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Description
National Night Out is a celebration that cultivates and strengthens partnerships between the community, youth, law enforcement, city and state agencies, and community-based organizations. Additionally, this event acknowledges the contributions that Neighborhood Watch Groups make to Boston's neighborhood safety. Mayor Janey joins with Acting Police Commissioner Gregory Long, Superintendent Nora Baston, Deputy Superintendents Richard Dahill and James Chin, and other community leaders for a luncheon in celebration of Boston's 38th Annual National Night Out.
A
B
A
A
A
A
A
I
have
had
the
honor
of
helping
organize
these
events
in
some
capacity
for
the
last
12
years
and
last
week,
actually,
on
my
facebook
memories,
a
picture
popped
up
from
the
very
first
event
that
I
helped
plan
in
roslindale
in
adams,
village,
adams,
corner
and
when
I
looked
at
the
picture,
all
I
could
think
of
was
that
day
the
captain
called
me.
Captain
hassan
was
my
captain
at
the
time
and
he
called
me
and
he
said,
kerry.
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A
I
hopped
into
the
van
and
I
said:
okay,
it's
noon.
This
thing
starts
at
5
30..
How
am
I
keeping
500
hoodsies
cold,
so
I'm
freaking
out.
I
call
the
two
officers
that
I
work
with
they're,
actually
not
here
today,
but
they're
from
e5
and
between
the
three
of
us.
We
called
our
partners
at
the
casterly
house
and
sacred
heart,
the
roslindale
community,
center
and
roslindale
main
streets,
and
by
the
time
I
got
back
from
charlestown.
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A
C
Well,
thank
you
carrie.
I
really
appreciate
all
of
the
work
that
you
do
certainly
leading
the
community
engagement
and
collaboration
for
the
boston
police
neighborhood
watch
unit.
I
want
to
appreciate
everything
you've
done
over
the
last
12
years
and
how
great
it
is
to
celebrate
38
years.
I
want
to
just
recognize
a
couple
of
the
public
officials
here
with
us.
Today.
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C
C
C
I'm
not
sure.
If
officer
woods
is
still
with
us,
but
she
got
me
here
safely,
so
I
certainly
appreciate
everything
that
she
does
and
then
I
have
a
number
of
folks
here
from
my
cabinet
and
I
won't
go
through
every
single
name,
but
please
just
give
a
warm
round
of
applause
for
members
that
are
here
on
my
cabinet.
C
C
C
I
really
appreciate
the
people
of
boston
of
all
ages,
who
help
contribute
to
creating
a
vibrant
community,
and
that
includes,
obviously
our
civic
associations
and
certainly
the
neighborhood
watch
groups.
My
hope
for
this
year's
national
night
out
event
is
that
we
see
boston's,
resilience
and
dedication
to
healing
justice
and
peace
in
every
single
neighborhood.
Together
we
can
ensure
that
our
communities
are
safe.
C
I
want
to
now
give
a
special
round
of
applause
to
the
district
level
recipients
of
the
crime
watch
group
of
the
year
award
and
the
city-wide
crime
war
crime
fighter
of
the
year
award.
So
if
you
would,
please
join
me
with
a
loud
loud
shout
out
and
round
of
applause,
so
that
we
can
congratulate
each
and
every.
C
C
C
D
First,
one
to
start
off
again
echo
the
mayor
sentiments
thank
kerry
and
all
your
staff.
You
know
again
it's
been
a
long
year
and
it's
good
that
you
know
we're
finally
getting
back
together
together
and
in
person.
You
know
it
makes
a
huge
difference.
I
want
to
say
that
I
am
honored
to
be
here
today.
It
is
an
honor
for
me
to
be
here
in
a
room
full
of
people
that
care
so
much
about
their
city
in
so
many
different
ways.
D
You
know
and
we're
going
to
hear
some
of
these
stories
that
that
tell
that,
but
again
I
I
it's
a
great
moment
for
me
to
be
here
today
and
thank
you
for
having
me
before
I
begin
I
want
to
thank
the
mayor.
I
can't
say
enough
about
the
support
that
she
gives
the
boston
police
department
and
the
resources
that
enable
us
to
do
the
job
that
we
do
every
day.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
mayor.
You
know
I
want
to
thank
sheriff
tompkins.
