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From YouTube: Nightclub Safety in Boston
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In the wake of last year's night club incidents, Mayor Walsh and Boston Police Commissioner Gross announce the finalization of a document entitled "Best Practices in Safety for Nightclubs & other Licensed Premises".
A
A
B
C
A
Everybody
ready
good
afternoon,
everyone
Commissioner
William,
G
grass.
You
know
it's
a
proud
day
today
for
us
all
here,
I'd
like
to
thank
mayor
Walsh,
you
know
last
year
and
earlier
this
year
you
know
we
had
a
tragedy
and
other
tragedy
tragedy
avoided
when
it
comes
to
not
only
the
citizens
of
Boston
but
the
patrons
of
nightclubs
and
licensed
premises.
What
was
paramount
is
that
we
protect
the
citizens
of
Boston,
whether
they
be
patrons
or
not.
They
need
our
protection
from
predators.
What
was
paramount
as
well
is
that
we
should
be
working
together.
A
So
folks,
you
see
before
you
have
worked
collaboratively
with
the
Boston
Police
Department
and
the
licensing
board
to
come
up
with
best
practices
in
public
safety
for
nightclubs
and
other
licensed
premises.
At
this
time,
I'd
like
to
say
a
personal.
Thank
you
not
only
for
mayor
wash
but
share
woman,
kathleen
joyce
of
the
licensing
board,
thea
bogus
declan
vegan
eden,
Charlie,
King,
Joe,
Dunn,
Greg,
Stoller,
Doug
bacon,
as
well
as
representatives
from
the
Boston
Police
Department.
These
folks
all
worked
hard
superintendent,
chief
lon
deputy
Miller
captain
detective
Sexton
sergeant
detective
Billy
Gallagher.
A
This
is
all
about
working
in
partnerships
again
not
to
be
redundant,
but
to
protect
our
people.
This
is
common
sense.
We
all
here
have
pride
in
our
city
right.
We
are
pride
in
what
we
do.
This
city
began
the
nation,
so
we
should
be
the
leaders
in
protection
and
showing
how
it's
done
and
working
in
a
great
collaborative
to
make
sure
that
everybody
has
a
great
quality
of
life
when
they
traverse
our
great
city
and
into
our
licensed
premises
and
our
clubs
and
our
restaurants.
B
You
very
much
commission
and
I
want
to
thank
everyone
who
contributed
to
this
report
today,
including
the
licensing
board,
Kathleen
Joyce
and
the
other
board
members,
and
our
bars
and
nightclubs
that
are
here
with
us
today
and
the
ones
that
couldn't
make
it.
We
appreciate
their
willingness
to
work
with
us
and
and
share
feedback
here
in
Boston.
We
have
a
vibrant
nightlife.
B
We're
excited
that
it
draws
people
from
all
over
our
city
and
beyond,
going
out
in
Boston
should
be
fun
safe
and
enjoyable,
and
it
should
be
an
experience
that
everyone
has
a
good
time
with,
but
we've
seen
cases
where
some
case
where
people
are
victimized.
This
past
year
we
tragically
lost
a
young
woman
who
was
kidnapped
outside
the
nightclub
in
one
tragedy
is
too
much
to
have
to
deal
with.
B
No
one
should
feel
unsafe
in
our
city,
so
we're
making
sure
that
our
bars
our
night
clubs
and
other
establishments
know
how
to
improve
safety
and
measure
their
patrons
and
their
staff.
As
the
Commissioner
mentioned,
BPD
has
been
working
with
the
licensing
board
bars
on
nightclubs
and
community
on
important
public
safety
issues.
B
The
safety
report
contain
useful
guidelines
for
both
nightclubs
and
patrons
to
follow,
and
when
we
get
the
information
out
on
the
City
of
Austin
website
on
the
Boston
Police
website
and
in
the
bars
and
restaurants
and
other
establishments,
we'll
also
get
the
information
out
there.
We
have
a
responsibility
to
help
create
a
safe
and
secure
environment,
whether
it's
nightclubs,
installing
more
surveillance
cameras
or
bias,
training
their
staff
to
look
out
for
inappropriate
behavior,
something
that
is
really
important
here
or
our
patrons
looking
out
from
one
another
and
practicing
practicing.
