursday, June 25, 2015 By: Antonio Planas A veteran Boston police officer has agreed to resign as part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors that will keep him out of jail … Continued
Boston cop on leave amid fed investigation Saturday, May 23, 2015 By: Antonio Planas, O’Ryan Johnson A veteran officer has been put on paid administrative leave amid a federal criminal investigation, Boston police said. David “Duke” Fitzgerald — the brother of police … Continued
Hispanic officers join call for diversity probe Friday, May 15, 2015 By: Antonio Planas A Hispanic police officers’ group is adding its voice to those demanding an independent probe into Boston police hiring and promotion of minorities, even as Mayor Martin … Continued