D
I
want
to
acknowledge
the
work
you
do
in
the
realm
of
public
safety,
but
also
the
work
you
guys
do
in
the
community.
You
do
a
tremendous
job.
We
want
to
thank
you
for
that
and
then
first
assistant,
damn
oh
hearn
in
district
attorney
rachel
rollins
again,
you
know
again.
I
want
to
highlight
the
work
that
you
do
in
terms
of
public
safety,
but
also
the
work
you
guys
do
in
the
community.
You've
been
doing
a
few
years
and
it
makes
a
huge
difference.
D
You
know
the
mayor
had
brought
up
some
of
the
statistics
that
we're
seeing
in
this
department.
Right
and
again,
I
always
hesitate
to
talk
about
statistics
because
you
know
they're
fleeting
at
times,
but
there
is
a
tremendous
amount
of
poli
good
police
work
being
done
in
collaboration
with
the
community.
You
know
your
violent
crime
is
down
16
pot
when
crime's
down
16
and
we
have
a
huge
reduction
in
shooting
victims,
but
that
work
and
those
numbers
are
not
possible.
D
If
you
don't
have
this
type
of
relationship
with
your
community.
Those
numbers
are
reflective
of
this
type
of
work
that
we
do
and
it's
gone
on
in
boston
for
a
long
time.
It
is
extremely
strong
in
this
city
and
it
will,
for
you
know,
years
to
come
and
again
you
don't
get
to
those
numbers
without
this
type
of
partnership.
So
again
I
want
to
thank
everyone,
the
police
in
the
community,
for
the
work
that
you're
doing.
D
I
know
you
can
have
a
rest
on
your
laurels,
because
it's
every
day,
you're
doing
you're
doing
you
know
it's
back
back
back
to
work
again
so
seven
days
a
week,
24
hours
a
day
and
again
I
appreciate
it.
I
don't
want
to
be
up
here
all
day,
I'm
going
to
take
the
wind
out
of
the
room,
but
you
know
every
year
national
night
out
day
provides
an
opportunity
to
highlight
the
the
vital
relationship
between
the
police
and
the
community,
as
I've
said
it
before.
D
A
police
department's
legitimacy
is
reliant
on
that
relationship
with
the
community.
As
you're
gonna
hear
in
a
couple
of
minutes,
you're
gonna
hear
stories
of
residents
all
across
the
city
who
are
collaboratively
with
the
police
department
to
address
public
safety
issues,
quality
of
life
issues,
as
well
as
foster
communities
that
literally
and
figuratively,
take
care
of
each
other
and
watch
over
one
another.
The
work
is
it's
incredible:
it
was
even
it's
even
more
so
due
to
the
fact
that
this
work
was
being
done
during
a
pandemic.
D
In
you
know,
community
act
that
people
in
the
community
and
these
community
groups
figured
out
a
way
to
do
it.
You
know
beyond
crime
prevention,
I
mean
you're
going
to
his
stories
of
tutoring
and
in
close
closed
drives
you're
going
to
hear
you
know,
residents
that
that
go
out
of
their
way
to
make
sure
that
residents
know
what
resources
are
available
to
them.
It
is
incredible
work
and
it
goes
on
every
day
and
again
I
I
can't
say
I
can't
thank
you
enough
for
the
work
that
you
do
you
know.
D
So
in
closing
again,
I
want
to
acknowledge
all
the
hard
work.
That's
done
every
single
day,
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
valuable
partnership
that
same
partnership
that
forms
that
essential
trust
between
the
community
and
the
police,
and
I
just
want
you
to
know
that
your
work
isn't
taken
for
granted.
It
never
has
it
never
will
be.
And
again
I
want
to
congratulate
all
the
award
recipients
as
well
as
everybody
else
in
this
room
from
the
community
that
does
that
work
every
day.
D
E
So
I
must
say
I
didn't
know
that
I
was
on
the
speaking
program
today.
If
I
did,
I
would
have
want
to
tie
and
tuck
my
shirt
in,
but
listen
the
thing
about
national
night
out
and
being
in
this
room
with
everyone
here
is
that
it's
nice
and
it's
cool
and
it's
comfortable
historically
national
night
out,
has
been
the
hottest
day
of
the
year
and
it's
alone.
E
That's
right,
help
us
right
and
it's
a
long
long
day.
