BPD Remembers: Patrolman David Brown suffered a fatal heart attack on August 14, 1983, in Dorchester shortly after a pursuit of a vehicle that was speeding on Columbia Road near Blue Hill Avenue. While sitting inside the police vehicle he suffered a seizure while checking the vehicle registration and driver’s license. His partner removed him
BPD Remembers: On Wednesday, August 14, 1929, Sergeant Edward Butters died while protecting and serving the citizens of Boston after succumbing to injuries sustained after he was thrown from a department vehicle while on duty. Sergeant Butters, who was 61 years old at the time of his death, had been employed with the Boston Police
BPD Remembers: On August 13, 1921, Officer Andrew B. Cuneo who was shot and killed in the line of duty. Officer Cuneo, who was the first Italian-born Boston Police Officer killed in the line of duty, was fatally wounded while confronting an armed gunman on Hanover Street in the North End. The suspect had just
The Boston Police Department offer our deepest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Officer Jonah Oswald from the Fairway Police Department in Kansas who was killed in the line of duty on Monday, August 7, 2023
BPD Remembers: The men and women of the Boston Police Department remember Officer Walter Baxter who died in the line of duty 86 years ago. On Wednesday, August 4, 1937, Officer Baxter died as a result of injuries sustained in the line of duty when he was struck by a motor vehicle while manning a
BPD Remembers: The Boston Police Department remembers Patrolman James B. O’Leary, who was killed in the line of duty on this very day, August 2, 1963, 60 years ago. Patrolman James O’Leary was shot and killed while chasing several suspects who had just committed a robbery. The two suspects were arrested and convicted of first-degree murder.
BPD Remembers: The men and women of the Boston Police Department remember Officer Laurence V. Sheridan who died 86 years ago today. On Wednesday July 28, 1937, Officer Sheridan succumbed to injuries he had sustained in the line of duty several months earlier after being assaulted by a prisoner. Officer Sheridan was 38-years-old at the
The Boston Police Department extend our deepest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Deputy Sheriff David Bosecker who was killed in the line of duty on Friday, July 21, 2023.
The Boston Police Department extend our deepest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Sergeant Edwin Maldonado-García who was killed in the line of duty on Wednesday, July 19, 2023.
The Boston Police Department extend our deepest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Officer Anthony Ferguson who was killed in the line of duty on Saturday, July 15, 2023.