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Boston City Hall. During the meeting Wednesday, councilors approved wage increase and sick leave adjustments to the Boston Police Department Forensic Group’s union contract. AVA RUBIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

City Council addresses safety concerns with Third-Party Delivery Platforms, BPD’s Union Contract

Susan McGowan February 26, 2025
Boston City Council approved adjustments to Boston Police Department Forensic Group’s union contract and discussed safety concerns with third-party delivery platforms during its Wednesday meeting at City Hall Plaza.
The Boston University Police Department. This week’s crime logs include two elevator entrapments, a suspicious vehicle and an arrest at 595 Commonwealth Ave. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Campus Crime Logs: Nov. 10-17

Megan Amato November 18, 2024
This week's crimes include elevator entrapments, a motor vehicle accident and an arrest made
Participants at the third annual Boston Men’s March to Abolish Abortion and Rally for Personhood hold up signs that read, “Personhood Now,” at the rally in Kenmore Square on Saturday. The rally began at the Planned Parenthood on Commonwealth Avenue, and members continued marching through Boston University’s campus until they reached the Boston Common. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Men’s March against abortion meets counter protests along Commonwealth Avenue

Julia Hendler November 18, 2024
The third annual National Men’s March to Abolish Abortion and Rally for Personhood took place Saturday morning and marched through Boston University’s campus.
The Boston University Academy building. Boston Police responded to a motor vehicle collision at 785 Commonwealth Ave. on Sunday evening. RACHEL FEINSTEIN/DRP PHOTOGRAPHER

Vehicle collision at 785 Comm. Ave. results in one vehicle towed

Isabelle Zhang November 11, 2024
A motor vehicle collision occurred at 785 Commonwealth Ave. Sunday evening.
The Boston University Police Department. This week’s crime logs include indecent exposure, larceny and destruction of property. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Campus Crime Logs: Nov. 4-10

Alina Fairlie November 11, 2024
This week's crime logs include a bicyclist being struck, indecent exposure and a hit pedestrian.
The Boston University Police Department. This week’s crime logs include a hit and run, theft and a suspicious person. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Campus Crime Logs: Oct. 20-26

Eli Pekelny October 28, 2024
This week's crime logs include a narcotic investigation, prisoner watch and suspicious person.
Local 26 union members in a conference room in the Boston City Hall. A third wave of hospitality strikes led by the Local 26 union began on Friday, Sept. 20. PHOTO BY LIAM DUNNE

Health, safety ordinance on the table as UNITE HERE Local 26 hotel workers await contract

Liam Dunne October 1, 2024
City officials deliberated a public health and safety ordinance for hotels on Sept. 26 after workers went on strike at four additional Boston hotels in the third wave of citywide strikes in the past month.
Boston University Police Department. This week’s crime logs include larceny, a bicyclist collision and natural gas odor. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Campus Crime Logs: Sept. 23-26

Katherine Wu September 30, 2024
This week's crime logs include hazardous conditions, shoplifting and elevator entrapment.
Tents in a pro-Palestinian encampment at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on April 23. After more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University were arrested during a pro-Palestinian encampment protest last Thursday, university students are now setting up their own encampments after Columbia called for students to replicate the protest. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Emerson, MIT student groups set up camp amid student arrests across country

Anna Rubenstein April 24, 2024
The first day of Passover happened rather unceremoniously in the 2 Boylston St. alley. Grape juice and paper seder plates bordered a dinner table thrown together with copies of Emerson College’s student newspaper, sprawled long across the brick ground. 
Boston University Police Department squad car. This week's crime logs include an intoxicated party, a person hitting turkeys with a stick and group disturbances. SYDNEY ROTH/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Campus Crime Logs: March 24 — March 29

Sicheng “Chris” Che April 1, 2024
This week's crime logs include an intoxicated party, a person hitting turkeys with a stick, and group disturbances.
The Boston Police Department headquarters. The National Lawyers Guild Massachusetts Chapter filed a lawsuit against the Boston Police Department and the Boston Regional Intelligence Center for a violation of a public records request regarding a July 2022 white supremacist march that occurred in downtown Boston. MOLLY POTTER/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

New lawsuit against BPD, BRIC shows a trend in lack of transparency

Charlie Johnson March 7, 2024
The National Lawyers Guild-Massachusetts Chapter recently filed a lawsuit against the Boston Police Department and the Boston Regional Intelligence Center for a violation of a public records request regarding a white supremacist march in July 2022.
Boston University Police Department. This week’s crime logs include a motor vehicle accident with no injuries, larceny and an in-progress fight. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Campus Crime Logs: Feb. 11 — Feb. 17

Kayla Sharpe February 20, 2024
This week’s crime logs include a motor vehicle accident with no Injuries, indecent exposure, and larceny.
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