So
it's
a
pleasure
to
be
here
and
stand
in
front
of
you.
I've
known
superintendent
long
for
many
many
years
and
as
the
mayor
mentioned,
he
is
a
guy
who
understands
what
it
means
to
be.
A
community
advocate
he's
a
guy
who
wears
his
heart
right
here
every
day
for
all
to
see
and
really
works,
mightily
mightily
to
make
sure
that
the
communities
that
he
has
jurisdictions
over
will
understand
that
the
police
will
always
be
in
evidence.
E
E
When
I
was
a
wee
lad
of
about
11
years
old,
I
had
a
conversation
with
my
mother
where
she
said
to
me:
she
said
son
as
you
get
older.
I
want
you
to
understand
that
women
really
run
the
world.
We
just
let
you
guys
think
you
run
the
world
and
I
say
that
to
say.
Look
at
people
aboard.
The
ladies
are
like
yeah
dude.
You
got
it.
E
I
say
that
to
say
that
our
mayor
mayor
janie,
is
doing
one
heck
of
a
job
and
making
sure
that
everything
that
is
needed
by
the
citizens
of
this
great
city
is
afforded
to
them.
She's
put
together
a
stellar
team,
she
understands
community.
She
goes
back
four,
five,
six
generations,
the
genies
in
the
city,
so
it
really
should
be
called
janeyville
instead
of
boston,
my
bad,
but
I
am
honored
to
know
her
as
a
friend,
socially
and
professionally.
I
am
honored
to
work
with
you
and
I
look
forward
to
a
long
working
relationship
with
you.
E
Man.
Thank
you
for
everything
that
you
do
before
I
bring
up
the
next
speaker.
Just
let
me
say
this
about
community,
I'm
a
county
official,
meaning
that
boston
chelsea
went
up
in
revere,
is
kind
of
under
my
jurisdiction
and
the
thing
about
that
and
the
reason
I
cite,
that
is
to
say
that
our
differences
are
our
strengths.
E
And
when
you
go
from
different
communities,
you
meet
different
people
of
different
backgrounds,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day
they
all
want
what's
best
for
themselves,
for
their
families
and
their
communities,
and
so
to
have
this
celebration
for
38
years
now
and
38
more
to
come.
Many
more
to
come
after
that.
It's
just
a
testament
to
the
fact
that
this
is
a
strong,
vibrant
city,
county
and
state.
As
you
know,
the
commonwealth
leads
the
way
in
a
number
of
categories,
and
so
we
should
be
lucky.
E
We
should
count
our
stars
to
be
called
bostonians
or
to
live
in
boston
and
get
to
roll
up
our
sleeves
every
day
to
work
with
our
neighbors
and
our
communities.
To
make
this
the
vibrant
place
that
it
has
been
that
it
will
be
for
some
time
to
come.
So
please
give
the
city
of
boston
a
round
of
applause.
E
E
E
Daniel
mar
hearn
once
again
like
the
people
that
I've
just
mentioned,
really
gets.
It
really
really
gets
it,
and
dan
mulhern
has
spent
countless
hours
in
all
of
these
communities,
and
everybody
knows
dan
mulhern
and
everybody
knows
the
work
that
dan
muller
and
does
the
tough
thing
about
daniel
hearn,
though,
is
you
can
hardly
get
him
on
the
phone
because
he's
so
busy.
So
when
you
call
him
he'll
get
back
to
you,
he'll
get
back
to
you
and
maybe
a
month
later,
no
I'm
only
kidding
danny.
E
E
F
I'm
here
with
a
colleague,
ricky
grant,
who
is
taking
a
photo
over
here
ricky,
is
the
director
of
community
engagement,
so
a
special
to
gratitude
to
mayor
janie
first
for
the
invite
to
allow
us
to
be
part
of
this
launch
a
special
thank
you
to
the
sheriff
a
special
thank
you
to
commissioner
long
for
having
us
in
the
room
with
you.
So
I'm
gonna
try
not
to
repeat
much
of
what
has
been
already
said.
F
They
stole
all
of
my
all
of
my
thunder,
but
I
do
want
to
say
also
recognize
superintendent,
bastian
and
deputy
chin
frequently.
