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In honor of April's Distracted Driving Awareness Month, police departments across the commonwealth will begin an increased effort to ticket distracted drivers. PHOTO BY NICKI GITTER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

State police to crack down on distracted driving

Kalina Newman April 8, 2016

The Massachusetts Highway Safety Division received a grant of $622,000 from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to increase police efforts to crack down on distracted driving beginning...

As part of a longstanding controversy beginning in December, Northeastern students and city officials expressed their disapproval of the Northeastern Police Department training their officers with semi-automatic weapons Monday. PHOTO BY JACQUI BUSICK/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

City Councilors and Northeastern University continue battle over semi-automatic weapons

Paige Smith March 4, 2016

At a City Council meeting Monday, students from Northeastern University and members of the Boston community gathered to discuss recent policy changes regarding the university’s police department...

In a push for greater public safety, the Boston Police Department began implementing on Monday a new initiative to fingerprint all Boston taxi drivers. ILLUSTRATION BY MADI GOLDMAN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston Police Department to fingerprint taxicab drivers

Kennedy Davis February 26, 2016

The Boston Police Department announced Monday an initiative to fingerprint all licensed taxicab drivers in Boston, according to a Monday press release. The program, supervised by BPD’s Hackney...

Despite recent stabbings last week, major crimes in Boston have decreased since 2014. PHOTO BY ALEXANDRA WIMLEY/DFP FILE PHOTO

Violent crime in Boston on decline since previous year

Maisie Guzi October 15, 2015

Despite recent stabbings in the Boston Common and West Roxbury, there has been a 10 percent decrease in Part One major crimes in Boston since last year, reflecting the success of recent prevention...

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh’s Office of Public Safety and Boston Police met with communities affected by the multiple shootings in Boston and surrounding cities through neighborhood walks in late August. PHOTO COURTESTY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Community, city differ on efforts to address neighborhood violence

Monika Nayak September 2, 2015

Nichole Bell, 40, of Dorchester, has noticed that there are more and more families having experiences she can relate to. “My brother was killed,” Bell said. “I do the peace walk every year, and...

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