BPD Remembers

BPD Remembers: On Saturday, July 4, 1925, Lieutenant Benjamin Alexander was killed in the line of duty during the Pickwick Club building collapse on that day 101 years ago. Lt. Alexander was trailing and tracking a jewelry thief inside the building when it collapsed. This incident claimed the lives of 44 people. Lieutenant Alexander was […]

BPD Remembers: The men and women of the Boston Police Department remember Officer Harris B. McInnes who was killed in the line of duty 99 years ago today on July 3, 1927. Officer McInnes was shot and killed while pursuing two suspects after a robbery on Main Street in Charlestown. Officer McInnes was 36-years-old at the

BPD Remembers: The men and women of the Boston Police Department remember the service and sacrifice of Inspector Thomas J. Norton who was killed in the line of duty 112 years ago today on June 19, 1914. Inspector Norton was attempting to arrest an individual who was wanted for the murder of three bank clerks during

BPD Remembers: Today, the men and women of the Boston Police Department remember the service and sacrifice of Boston Police Officer James G. McCann, Jr. who died in the line of duty 89 years ago on Wednesday, June 16, 1937. Officer McCann had just finished working his night shift in District D-14 (Brighton) when he suffered

BPD Remembers: On Friday, June 16, 1922, Patrolman Albert Giles was killed in the line of duty after being struck by a vehicle 300 feet away from the Chelsea Bridge. Patrolman Giles was on duty when he jumped off a streetcar to walk to a police call box when he was struck by the vehicle. He

BPD Remembers: Today, the men and women of the Boston Police Department remember the service and sacrifice of Boston Police Officer Adolph F. Butterman who died on Monday, June 16, 1919, because of injuries sustained in the line of duty.  Officer Adolph Butterman died several weeks after he was shot by an unknown assailant during the

On Sunday, June 7, 2026, members of the Boston Police Department gathered to observe Police Memorial Sunday, an annual day of remembrance established by state statute to honor all deceased members of the Department. The observance began with a memorial Mass celebrated by Reverend John J. Connolly and Grand Rabbi Y.A. Korff. Mayor Michelle Wu,

BPD Remembers: The men and women of the Boston Police Department remember the service and sacrifice of Officer James T. Malloy who was struck and killed in the line of duty on this day, June 4, 1934, while attempting to stop a speeding vehicle in Charlestown. The 35-year-old Malloy was a 7-year veteran of the

BPD Remembers: The men and women of the Boston Police Department remember Patrolman Felix Francis “Frank” Sharkey who died in the line of duty 84-years ago today on June 3, 1942. Patrolman Sharkey responded alongside fellow officers to a medical emergency at 5 Napier Park in Dorchester, where a man suffering from spinal meningitis had

The Boston Police Department extends its deepest sympathies to the members of the Boston Fire Department and the family and friends of Boston Firefighter Robert Kilduff, Jr. who was killed in the line of duty on Saturday, May 23, 2026. All flags on Boston Police facilities will be lowered to half-staff immediately, until sunset on