I
have
had
the
pleasure
of
knowing
nora,
I
think,
since
her
early
days
in
the
police
department
and
and
when
steve
talks
about
my
answering
the
phone
and
saying
what
do
you
need?
F
I
also
want
to
say
something
about
the
captains.
The
captains,
in
my
opinion,
frequently
go
overlooked
in
the
department
and
but
for
the
captains
in
their
leadership
in
their
respective
districts.
We
wouldn't
have
the
relationship
with
the
community
partners,
and
we
often
talk
about
the
leadership
and
in
the
current
commissioner,
who
deserves
all
the
accolades.
We
frequently
talk
about
the
mayor's
leadership
in
in
someone
that
truly
truly
truly
understands
neighborhoods
and
and
what
neighborhoods
need.
But
we
don't
talk
about
the
captains
enough.
F
So
I'm
going
to
finish
up
with
telling
you
a
quick
story
and
and
and
really
keeping
the
whole
concept
of
national
night
really
dumbing.
It
down.
I
think
for
all
of
us
in
in
law
enforcement
and
government
and
all
the
wonderful
people
in
this
room
we
frequently
get
paid
to
make
problems
more
complicated
than
they
are
or
challenges
more
complicated
than
they
are,
but
what
national
night
out
is
really
and
what
kerry
and
her
team
have
led
up?
F
It's
it's
getting
people
comfortable
coming
out
onto
their
front
porch
by
going
to
the
park
going
down
to
the
neighborhood
store.
The
whole
idea
is
to
get
people
in
our
community
to
come
out
and
say
hello
to
each
other
right,
and
that
really
is
the
foundation
for
strong
communities
and
and
strong
relationships,
probably
five
or
six
years
ago
before
I
was
lucky
enough
and
privileged
enough
to
come
back
to
work
with
rachel
who
understands
this.
In
my
opinion,
better
than
anyone
I've
ever
been
around.
She
understands
the
importance
of
a
of
a
conversation.
F
F
When
I
worked
for
mayor
wallace,
we
were
in
the
middle
of
the
ferguson
that
happened,
and
there
was
a
lot
of
tension
between
police
and
communities,
and
we
had
a
fatal
shooting
on
humboldt
avenue,
and
I
can't
remember
the
day
of
the
week
that
it
happened,
but
a
a
young
man
passed
away
as
a
result
of
an
interaction
with
boston,
police
and
a
boston
police
officer
was
shot
at
point.
Blank
range
in
the
face,
and
I
had
gotten
a
number
of
calls
at
that
time
about
what
you
know.
F
F
When
I
think
about
the
fact
that
a
boston
police
officer
was
shot
directly
in
the
face
at
point,
blank
range
and
the
boston
police
response
was
absolutely
will
be
there
and
nora.
Was
there
that
night
we
went
up,
we
ran
up
and
down
trotter
park
couldn't
hit
a
shot
all
night,
but
did
hit
one
at
the
buzzer
over
a
young
man
that
was
murdered
a
year
later
by
the
name
of
eric
jackson.
F
Some
of
you
might
know
eric,
but
so
that's
really
what
national
night
out
is
is
about
it's
the
boston
police
department,
the
partners
in
this
room.
I
can't
congratulate
a
number
of
the
awardees
some
of
them.
I
know
personally
on
your
dedication
to
the
city
of
boston,
so
from
the
bottom
of
my
heart,
from
ricky's
heart
and,
more
importantly,
from
rachel's
heart.
Thank
you
for
having
us
and
congratulations,
and
I
think
I
turn
it
back
over
to
kerry.
A
So
now
the
reason
that
we're
all
here
we're
going
to
be
handing
out
some
district
awards,
I'm
going
to
call
every
everyone
up
by
district,
so
we're
going
to
start
with
district
one
there
they
are
and
then
we'll
just
go
down
the
line.
So
if
you
guys
would
like
to
come
up
to
the
podium
and
present
your.
A
G
Good
afternoon
everybody
we're
here
to
present
this
community
service
award
to
marianne
pawnee
police
work
is
public
safety
and
much
of
public
safety
revolves
around
reducing
the
harm
to
our
most
vulnerable.
2020
was
a
year
that
most
of
us
would
like
to
forget.
It
was
a
time
of
uncertainty
and
unrest
that
often
seemed
as
if
it
had
no
end
in
sight.
