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Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announces to expand the Boston Police Cadet Program on Friday. PHOTO BY JINGYI LIN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BPD, city extend cadet training program

Till Kaeslin April 6, 2017

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and Boston Police Commissioner William Evans announced the addition of a new class of 20 cadets to the Boston Police Cadet Program as part of the Fiscal Year 2018 budget proposal,...

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh extended the police body camera pilot program Monday. PHOTO BY JINGYI LIN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Walsh extends police body camera pilot program for six months

Nathan Bindseil March 16, 2017

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced a six-month extension of the Body Worn Camera Pilot Program on Monday, according to a press release from the mayor’s office. The program, now scheduled to end...

Boston City Council holds a meeting Tuesday afternoon to discuss mental health in the Boston Police Department. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

City Council discusses use of mental health clinicians in BPD

Breanne Kovatch February 15, 2017

Approximately 20 people attended a Boston City Council meeting Tuesday for a hearing on increased investments in mental health clinicians in the Boston Police Department. Councilor Annissa Essaibi-George...

DNA evidence links five unsolved sexual assault cases to a man awaiting trial for a similar crime committed in Cambridge, officials said Tuesday. PHOTO BY OLIVIA NADEL/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Series of unsolved sexual assaults linked to Cambridge assailant

Mina Corpuz July 14, 2015

  A series of unsolved sexual assaults committed along the Charles River Esplanade and in South Boston have been linked to a man behind bars, law enforcement officials announced Tuesday at a press...

Hospitals are reviewing security measures after a surgeon was fatally shot at Brigham and Women’s Hospital Jan. 20. PHOTO BY DANIEL GUAN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Hospital security questioned after shooting at Brigham and Women’s

Alexandra David January 29, 2015

Brigham and Women’s Hospital found itself at the center of a tragedy on Jan. 20 when a man, later identified as Stephen Pasceri, 55, of Millbury, walked into the hospital’s Carl J. and Ruth Shapiro...

Walsh celebrates 101 days in office with city

Daily Free Press Admin April 17, 2014

Since Boston Mayor Martin Walsh’s 100th day in office fell on the anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings, he chose to instead celebrate the mayoral milestone on the 101st day, by hosting a press...

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