BPD Remembers: On November 28, 1931, Officer Abbott, a motorcycle officer assigned to Traffic Duty in the Back Bay, was killed in the line of duty when his police motorcycle struck a pole while pursuing a stolen motor vehicle in the area of Brookline Ave and the Riverway. As Officer Abbot drove alongside the suspect …
BPD Remembers: Today, the men and women of the Boston Police Department remember the service and sacrifice of Officer James Brickley who was killed in the line of duty on this very day 89 years ago. On November 25, 1934, Officer Brickley was struck and killed by a motor vehicle while directing traffic after responding …
BPD Remembers: The men and women of the Boston Police Department remember the service and sacrifice of Officer Charles McNabb who was killed in the line of duty 55 years ago. On Saturday, November 23, 1968, Officer McNabb was shot and killed in the area of 1202 Commonwealth Avenue in Allston. McNabb, who was a …
BPD Remembers: Today, the men and women of the Boston Police Department remember Officer Walter Harris who died in the line of duty 117 years ago. On Monday November 19, 1906, Officer Harris succumbed to injuries he had sustained six months earlier when he was thrown from a horse-drawn patrol wagon at the intersection of …
BPD Remembers: The men and women of the Boston Police Department remember Lieutenant Detective Joseph L. A. Cavagnaro who died in the line of duty 92 years ago. On Tuesday, November 17, 1931, Lieutenant Detective Cavagnaro was conducting a homicide investigation in New York State when the vehicle he was traveling in was forced off …
The Boston Police Department offers our deepest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Senior Police Officer Jorge Pastore of the Austin Police Department in Texas. Officer Pastore was shot and killed during a hostage incident where a second officer was wounded. Officers had initially responded to a residence for a domestic violence call …
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BPD Remembers: The men and women of the Boston Police Department remember the service and sacrifice of Sergeant Frederick Schlehuber who was killed in the line of duty 113 years ago today. In the early morning hours on Thursday, November 10, 1910, Sergeant Frederick Schlehuber, the first superior office to be killed in the line …
BPD Remembers: The men and women of the Boston Police Department remember the service and sacrifice of Sergeant Richard F. Halloran who was killed in the line of duty 48 years ago today. In the early morning hours on Thursday, November 6, 1975, Sergeant Richard Halloran was shot and killed while investigating a suspicious vehicle …
BPD Remembers: The men and women of the Boston Police Department remember the service and sacrifice of Detective George Holmes who was killed in the line of duty 60 years ago today. On Wednesday, November 6, 1963, Detective George Holmes was shot and killed while attempting to apprehend two robbery suspects in the area of …
BPD Remembers: The men and women of the Boston Police Department remember the service and sacrifice Patrolman Frederick Gibney who died in the line of duty on this day 105 years ago. On Wednesday, October 30, 1918, Patrolman Gibney was assigned to transport prisoners to the city jail. Some of these prisoners had the influenza …