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From YouTube: Public Safety Press Conference 5-27-21
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Mayor Janey, Boston Police Superintendent-in-Chief Gregory Long and District Attorney Rachel Rollins discuss the City of Boston's 2021 Summer Safety Plan.
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Keeping
our
community
safe
and
healthy
is
a
team
effort,
and
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
other
members
of
my
team.
Today,
chief
of
civic
engagement,
aisha
miller,
chief
of
health
and
human
services,
marty
martinez,
director
of
public
safety,
dr
rufus
falk
and
program
director
of
trauma
response
and
recovery
at
the
boston
public
health
commission
mark
scott.
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Collaboration
is
how
we
respond
to
emergencies
in
boston.
It
is
also
how
we
will
make
this
summer
a
safe
and
joyful
one
all
across
our
city
part.
One
part
one
crime
is
down
21
in
boston
this
year
and
25
compared
to
the
five-year
average.
This
is
good
news.
We
also
know
that
covet
has
compounded
trauma.
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60
of
our
residents
have
received
one
shot
of
the
vaccine,
and
almost
half
are
fully
vaccinated,
as
our
city
recovers
from
the
pandemic.
I
am
here
to
announce
how
we
will
strive
to
make
this
summer
a
season
of
safety
and
healing
working
together
across
departments.
We
will
apply
a
racial
justice
lens
as
we
address
violence
and
promote
peace,
using
a
public
health
framework
of
prevention,
intervention
response
and
recovery
working
with
city
departments
and
community
partners.
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I
am
leading
a
comprehensive,
2021
summer
safety
plan
that
aligns
our
city-funded
work
with
our
community-based
programming
that
connects
our
work
to
our
goals
to
address
and
prevent
violence.
We
will
implement
the
summer
safety
prevention
plan
in
five
parts.
First,
we
will
scale
up
youth
engagement
activities
such
as
bcyf
super
teens
program.
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With
recreational
activities
through
soar,
I
will
invest
12
thousand
dollars
in
community
events
and
will
provide
grants
of
five
hundred
dollars
to
support
events
hosted
by
community
groups
across
the
city.
The
boston
housing
authority
will
hold
unity
days
at
family
sites
between
august
and
october,
and
the
boston
police
department
will
also
host
activities
and
events
throughout
our
city
this
summer.
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If
fireworks
do
create
a
nuisance
in
your
neighborhood,
please
call
key
to
the
safety
plan.
Is
our
partnership
and
collaboration
with
community
residents.
We
are
engaging
community-based
organizations
in
this
work
and
providing
over
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
grants
created
specifically
to
boost
summer
programming
and
efforts.
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A
Good
afternoon,
thank
you
for
being
here
today.
Before
I
begin
I
you
know,
I
want
to
thank
mayor
janie
for
her
continued
support
of
the
boston
police
department.
It's
very
much
appreciated.
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
suffolk,
county
district
attorney,
rachel
rollins.
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For
the
work
that
her
and
our
office
do
in
terms
of
addressing
violence
in
the
city
of
boston,
as
well
as
providing
justice
for
victims
throughout
the
city,
appreciate
the
work
you
know,
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
everyone
else.
That's
up
here.
The
work
they
do
different
city
agencies
is
crucial
to
providing
safety
and
resources
for
the
residents
of
boston,
and
I
appreciate
all
the
work
that
you
do.
A
As
I
begin
I
you
know
I
just
want
to.
I
want
to
mention
some
of
the
hard
work
being
done
by
the
men
and
women
of
the
boston
police
department,
in
conjunction
with
the
community
partners,
and
everyone
that's
up
here
today
as
we
stand
here
today.
Violent
crime
is
down
19
percent
in
the
city
of
boston
part.
One
crime
is
down
21
percent
firearm
related
arrests
are
up
30
percent
and
firearm
recoveries
up
30
percent.
A
You
know
the
mayor
this
morning
convened
a
meeting
as
a
public
safety
meeting
of
different
department
heads
we
had
clergy
and
the
police
department
there
to
talk
about
the
summer
in
a
safety
plane
moving
forward
in
the
summer.
So
what
I'm
going
to
do
now
is
I'm
going
to
briefly
walk
through
the
steps
the
boston
police
department
is
going
to
take
in
terms
of
addressing
violence
this
summer.
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Typically,
you
know
the
department
what
we,
what
we
do
we're
going
to,
as
we
continuously
do
we're
going
to
use
our
intelligence
driven
data
to
address
those
individuals
in
those
areas
and
those
groups
where
we
see
violence
and
those
that
are
committing
violence,
we're
going
to
continue
to
work
with
the
district
attorney's
office,
which
we
always
do
and
identifying
these
individuals
and
holding
them
accountable.
