IF WILLIAM GROSS jumps into the race for mayor of Boston, one thing is clear: He’ll do so at a time when issues he oversees as the city’s top police official are receiving tremendous attention and scrutiny. Whether that would play more to his benefit or detriment is the big question he may be weighing. […]
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Barr visit with Gross stirs outcry
WHEN YOU WANT A controversial photo op, look no further than US Attorney General William Barr. He will deliver. Three weeks after the AG’s involvement in President Trump’s much-criticized walk to an iconic Washington church to take a picture hoisting a Bible in the air, a spokeswoman for Barr set off of local frenzy by tweeting […]
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The complicated legacy of ‘broken windows’ policing
DRAWING ON LESSONS he learned as a seminarian, social worker, and then probation officer, George Kelling became a major thinker on law enforcement, envisioning a new approach to policing that combined a strong regard for public safety with a keen sensitivity to community concerns and perspectives. When Kelling died this spring, at age 83, William […]