Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced a 3.8 percent increase to the city police department’s budget on Monday, including $2 million dedicated to a permanent, police-worn body camera program.
After winning the mayoral election on Tuesday, Martin Walsh will now have to address some of the biggest challenges facing the city’s residents over the course of his four-year term.
Four of the...
The Boston branch of the NAACP released a report card evaluating Mayor Martin Walsh’s administration Sunday, stating he failed to bring about the changes he promised for Boston’s communities of...
The Boston Police Department officially concluded their body worn camera pilot program, a year-long trial requiring 100 Boston police officers to wear body cameras while on active duty on...
The six-month extension of the Body Worn Camera Pilot Program, announced March 13 by Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, proved controversial, with the Boston Police Department speaking out in favor of the...
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...
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...
A series of community meetings discussing a body camera pilot program for the Boston Police Department began Monday, according to a digital flyer from the Boston City Council’s Committee on Public...
Activism groups supporting the use of body cameras for the Boston Police Department delivered letters and petitions to the Boston City Council Wednesday in hopes of urging councilors to vote on an existing...
Following nearly a year of conversation between activism groups and state leaders, the Boston Police Department is closer to implementing a pilot program to test the use of body-worn cameras for officers.
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