B
B
B
Think
that
you
know,
hopefully,
as
we
move
forward
here,
we
will
prevent
any
incidents
from
happening.
What
we've
seen
over
this
last
summer
and
fall
and
and
I
look
forward
to
everyone
working
together.
I
also
wanted
to
thank
the
press
for
being
here
today,
because
you
are
the
outlet
which
will
bring
this
issue
back
to
the
forefront
and
a
lot
of
people
will
be
able
to
get
the
information
that
you're
reporting
on
today.
So
thank
you
for
covering
this
today
and
now.
D
Thank
You
mayor
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
you
and
to
the
Commissioner
for
your
dedication
and
commitment
to
taking
the
necessary
steps
forward
to
ensure
the
safe
experience
all
of
our
residents,
who
visit
our
nightclubs
and
other
establishments
in
the
city.
At
the
licensing
board.
We
are
responsible
for
regulating
food
and
alcohol
licenses
for
restaurants,
restaurants
and
other
establishments,
and
we're
also
responsible
for
holding
public
hearings
for
any
incident
that
occurs
in
our
licensed
premise.
D
The
licensing
board
is
committed
to
streamlining
and
refining
our
own
processes,
as
we
work
together
to
ensure
the
public
safety
of
everyone
at
our
establishments.
Licensee
should
not
view
possible
disciplinary
action
by
our
board
as
a
reason
not
to
call
Boston
Police.
We
are
fully
supportive
of
the
recommendations
being
made
today
in
this
report
and
I
want
to
thank
the
various
licensees
that
are
here
for
their
collaboration
and
their
willingness
to
bring
these
regulations.
D
It
improvements
their
own
establishments
as
the
mayor
and
the
police
commissioner,
said
everyone
here
today
shares
the
same
goals
that
is,
to
protect
the
health,
safety
and
well-being
of
everyone
in
this
city.
I
look
forward
to
these
recommendations
being
implemented
in
Boston
I.
Think
everyone
here
for
prioritizing
the
safety
of
our
residents.
E
E
A
D
A
One
of
the
reasons
we
came
up
with
this,
this
guy
is
for
a
better
form
of
communications
oftentimes.
The
licensed
premises
will
give
us
a
call,
and
then
what
gets
out
out
there
is
like
hey.
They
were
written
up
a
lot
of
times,
they're
calling
us
to
help
themselves
out
so
that
they
can
help
the
patrons
and
to
stop
violence
or
help
someone
out,
but
unfortunately,
that
moniker
get
that
was
put
out.
There
is
like
hey,
they
were
written
up
and
everyone
takes
that
in
the
negative
way.
So
again,
we've
worked
on
that.
A
If
you
call
us
and
you're
doing
the
right
thing,
that
will
definitely
be
taken
into
consideration,
but
one
of
the
complaints
last
year
when
we
we
met
at
the
ironworkers.
Thank
them
for
that
venue
was
that
hey,
we
call
you,
but
then
we're
so
called
written
up,
and
that
should
not
be
the
case
and
that's
kind
of
a
prime
example.
If
folks
are
fighting
in
the
street
right
and
and
these
folks
here
call
us
they've
done
the
right
thing
and
they
shouldn't
be
punished
for
that.
A
The
people
that
are
fighting
in
the
street
should
be
punished.
Not
the
license
premise
owners
so
and
again,
if
you're
called
before
the
licensing
board,
we
actually
questioned
what
went
on
what
took
place,
so
they
shouldn't
be
deemed
as
guilty
because
something
occur
outside
that
wasn't
under
their
control.
But
again
this
is
about
working
in
partnership
learning
from
whatever
happened
in
the
past
and
moving
on
forward
in
the
future.
That
includes
technology.
A
B
That
you
might
have,
if
you
grab
us
afterwards,
we
can
look
up
a
particular
incident
or
time
frame
and
just
let
you
know,
but,
as
the
chairman
said,
I
just
asked
her.
