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Welcome to the New Location of the Boston Police Harbor Patrol Unit!
WHO: Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis, Supt. in Chief Daniel Linskey, Deputy Superintendent Thomas Lee (Commander of the Special Operations Division – oversees the Harbor Patrol Unit), department clergy, Boston Police Command staff and BPD members and members assigned to the Harbor Patrol Unit and BPD families.
WHEN: Saturday, July 10, 2010 at 11:30 a.m.
WHERE: Boston Police Harbor Patrol Unit located at 9 Terminal Street, South Boston (adjacent to the Summer Street Bridge)
WHAT: Mayor Menino and Police Commissioner Davis welcome the Boston Police Harbor Patrol Unit to its new location.
DID YOU KNOW:
- When the Harbor Unit was first created they were housed in a 10×10 facility in Charlestown above a snack shack
- The Unit moved to a location owned by EDIC located at 35 Drydock Ave where they remained there for about 15 years and shared the dock with lobster boats
- This new location is their 1st real home that belongs to the Department (location consists of a modular home plus new piers)
SUSPECT IDENTIFIED AND SOUGHT FOR MARCH TRIPLE HOMICIDE
December 7, 2009: Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis and Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley today announced the identification of a suspect in the homicides of two 20-year-old women and a 19-year-old man in Dorchester earlier this year.
Suffolk prosecutors approved and Boston Police detectives today obtained an arrest warrant charging KERON PIERRE (D.O.B. 11/26/85), formerly of Mattapan, with three counts of murder for the March 29 shooting deaths of 20-year-old Shacora Gaines of Brockton, 20-year-old Chantal Palmer of Brockton, and 19-year-old Anthony Peoples of Boston.
Pierre is believed to have fled the country and may be living in Trinidad.
Commissioner Davis stated, “3 young people died in our city due to senseless gun violence. I applaud the tenacious work by homicide investigators and prosecutors who will hold this perpetrator accountable.”
District Attorney Conley said, “Police and prosecutors will not rest in the pursuit of someone who would take three lives in cold blood. Now that we’ve identified him, we intend locate him, apprehend him, and bring him to justice.”
Boston Police alerted by the city’s ShotSpotter system responded to the area of 41 Mount Ida Rd. shortly after 4:00 a.m. on March 29. On arrival, they found in a white Nissan Gaines and Peoples, who were pronounced dead of their injuries at the scene, and Palmer, who was rushed to Boston Medical Center and died of her injuries there.
In the course of the nine months that followed, Boston Police homicide detectives and Suffolk prosecutors undertook an extensive investigation into the facts and circumstances of the three homicides. That investigation continues even today.
Investigators believe that Pierre and the victims spoke outside a party on Mt. Ida Road and that the conversation escalated into a verbal confrontation. That verbal altercation, investigators say, led Pierre to open fire on the victims as they sat in the car.
Davis and Conley said their respective agencies remain committed to arresting and trying him in Massachusetts. They urged anyone with information on the shooting or Pierre’s whereabouts to call the Boston Police Crime Stoppers tip line at 1-800-494-TIPS or text the word “TIP” to CRIME (27463).
The BPD Street Outreach Team
The BPD would like to thank the Boston Herald and O’Ryan Johnson for telling the story of our Street Outreach Team.
BPD launches patrol to help Boston’s homeless
‘Street’ cops
By O’Ryan Johnson | Monday, November 2, 2009 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Local Coverage
The Boston Police Department’s recently formed Street Outreach Team is a two-person, walking, talking ounce of prevention aimed at helping the homeless and easing the load on city services that help them.
Officers Alexander Zahlaway and Michelle Maffeo volunteered for the duty a year ago and now spend hours of their shift listening to the homeless, their stories, their problems, their needs and their complaints, with the goal of keeping them warm, safe, fed and out of trouble.
While it’s not against the law to be homeless, the population tends to spend more time in jail and in court than others, police said. Mental illness and drug abuse lead to frequent arrests, which create an ingrained distrust of the police department.
“A lot of it is a revolving door,” Zahlaway said. “You see the same people over and over again. This is trying to stop that cycle.”
