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Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Recent settlement from City of Boston emblematic of systemic issues with policing

Editors October 13, 2021
How can we expect actual change from the Boston Police Department if they can pay out a million-dollar settlement to a man they permanently injured without an apology?
Seema Thakkar/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Boston Police’s overtime budget is out of control, in desperate need of fewer officers, reallocation

Editors April 15, 2021
We must stop spending hundreds of millions paying the criminals, abusers and killers who “protect” us.
The Boston Police Department will implement a pilot program that requires 100 officers to wear body cameras beginning Monday. PHOTO BY AMANDA LUCIDI/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

100 officers begin body camera pilot program following judge ruling

Dave Sebastian September 14, 2016

One hundred Boston Police Department officers and seven command staff members on Monday began participating in a six-month body camera pilot program, according to a Monday press release. The program...

After a failed six-month trial in which Boston police officers were supposed to volunteer to wear body cameras, the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association is suing the city for forcing 100 officers to do so. PHOTO BY ALEXANDRA WIMLEY/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Police union increases opposition to mandatory body camera program

Alyssa Meyers September 8, 2016

The Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association on Tuesday continued its fight to prevent the City of Boston from requiring police officers to wear body cameras, as several union representatives spoke...

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