A
I
mentioned
those
statistics
earlier
about
the
number
of
firearm
related
arrests
that
shows
that
that
approach
is
working,
we're
focusing
in
on
individuals
with
intelligence
and
we're
holding
them
accountable.
I
just
want
to
make
that
clear
that
approach
does
work
and
you're,
seeing
that
the
numbers
and
a
lot
of
hard
work
is
paying
off
in
june
10th.
We
are
graduating,
94
recruit,
recruits
from
the
boston
police
academy,
that's
going
to
help
clearly
in
terms
of
our
visibility
in
our
efforts
to
ensure
public
safety.
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These
officers
are
going
to
be
deployed
throughout
the
city
in
different
districts.
Also,
as
we've
seen
the
last
couple
of
weeks
as
it's
got
warmer
out,
we've
had
an
issue
with
off-road
vehicles.
We're
going
to
continue
to
focus
on
that
sergeant,
detective,
danny
humphries
and
our
auto
theft
unit
does
a
tremendous
job
of
focusing
in
on
that.
In
the
last
couple
of
weeks
alone,
we've
seized
over
30
of
those
vehicles
and
written
numerous
citations.
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I
also
want
to
commend
the
public
in
their
efforts
in
this.
The
department
we've,
you
know,
sent
out
reminders
and
asking
people
the
community.
If
they
see
these
vehicles
they
know
they're
steward.
To
let
us
know,
we've
had
a
great
response.
The
last
couple
of
weeks
we've
had
numerous
tips
that
have
led
to
numerous
seizures.
It's
that
exact
part.
That's
that
exact
partnership
with
the
community
that
helps
address
problems
such
as
that
also
we've
seen
in
the
summer
time.
We've
seen
it
recently
large
parties
and
gatherings.
A
I
think
our
district
captains
do
a
good
job
of
addressing
lodge
gatherings
in
parties
last
summer.
We
were
very
successful
in
doing
that.
Our
approach
is
to
gain
compliance
by
by
tenants
and
owners.
As
I
said,
we
do
a
good
job
of
that
for
those
that
compliance
isn't
an
option
or
repeat
offenders.
Citations
and
criminal
complaints
will
be
an
option
for
the
boston
police
department.
A
The
mayor
also
mentioned
schools
that
have
a
lot
of
school
programs
they're
going
to
be
open.
Historically,
we
did
in
the
past,
so
we're
going
to
continue
to
do
it.
We
have
our
school
police
there's
going
to
be
a
presence
in
and
around
the
schools
to
ensure
the
safety
of
the
students
that
are
attending
these
programs
in
the
schools.
Obviously,
it
goes
without
saying
during
the
summer
months,
our
parks
and
our
open
spaces
there's
a
lot
of
activity.
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People
are
enjoying
the
weather,
we're
going
to
have
police
presence
there
to
ensure
the
safety
of
our
residents
in
these
in
these
spaces
in
these
parks,
part
of
our
approach
to
safety
planning
also
has
to
do
with
engaging
the
community
and
keeping
those
positive
relationships
going
that
we
have
with
this
with
the
community.
Last
year
we
were
camping
a
little
bit
with
covid.
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We
were
limited
in
some
of
the
engagement
we
could
do,
but
this
year
the
bureau
community
engagement
under
the
direction
of
superintendent
bashton,
along
with
our
community
service
offices,
will
look
forward
to
re-engaging
the
community
and
re-implementing
a
lot
of
those
programs
that
have
enabled
us
to
build
these
strong
relationships
with
our
community.
A
major
part
of
this,
too,
that
the
mayor
also
mentioned
is
identifying
individuals
that
we
think
are
at
risk
for
violence
in
being
involved
in
violence.
It's
a
huge
part
of
this.
A
Our
relationship
with
these
different
city
agencies,
our
community
partners
and
as
well
as
the
district
attorney's
office,
we're
able
to
identify
a
lot
of
these
individuals
and
and
get
them
programs
and
divert
them
away
from
violence.
That's
a
huge
part
of
that
and
I
think
this
collaboration
that
we're
involved
in
makes
that
makes
that
possible.
I
want
to
address
briefly
this
weekend
memorial
day.
Obviously
it's
the
unofficial
start
of
summer,
so
the
department
we're
gonna
have
extra
patrols
out
in
every
neighborhood
throughout
the
city.