An arrest is also a costly use of manpower and resources.
Even for a simple trespassing arrest, the taxpayer is footing the bill for the police, bailiffs, court clerks, prosecutors and public defenders, who are all involved in each case.
And an arrest doesn’t solve the root problem, but police cannot ignore the law, anymore than a business owner can ignore someone passed out at the entrance to their shop, officials said.
Zahlaway and Maffeo’s job is to cut this Gordian knot by reaching out, talking to the person in order to get the help they need from agencies.
“Communication. Coordination. Cooperation,” Zahlaway said, sitting in the passenger seat of their unmarked cruiser driven Friday evening by Maffeo. “This is all we do.”
Maffeo smiles and holds up four fingers.
“That’s four,” she said. “I’m keeping count. He’s said it four times now.”
Zahlaway laughs, but said the three Cs are both their measure of success and the mile markers along its path. His method is quickly put to the test.
In a walking tour of the Jimmy Kelly Bridge near the on-ramps to Interstates 90 and 93, the team spots two homeless men and one woman. The woman, upset by a camera’s clicking, begins to cry. After she’s calmed down, she tells the officers she’s off her medication and has been tossed from a homeless shelter. The cops spend the next 30 to 40 minutes talking with her and the shelter by phone. They eventually call EMS so she can be hospitalized and get her medication.
Cops working a district who jump from one emergency call to the next may encounter the homeless, but don’t have the time to spend with them to make sure they get the services they need. Zahlaway and Maffeo do.
“I just like to be out there, to help somebody with mental health issues and make a diffrence,” Maffeo said.
Article URL: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1208948
Photo by Christopher Evans
Road Closed
Media: Please note that this morning the stretch of road on Blue Hill Ave. from W. Cottage Street to Quincy Street will be closed to traffic for most of the morning. Please advise commuters to seek an alternative route. Boston Police will re-open the area as soon as possible and apologize for the inconvenience.
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Boston Police Department Recruit Academy Graduation Ceremony
Recruit Class 48-08
WHO: Mayor Thomas Menino, Police Commissioner Edward Davis, Gill Kerlikowske (Director of the National Drug Council), BPD Command Staff, BPD Gaelic Column and Honor Guard, Graduating Recruits with their family and friends, BPD Chaplains ( Reverend Gregory Groover, Reverend Sean Connor, Reverend John Connolly.
WHAT: Today celebrates the graduation of 25 Boston Police Department Recruits and 18 outside agency recruits (consisting of 8 separate Police Departments). This will include the recruits marching from the BPD Academy to the Hyde Park Community Building prior to them taking the Police Officer’s Oath of Office. Badge pinning, special awards and remarks by several distinguished guests, including Mayor Menino and Police Commissioner Edward Davis will be heard.
WHERE: Hyde Park Community Center, Hyde Park.
WHEN: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 2:00pm.
BRING YOUR A-GAME TO B-2! Youth NOISE to play BPD Officers at Tobin Center
WHO: Boston Police Captain Paul J. Russell, officers from District B-2 (Roxbury) and 50 local teens from Youth NOISE (“Neighborhood Outreach for Inner Street Empowerment”).
WHAT: With Celtics fever upon us, offices from B-2 and a group of local youth will play some hoop today at the Tobin Center. The event is part of an ongoing partnership between the Boston Police and the Mission Hill youth group. Youth NOISE is a joint program of Latino youth organization Sociedad Latina and Mission Main’s MissonSAFE youth development program. It was formed in January 2007 to provide a forum where kids can discuss crime prevention on their streets as well as provide a means to strengthen youth relationships with police.
WHERE: Tobin Community Center
1481 Tremont Street
Roxbury Crossing
WHEN: Today, Wednesday, June 11, 2008
3:30pm
MAYOR MENINO AND COMMISSIONER DAVIS TO HONOR OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS AT COMMENDATION CEREMONY
WHO: Mayor Thomas Menino, Boston Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis, Superintendent-In-Chief Robert P. Dunford, FBI Agent Warren Bamford, BPD Command Staff, award recipients and their families.
