--The Commish has talked tough before, but Ed Davis says that he will deploy more police to town "hot spots" (also known as places where people get shot), and the police will start tailing persons of interest. The "hot spots" are as follows: Bowdoin/Geneva, Franklin Field/Franklin Park, and Grove Hall in Dorchester. Egleston Square in Roxbury is also included. Davis didn't mention bringing gang members to the negotiating table, at least not as far as...
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UPDATE: In their streaming newscast, WBZ has been showing the image of the "mooninite" from Aqua Teen Hunger Force. And, boy, is it funny to hear a straightlaced, gravitas-filled newscaster utter the words "Aqua Teen Hunger Force." But we don't envy who is behind this promotion. Governor Deval Patrick is pissed. Don't worry - everything is fine. But it seemed as if these circuit boards were popping up all over town. WCVB lists all the...
Neighborhoods across the country get together this evening to celebrate their solidarity in participation of the National Night Out. A yearly cooperation between community police units, neighborhood watches, and members of the communities get together for block parties, candle light vigils, and many other activities. The Fenway Victory Gardens will be one of the community garden organizations getting together to participate in the National Night Out. They'll be illuminating the gardens with candles or flashlights to show their support for a safe and drug-free neighborhood. The muddy river as it runs through the Back Bay Fens is a known spot for some less than credible activities, and recently a community garden supporter and Bostonist reader snapped the picture of the needle in the garden you see here. It was sent to us with a plea to support their drive to make the Fenway Victory Gardens a safer place – the area around the parks has recently seen an increase in criminal activity as noted on the BPDNews blog with an accompanying graphic.
Since November the Boston Police Department has been bringing a little bit of the blotter to the blogosphere. Reports of daily incidents, updates on publicly reported crime, announcements, and media corrections have been available on the BPDNews.com website. As usual Hollywood, well, LA, is getting all the attention. The AP picked up a story last week emanating from the LA Times and the Times of London about the Los Angeles Police Departments new blog. Apparently the research monkeys in the trenches had one of two problems: they didn't look hard enough or they don't think that Boston is a major city. Boston's finest don't come right out and say it – but the post today indicates that they're playing blog politics and playing nice, "still first in the nation." Perhaps the most surprising about this all is the usually police-force-friendly Boston Herald neglected an edit to the AP story before they ran it in order to mention the BPDNews.com site, and the bloggers at BPD politely pointed that out.
Bostonist doesn’t have a lot of details on the incident this evening, but it appears that Mama Snoop’s (or Ms. Dogg for those of you infatuated with the formality) presence in the Hub to form an anti-gang group didn’t have the immediate effects she had hoped. Making changes like this do take time, so we’re still hopeful. However, tonight in Dorchester, one of Boston’s Hot Spots for violent crime, three homicides were recorded. Three people...
Stop Snitchin’ shirts have reportedly been pulled off the shelves in a number of local stores. Boston Police, with their shiny new blog, apprehended 77 persons on outstanding warrants over the weekend. Crime statistics still say that Boston has hit a ten year high for violent crime, as measured by the murder rate. Bostonist often touts the merits of the libertarian values. Be that as it may we still wonder how 77 people were walking...
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