A
You
know
kind
of
the
wrinkle
this
year
is
on
saturday.
Everyone
well
knows
covet
restrictions
have
been
lifted,
that's
the
great
unknown
for
us,
a
lot
of
these
businesses
and
establishments,
bas
and
restaurants
that
haven't
been
open
or
have
had
limited
capacity.
We
expect
them
to
open
and
we're
gonna
have
increased
capacity.
Again,
we
don't
know
how
many
are
opening.
That's
gonna
depend
upon
staffing
issues.
I
would
imagine
a
lot
of
these
a
lot
of
these
clubs
and
restaurants,
but
what
we've
done
is
we
get
ahead
of
that?
A
A
licensed
premise
unit
has
already
been
in
coordination
with
the
city
licensing
unit.
An
email
has
been
sent
out
to
all
these
clubs
and
establishments,
reminding
them
of
the
restrictions
on
their
licenses
on
making
sure
that
they're
they're
ensuring
the
safety
of
the
patrons
and
visitors.
I
know
everyone's
excited
to
get
out
out
about
again,
but
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we're
providing
a
safe
environment
for
everybody.
What
we're
going
to
do
is
our
licensed
premise.
A
In
closing,
I
want
to
thank
the
last
couple
months,
all
the
residents
across
the
city
of
boston
that
have
taken
their
time
to
to
walk
up
and
individually
thank
boston,
police
officers
for
the
job
that
they've
done.
That
type
of
thanks
goes
a
long
way.
It
is
greatly
appreciated
by
the
offices
in
the
department,
and
we
look
forward
to
continuing
our
strong
relationship
with
the
communities
of
the
residents
of
the
city
of
boston.
Thank.
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I
want
to
point
out
that
when
the
commissioner
says
that
we
have
an
increase
in
number
of
guns
that
the
boston
police
are
taking
off
of
the
streets,
that's
actually
a
very
good
thing.
We
are
not
happy
that
there
are
more
guns
out
there,
but
they
are
doing
exceptional
work
every
day
to
make
sure
that
they
are
no
longer
able
to
harm
people
in
suffolk
county
as
the
district
attorney.
I
want
you
to
hear
the
work
we've
been
doing
prior
to
we
talk
about
moving
forward,
but
what
we've
done
since
covet
happened.
D
Many
people
falsely
believe
that
the
courts
have
been
closed.
They
have
not.
The
courts
have
remained
open
and
immediately
after
a
state
of
emergency
was
declared
by
our
governor
back
in
march
of
of
2020
suffolk
county
was
one
of
very
few
da's
offices
in
the
united
states
of
america
that
had
presented
to
grant
the
grand
jury
not
once
but
twice
in
fact,
and
we
returned
several
had
several
indictments
returned
well
over
a
thousand
as
well
as
specific
defendants
that
we
held
accountable
or
the
grand
jury
returned
indictments
on.
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When
we
look
at
these
numbers
from
september
of
2020
till
april
of
2021,
we
have
had
1137
indictments
returned
against
268
defendants,
including
115
firearms
and
29
homicides
that
were
indicted.
So
we
don't
do
that
alone.
The
office
I
inherited
and
have
led
with
pleasure
for
the
last
two
and
a
half
years,
has
about
300
or
so
exceptional
people.
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One
of
them
is
here
first
assistant,
danny
mulhern,
but
with
the
able
and
capable
and
exceptional
work
of
the
boston
police
department
and
the
mass
state
police,
we
have
held
individuals
accountable,
while
all
of
us
have
been
trying
to
get
through
a
global
pandemic.
I
want
to
also
mention
that
we
are
targeting.
You
know.
Bpd
does
an
exceptional
job
reacting
to
crime
for
those,
not
lawyers
or
police
officers.
D
When
is
called
when
shot
spotter
is
activated,
they
show
up,
they
do
exceptional
work
where
they
are
leading
the
charge
and
we
are
proud
to
be
leading
with
them
is
proactively
disrupting
violence
before
it
happens,
so
our
crime
strategies
bureau
the
fusion
center
of
the
mass
state
police,
the
brick
for
the
boston
st
for
the
boston
police
department.
We
are
looking
at
trends
in
data.
D
As
I
said,
who
have
been
doing
an
exceptional
job
and
we
will
be
presenting
these
cases-
we
just
completed
two
trials
in
federal
court,
so
the
superior
court-
we
can
only
empanel
juries
there,
but
the
apparently
the
the
they
are
not
the
air
is
is
not
capable
of
of
sustaining
a
full
jury
trial.
