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BPD is Proud to Join the 30 x 30 Initiative

BPD is proud to announce we’ve joined the 30x30initiative by signing the 30x30Pledge! Mayor Wu and Commissioner Cox held a signing ceremony today joined by members of the Department and members of MAWLE and BPD’s Women in Blue. This officially makes BPD part of the movement to advance women in policing. The movement’s goal is 30% of sworn …

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Boston Gun Buyback

Fri, 02 Dec 2022 GUNS FOR GIFT CARDS The 2022 Guns for Gift Cards Program asks you to turn in your gun and receive a $100.00 gift card. This program will take place beginning December 17, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at various designated drop-off sites throughout the city. If you do not wish …

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BPD Investigation Update: Arrest Made in Connection to Aggravated Sexual Assault and Home Invasion in Jamaica Plain

November 30, 2022 On Tuesday, November 29, 2022, Washington Pearson, 55, of Boston, was placed in custody by members of the United States Marshals Service in Norfolk, Virginia. At the time of his arrest, the suspect was wanted on a straight warrant issued out of West Roxbury District Court on charges of Attempted Murder, Strangulation …

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LGBTQ+ Community Resources

LGBTQ+ Community Resources Wed, 05 Oct 2022 The mission of the Boston Police Department is Community Policing. The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community are a vibrant and dynamic part of Boston. The Boston Police Department actively seeks to understand the needs and concerns of the LGTBQ+ community. For over 25 years, Department has …

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BPD Community Alert: The Boston Police Department Seeks the Public’s Help to Identify Individuals in Connection to a Recent Call for Shots Fired

Boston Police are attempting to identify the above-pictured individuals in relation to a recent Shotspotter activation in which ballistics were recovered on Saturday, June 6, 2022, at about 1:30 AM in the area of 531 Dudley Street. Anyone with information regarding this individual is advised to please contact District B-2 Detectives at 617-343-427

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 BOSTON POLICE INVESTIGATORS AND MOTHER OF INJURED CHILD MAKE PUBLIC PLEA FOR INFORMATION WHO:             Boston Police investigators; mother of injured child injured WHAT:           Boston Police investigators and the mother of the 4 year old child injured in the recent shooting incident at Harambee Park are making a joint appeal to the public for information regarding …

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 BOSTON POLICE INVESTIGATORS AND MOTHER OF INJURED CHILD MAKE PUBLIC PLEA FOR INFORMATION WHO:             Boston Police investigators; mother of injured child injured WHAT:           Boston Police investigators and the mother of the 4 year old child injured in the recent shooting incident at Harambee Park are making a joint appeal to the public for information regarding …

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NEWS FROM THE \”COLD CASE\” SQUAD: FORMER HYDE PARK RESIDENT CHARGED IN ’88 MURDER

BOSTON, June 28, 2011 – Almost a quarter-century after 20-year-old Janet Phinney was found strangled in a wooded area behind her West Roxbury home in an area known as the Grove, Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis and Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced the indictment and arrest of the victim’s ex-boyfriend for her …

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