Do you want to become a police officer? The deadline to apply for the 2022 Municipal Police Officer and MBTA Transit Police Officer Examination is Tuesday, January 18. As Live Boston first reported in October, […]
Category: Live Boston Investigates
Gang Database is the Protection At-Risk Students and Bostonians Need to Curb Violence
Imagine a high school, any high school, where seven students were murdered – bludgeoned, shot, stabbed, dismembered by machetes – by their classmates. It happened in East Boston. But it was kept quiet, the victims […]
EXCLUSIVE: BPD Investigates If Foul Play Led To Young Man’s Near Death Dip In Boston Harbor
In the early morning hours of November 28, Boston police officers on random patrol came across a partially clothed 23-year-old man outside 470 Atlantic Avenue. The man was wet and shivering, wearing only a t-shirt, […]
Outrage Among Police Officers as Photo Taken in BPD Headquarters Circulates
Controversy is swirling amongst Boston Police Officers and the community as a whole, following photos posted to social media which many are calling offensive. The photos, which appear to have been taken in the Boston […]
2 Troopers Escape Injury In Latest Crash Involving Drivers Hitting State Police Cruisers
Two Massachusetts State troopers escaped injury when their cruiser was rear-ended at the scene of a crash on I-195 in Rehoboth early Sunday morning. A driver approaching the scene of the crash didn’t stop and […]
Cloud Of Secrecy: MSP, DOC & MBTA Violate State’s Public Records Laws
Three state agencies continue to flout the Massachusetts public record laws as Live Boston tries to report of issues pertinent to the public safety community. Requests sent to the Massachusetts State Police, the Massachusetts Department […]
State Police Union Pushing To Bring Back Trooper Education Incentive Amid Massive Recruitment Struggle
“It seems that within the Massachusetts State Police, when it comes to the phrase ‘equal pay for equal work,’ we’re missing the mark.” That’s what Trooper Patrick McNamara, the Vice President of the State Police […]
EXCLUSIVE: Mass Bail Fund Helped Free Methadone Mile Murder Suspect Accused Of Attacking Corrections Officer
A man The Massachusetts Bail Fund helped free from jail is now charged with a much more serious crime: murder. This is the same man who is charged with attacking a corrections officer on Methadone […]
Exclusive: State fires DOC employee who approved vaccine exemptions, some officers have waivers rescinded
Sources tell Live Boston the Baker administration fired a Department of Correction employee who approved COVID-19 vaccination religious exemptions for correction officers, leading to some of those waivers being rescinded. The employee, who we’re not […]
Laser hits Boston Medflight helicopter prompting renewed warning about dangers
Massachusetts State Police are investigating after a laser hit a Boston Medflight helicopter last month. The FAA said the crew reported a green laser illuminated their helicopter while they were flying over Weymouth on September […]