So
we
panel
the
juries
in
the
suffolk
superior
court,
but
then
we
try
the
cases
in
the
federal
moakley
courthouse.
D
We
just
got
two
really
really
strong
verdicts
for
a
hate
crime
that
had
happened
at
empire
and
for
a
baseball
coach
that
had
been
raping
one
of
his
one
of
the
young
men,
since
he
was
nine
years
old
on
his
on
his
baseball
team,
and
you
need
to
hear
that
that
we
are
expediting
some
of
these
cases
in
in
front
of
the
grand
jury,
with
respect
to
guns
and
other
other
individuals,
specifically
that
have
created
harm
or
are
driving
a
lot
of
the
violence
in
these
areas,
and
we
will
continue
to
do
so.
D
Just
arrested
at
the
core
of
warrants
we
with
the
boston
police
department,
we
have
arrest
warrants
for
40
to
50
people
that
we
believe
have
been
driving
the
crime.
So
now
the
hard
work
we've
got
the
easy
part.
D
The
boston
police
now
are
going
to
be
going
out
and
finding
all
of
those
individuals
they
know
very
well
who
they
are.
So
we
expect
to
have
several
arraignments
coming
up
in
the
near
future,
but
it's
a
as
a
result.
That's
sean
right
am
I
looking.
I
can't
notice
you
as
as
a
result
of
the
hard
police
work,
we've
determined
who
these
individuals
are.
So
that's
the
work
done
and
we're
hopefully
going
to
be
arresting
them
shortly.
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Another
question
for
the
d.a
d.a:
what
do
you
make
of
the
seemingly
contradictory
statements
between
william
cross
and.
A
D
I
I
don't
make
much
of
that.
I
think
what
we've
seen
with
commissioner
long
danny
is
that
the
boston
police
have
been
incredibly
professional
during
a
time
of
uncertainty.
They
show
up
and
do
a
job
that
many
of
us
in
this
room,
wouldn't
even
if
we
got
three
times
as
much
money
as
them,
and
rather
than
commenting
on
that,
I
want
to
just
commend
them
for
the
work
that
they
did
and
do.
D
B
There's
never
been
enforcement
of
mass
mandates.
We
are
not
looking
to
get
into
big
debates
with
individuals
around
mass.
We
hope
that
people
will
continue
the
culture
that
we've
already
started
here
in
boston
around
public
safety,
certainly
use
their
best
judgment
continue
to
do
things
that
make
them
safe.
Obviously,
memorial
day
weekend
being
the
start
of
summer,
people
want
to
get
out
and
gather
they
want
to
enjoy.
We
have
to
continue
to
be
safe.
B
We
have
to
make
sure
that
our
businesses
are
supported
and
that,
in
terms
of
licensing
and
enforcement
around
our
bars
and
restaurants
expanding
their
capacity,
we
have
to
certainly
ensure
that
there
will
not
be
any
incidents
of
violence
there
and
that
we're
doing
everything
we
can-
and
I
want
to
thank
chief
long
for
his
leadership.
You
know
and
and
combat
this
narrative
that
there's
a
void
here.
B
A
I
mean,
obviously
you
know,
as
the
mayor
alluded
to
in
the
memorial
d
day
weekend.
You
know
you
know
we'd
expect
a
lot
of
people
to
be
out
out
and
about
you
know,
so
we
just
want
to
ensure
that
everyone's
safety
and
again
as
they
alluded
to
also
some
of
these
extra
patrols,
will
be
used
for
those
areas
that
we
are
seeing.
You
know
any
increase
in
violence
as
well,
as
you
know
downtown.
A
As
I
spoke
about
earlier,
we
do
expect
an
increase
of
people
down
downtown
and
actually
throughout
throughout
the
city.
You
know
we
have
a
high
concentration
of
restaurants
and
bars.
We
expect
that
we
just
want
to
make
sure
that
everyone,
you
know,
is
safe
when
they're
visiting
and
safe
coming
and
going
that's
why
they
have
the
extra
patrols
built
in.
F
Is
there
a
correlation
with
these
40
50
people
we're
talking
about
in
summer
safety
and
trying
to
get
them
off
the
streets
before
summer
really
fits
in,
and
also
what
we've
done
proactively
in
regards
to
fireworks?
It
was
such
a
major
issue
last
year,
a
lot
of
different
neighborhoods.
What
could
we
do
now
ahead
of
july
4th
in
terms.
B
Of
these
fireworks
well
I'll
start
and
and
encourage
the
team
to
to
come
up,
one
of
the
things
that
we
are
doing
certainly
is
putting
out
the
word.