G
G
Marianne
ponte
still
walking
the
streets
and
engaging
with
those
that
needed
her
most
as
director
of
outreach
at
saint
anthony's
shrine.
Marianne
realized,
the
homeless
population
were
extremely
vulnerable.
Marianne
took
to
the
streets
day
and
night
to
provide
those
at
the
greatest
risk,
with
a
small
bit
of
care
comfort
and
a
shoulder
to
lean
on
she.
G
Does
this
effortlessly
and
without
seeking
attention,
validation
or
accolades
in
addition
to
her
homeless
outreach
she's,
a
vital
partner
of
the
offices
of
district
one,
she
provides
vital
insight
and
guidance
to
officers
when
it's
engaged
with
a
person
at
risk.
Her
work
is
the
co-leader
of
district.
One's
high
contact
project
has
enabled
us
to
reduce
crime
by
reducing
vulnerability
by
engaging
those
most
at
risk
of
police
interaction
with
health
care,
recovery
services
and
housing.
G
The
partnership
that
has
been
that
has
been
established
with
marianne
has
allowed
us
to
fight
crime,
while
working
through
the
lens
of
mental
health
and
substance
abuse
treatment,
as
opposed
to
the
more
punitive
aspects
of
the
criminal
justice
system
throughout
the
pandemic
and
the
foreseeable
future.
Marianne
is
the
one
constant
for
many
of
the
people
that
call
the
streets
their
home
she's
helped
many
individuals
get
through
tough
times
with
some
peace
and
stability
because
of
marianne's
dedication
and
passionate
commitment
to
her
work.
The
boston
police
would
like
to
award
her
this
community
service.
G
H
H
H
This
year
we
are
nominating
the
east
boston
hub
program
for
the
crime
watch
group
of
the
year,
the
east
boston
hub,
led
by
joanna
cataldo
and
aaron
borgo,
who
is
not
present
today.
She
couldn't
make
it
have
put
forward
an
extraordinary
effort
to
assist
at-risk
east
boston,
community
members
and
families.
The
east
boston
hub
has
helped
over
150
at-risk
community
members,
while
also
aiding
in
the
decrease
of
crime.
H
H
The
hub
team's
dedication
and
effort
has
decreased
the
number
of
repeat:
911
calls
reduce
the
crime
in
east
boston
and,
most
importantly,
improve
the
quality
of
life
for
the
individual
in
the
neighborhood.
They
reside
in
the
continued
communication
and
partnership
that
we
share
with
the
hub
team
leads
us
to
nominate
joanna
cathaldo,
as
well
as
the
entire
east
boston
hub
team
for
district
7's
crime
watch
group
of
the.
H
A
A
J
K
L
J
Is
mr
mike
kozo,
the
b2
community
service
office
would
like
to
not
recognize
mike
cuzo
for
his
relentless
efforts
in
keeping
the
roxbury
community
safe
and
keeping
residents
informed
during
the
height
of
the
pandemic.
Mike
continued
his
work
with
trauma
response
quality
of
life
issues
and
ensuring
that
residents
are
aware
of
the
resources
available
to
them.
J
All
of
this
done,
while
continuing
to
attend
a
variety
of
community
meetings,
host
neighborhood
walks
and
staying
committed
to
our
local
public
schools.
But
most
of
all
mike's
commitment
to
working
collaboratively
with
the
boston
police
department
has
not
gone.
Excuse
me
not
gone
unnoticed
on
behalf
of
district
b2.
J
M
So
my
name
is
john
flynn,
I'm
the
captain
of
district
3..
I
have
sergeant
massette
with
me.
Also
is
the
community
service
sergeant,
and
I
have
our
recipient
earl
falk,
the
crime
fight
of
the
year
out
in
district
three,
and
they
wrote
some
nice
stuff
here
that
we
have.
I
have
in
front
of
me,
but
I
just
wanna
just
tell
you
a
little
story
about
earl
and
how
I
got
to
know
him
so
in
this,
in
this
day
and
age,
everyone
does
emails
and
things
like
that
phone
calls.
M
M
Some
of
the
things
we
couldn't
do
put
up
signs
mow
the
lawn,
but
we
still
we
went
through
it
step
by
step,
but
one
of
the
things
he
wanted
to
do
and
I'll
tell
you
earl,
is
a
true
ambassador
for
matapan
and
the
city
of
boston
and
specifically
el
mon
park,
and
so
one
of
the
things
he
wanted
to
do.