WHAT: Commendation ceremony to recognize exemplary work of eight members of the Boston Police Department as well as outstanding members of our community. Officers and civilians will be presented a Commissioner’s Commendation and special recognition for their hard work and dedication.
WHERE: Boston Police Headquarters
Media Room
1199 Tremont Street
WHEN: Wednesday, April 30, 2008
3:00pm
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Boston Police Department Detective Rating Ceremony
WHO: Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Commissioner Edward F. Davis, Superintendent Bruce Holloway, BPD Command Staff, BPD Gaelic Column and Honor Guard, Department Chaplains, Jubilee Church Bishop G. A. Thompson, president of the Boston Police Benevolent Society, Detective Jack Parlon, and police officers being rated, as well as their family and friends.
WHAT: Mayor Menino and Commissioner Davis will officiate over this ceremony, during which sixty-four Boston Police officers will be pinned and promoted to the rank of detective.
The media is encouraged to attend this event.
WHERE: Jubilee Church
1500 Blue Hill Avenue
Mattapan
WHEN: Today, Monday, December 17, 2007
1:00pm
Boston Police Relief Association to hold 136th Annual Awards Ball
WHO: Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis, Boston Police Command Staff, honored officers and their families.
WHAT: This yearly event is intended to honor those members of the department who have exemplified what it means to be member of the Boston Police department over the past year. The awards ceremony will commence at 5:00pm and is followed by a social hour, dinner, and entertainment. This year, the following officers will be honored:
Lieutenant William J. Slavin
Sergeant Detective Thomas J. O’Leary
Sergeant Gary Ryan
Sergeant David S. Gavin
Sergeant Joseph R. Horton
Sergeant Michael J. Linskey
Sergeant Brian E. Miller
Police Officer Rance R. C. Cooley
Police Officer Winston DeLeon
Police Officer Robert Cordasco
Police Officer Steven M. Charbonnier
Police Officer Timothy G. Fitzpatrick
Police Officer Lawrence I. Celester
Police Officer Peter N. Fontanez
Police Officer John J. Bates
Police Officer Jimmy Giraldo
Police Officer Rodney O. Best
Police Officer Robert P. Hurley
Police Officer Prescott T. Caisey
Police Officer Philip J. Kearney
Police Officer Horace N. Kincade
Police Officer Richard L. Medina
Police Officer Frederick D. Lane
Police Officer Rochefort Milien
Police Officer Brian J. Linehan
Police Officer Stephen D. Roe
Police Officer Terence S. Long
Police Officer Stephen P. Romano
Police Officer Scott D. Lucas
Police Officer Matthew S. Ryan
Police Officer Edward J. MacPherson
Police Officer Jay D. Soares
Police Officer Brian C. Mahoney
Police Officer Gregory L. Vickers
The media is encouraged to attend this ceremony.
WHERE: Lombardo’s
Route 28
Randolph, MA
WHEN: Sunday, December 2, 2007
5:00pm
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Mayor Menino and Commissioner Davis to Honor Officers at Detective Rating, Promotional Ceremony
WHO: Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis, Boston Police Command Staff, honored officers and their families.
WHAT: Mayor Menino and Commissioner Davis will officiate over this ceremony, during which thirteen Boston Police officers will be honored.
Rated Detectives: Captain Mark P. Hayes, Lt. Arthur G. Torigian, Sgt. Daniel P. Duff, Sgt. John J. Fitzgerald, and. Sgt. Matthew F. Whalen.
Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant: Sgt. Richard J. Houston, Sgt. Robert A. Dwan, and Sgt. Adrian P. Troy.
Promoted to the rank of Sergeant: P.O. Richard J. Dahill, P.O. Joseph M. MaGuire, P.O. William R. Toner, Det. Norma I. Ayala Leong, and Det. Lisa R. Holmes.
The media is encouraged to attend this ceremony.
WHERE: Teacher’s Union Hall
180 Mount Vernon Street
WHEN: Wednesday, November 28, 2007
10:30am