As
we've
done
today,
we
are
convening
a
group,
I'm
working
with
my
chief
of
civic
engagement,
aisha
miller,
around
engaging
residents
in
this
work.
Elected
officials
in
this
work,
faith
leaders,
business
leaders.
We
know
that
this
was
a
huge
issue
last
year.
B
It
certainly
is
compounding
the
trauma
that
we
already
feel
in
the
city
of
boston
in
terms
of
covid,
in
terms
of
how
our
veterans
respond
and
others
who
have
experienced
gun
violence,
and
so
we
have
to
do
all
that
we
can
to
keep
these
illegal
explosives
out
of
our
neighborhoods
number
one
and
number
two
make
sure
that
we're
all
being
good
neighbors.
I
don't
know
if
either
of
you
would
like
to
add
to
that-
and
I
haven't
touched
anything
so.
D
Not
about
fireworks
but
more
about
the
40
to
50..
We
would
never
wait
for
a
summer
rollout.
We
are
with
with
our
law
enforcement
partners.
As
things
happen,
we
are
moving
quickly.
Some
of
those
individuals.
Many
are
in
a
particular
area
of
boston,
with
respect
to
the
mass
avenue
cass
area,
which
we
have
seen
an
uptick
in
in
behavior
there,
but
others
are
outside.
Of
that,
and
last
I
will
say,
is
our
crime
strategies.
D
Bureau
covers
human
trafficking,
gang
narcotics
and
juvenile
matters,
and-
and
we
are
working
closely
because
that
is
a
a
terrible
cocktail
where
many
of
the
individuals
are
engaging
in
a
lot
of
that
same
behavior.
C
How
big
of
an
issue
several
of
you,
especially
mayor
candy,
mentioned
focusing
on
gang
hot
spots?
How
big
of
a
focus
is
that
going
into
the
summer,
and
how
big
of
an
issue
is
that.
A
You
know
I
just
want
to
say,
like
a
focus
on
gangs:
that's
throughout
the
year,
just
not
not
summer.
Obviously,
during
the
summer
months,
there's
more
opportunities.
People
are
out
and
about
so
you
know
there
is
a
heightened
concern
about
that.
You
know
rivals,
you
know,
there's
more
opportunities
to
run
into
each
other,
but
you
know,
like
I
said
that
there's
a
this
is
a
strategy
like
I
said,
there's
intelligence,
driven
data
that
we
utilize
all
year.
A
Long
as
I
said,
we
haven't
even
moved
in
the
summer
and
you've
seen
some
of
the
the
numbers
that
have
of
you
know.
I've
mentioned
in
terms
of
firearm
recoveries.
Again,
you
know
to
me
that
shows
that
that
process
is
working,
and
you
know
we.
We
will
continue
focusing
on
those
individuals
in
gang
members
that
are
driving
violence
and,
like
I
said
it's
a
year-long
process,
we'll
continue
that
work.
D
D
D
You
know
we
that
was
a
domestic
violence
situation
right
when
we
have
other
tragedies
like
delois
brown,
although
she
might
not
have
been
the
target
they're
still
looking
to
see
whether
that
was
some
other
altercation
that
might
have
happened,
but
she
was
the
you
know
sad
victim,
as
a
result
of
that.
So,
but
all
of
that
intelligence
is
being
gathered
by
the
boston
police
department,
our
crime
strategies,
bureau,
the
bric,
the
fusion
center
and
the
mass
state
police.
D
But
some
of
it
definitely
is,
and
others
are
just
you
know,
like
the
geography
of
what's
happening
in
certain
areas
where
we've
seen,
for
example,
in
the
mass
avenue
cast.
Many
of
those
homicides
or
knife
are
by
the
the
weapon
is
a
knife
as
opposed
to
a
gun,
so
we're
looking
at
all
those.
C
B
Schools,
let
me
start
by
thanking
superintendent
caselias
for
her
quick
response
in
terms
of
launching
the
investigation
and
putting
a
stop
to
counseling.
That
is
not
licensed.
I
think
that
was
the
right
approach.
We
obviously
want
to
make
sure
that
our
young
people
feel
safe,
that
they
are
being
supported
and
that
any
counseling
happens
by
licensed.
D
Yeah,
just
simply
that
we've
read
the
article
and
much
of
the
many
of
the
incidents
happened
in
newton,
which
is
not
part
of
suffolk
county,
but
we
have
already.
My
senior
leadership
team
has
been
in
discussion
about
what's
happening
and
we
might
have
more
to
say
later.
Thank.