--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......

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......

It seems like Google Maps have been a go-to source forever (in reality it's little more than a year). The days of Mapquest hegemony are a memory. When the satellite overlay came out as part of Google's map project the Flickerati immediately took to creating memory maps by putting notes on grabbed images of everything from their childhood home to where they had their first kiss. The map we've been fiddling with all last......

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......

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......