We
certainly
do
suspend
life,
the
premises
on
four
different
events
and
different
violations
depending
on
if
they,
if
they're
found
responsible
for
those
violations
depending
on
what
it
is.
So
if
you
have
a
particular
time,
fine,
let
us
know
we'll
get
the
information.
E
C
B
I
think
I
think
I'll,
let
I'll
let
the
the
the
children
or
the
Commissioner
talk
about
it
first,
but
this
is
this
is
a
guideline.
This
is
an
outline
for
people
to
really
kind
of
you
know,
there's
a
lot.
There's
a
lot
of
salt,
a
lot
of
indirect
responsibility
here,
there's
a
greater
responsibility
on
our
owners
of
establishments,
there's
a
responsibility
of
the
patrons
and
making
sure
they
look
out
for
one
another.
D
I
want
to
add
is
that
I
think
a
lot
of
what
you
see
in
the
guidebook
today
is
there
are
things
that
our
licensees
already
were
doing
on
their
own
I
think
this
exercise
has
allowed
us
to
communicate
better
amongst
the
board
and
amongst
our
licensees,
I
feel
confident
that
our
licensed
premises
are
really
do
do
their
best
to
ensure
the
public
safety.
Anything
a
big
part
of
this
was
demystifying
the
process
of
what
happens
with
our
board.
D
D
Looking
into
the
facts
that
are
behind
them
to
make
sure
that
these
rise
to
a
level
of
even
qualifying
for
a
hearing,
and
then
it's
the
hearing
is
an
opportunity
for
the
licensees
to
tell
us
the
information
that
didn't
make
it
into
the
incident
report
in
a
lot
of
times
the
stuff
and
information,
the
information
and
the
instant
report
doesn't
tell
the
whole
story.
So
I
encourage
licensees
to
come
with
confidence
and
to
bring
additional
information
that
we
couldn't
capture.
Just
in
one
night,
when
our
inspectors
went
out
to
follow
up
on
an
incident.
C
B
Me
just
first
and
foremost,
I
mean
the
the
establishments
that
are
here
today.
They
came
to
the
table
right
away.
There's
a
lot
of
establishments
in
our
city
that
I'm
part
of
the
conversation,
whether
they
chose
not
to
be,
or
they
just
run
the
different
business
and
I.
Think
it's
about
sharing
information
and
get
it
getting
all
of
them
on
the
same
play
getting
on
them
on
the
same
page.
I
think
that
that's
that's
a
key
point.
A
B
The
same,
the
same
type
of
enforcement,
that's
honest
and
in
the
different
areas,
I
think
that,
under
the
column
bouncers
anymore
about
years
ago,
there's
a
certain
standard
for
people
who
are
idean
people
the
door
and
making
sure
that
everyone,
no
one,
gets
unruly
inside
having
having
people
trained
in
that,
so
that
we're
not
having
situations
where
patrons
get
into
an
argument
and
and
they're
being
thrown
out
the
back
door.
Things
situations
like
that,
I
think
it's
having
consistency
in
the
industry.
That's
probably
the
biggest
thing.
C
F
D
Think
the
technology
is
changing
constantly
and
I
think
our
licensees
have
told
us.
There
are
experiences
with
that:
it's
becoming
more
and
more
sophisticated,
and
so
were
there
ID
scanners.
It's
just
a
question
of
keeping
up
with
the
latest
technology.
Subscribing
to
these
companies
that
have
all
these
updates.
B
In
that
responsibility
honestly
falls
on
the
on
the
on
the
premises.
I
mean
it's
not
the
city's
responsibility
to
make
sure
that
they
have
the
proper
equipment
they're,
the
ones
responsible
for
letting
patrons
inside
the
end
facilities
to
use
their
facilities
and
not
that
I'm
passing
the
buck.
But
I
think
that
I
mean
these.
These
facilities
want
to
make
sure
that
they're
serving
somebody,
who's,
21
and
all
of
the
21
in
there,
because
they
know
that
there's
a
whole
series
of
other
repercussions.
That
can
happen
if
something
goes
bad
now,.