He
wanted
to
walk
with
me
and
he
said
I've
done
it
with
all
the
other
captains
and
a
very
reasonable
request.
M
I
said,
of
course,
I'll
come
down
and
I'll
walk
with
you,
and
so
we
walked
the
park
and
he
took
me
step
by
step
through
the
gardens
through
the
playgrounds
through
all
the
different
things
they
do
with
the
park.
It's
a
wonderful
location
over
in
mattapan
and
one
of
the
things
he
would
say
is
well.
This
is
a
real
diamond
in
the
rough
but
al
I
say
earl's
and
first
thing
he
said
to
me.
M
Call
me
earl,
the
pearl
so
earl,
the
pearl
is
really
odd
diamond
in
the
rough
and
so
he's
just
done
a
great
job
for
the
community.
I'm
very
pleased
to
be
here
recognizing
him.
I
I
said
to
earl:
I
was
with
him.
Last
friday
there
were
hundreds
of
kids
in
the
park.
I
said
earl
one
thing
I
need
you
to
do
he
kept
saying.
M
I
need
you
to
have
the
officers
here
said
no
problem
we'll
have
the
officers
here,
regular,
probably
at
least
10
officers
down
there
that
day
playing
different
games
with
the
children
and
earl
can
tell
you
and
he
will
there's
at
least
six
groups
at
least
500
people
in
the
park
that
afternoon
and
that's
a
regular
occurrence.
But
I
said
earl
one
thing:
I
need
you
to
do
for
the
boston
police
department,
city
of
boston.
I
need
you
to
get
me
50,
more
earl,
the
pearls
and,
and
we
won't
have
any
problems.
M
I
A
A
N
Good
afternoon
everybody
I'm
joe
boyle
from
district
6
south
boston
with
sergeant
steve
mcneil.
The
award
today
is
for
luanne
o'connor
from
the
city
point
neighborhood
association
luanne
has
been
serving
the
community
for
many
years,
working
in
partnership
with
residents,
neighborhood
leaders
and
the
police
to
solve
problems
large
and
small.
Over
the
past
year,
the
city
point
neighborhood,
has
dealt
with
several
challenges
to
include
various
quality
of
life
issues,
an
increase
in
traffic
on
neighborhood
streets
and
continued
development
taking
place
in
the
area.
N
N
Whenever
an
issue
arises,
louie
communicates
with
success
as
well
as
other
community
partners.
All
parties
then
work
together
to
address
the
issue
with
constant
communication
back
and
forth
until
the
problem
is
solved.
Furthermore,
over
the
last
year,
luanne
and
the
city
point
neighborhood
association
did
not
let
covert
19
interfere
with
keeping
the
lines
of
communication
open
among
the
residents
in
the
community,
the
boston,
police
and
other
stakeholders.
N
They
took
an
active
role
in
setting
up
zoom
virtual
meetings
in
order
to
continue
the
partnership
that
kept
commun
the
community
strong
and
engaged
because
of
her
hard
work,
leadership
and
pride
in
her
community.
We're
proud
to
present
luanne
o'connor
with
a
crime
watch
group
of
the
award
to
luanne.
Excuse
me,
the
city
point
neighborhood.
A
A
O
B
O
O
O
Pastor
roxy
is
a
retired
teacher
and
principal
who
continues
to
teach
and
tutor
youth
preparing
them
for
exams
since
the
s-a-t,
p-s-a-t
and
a-c-t.
She
opens
up
her
home
to
neighborhood
teens
throughout
the
city
of
boston
through
an
officer
run
program
knows
known
as
hill
boston.
She
has
supported
hill
boston
since
its
inception.
Two
years
ago,
pastor
roxy
has
helped
by
supplying
school
necessities
and
clothing,
assisting
with
the
cost
of
field
trips
to
such
places
as
immune
amusement
parks
and
has
offered
her
wisdom
to
the
youth.
O
She
encounters
pastor
roxy,
has
said
many
times
how
to
best
fight
crime
is
to
do
the
work
of
prevention,
which
is
largely
found
in
the
reinvestment,
reinvestment
and
education
of
our
young.
For
her
strong
and
continuous
commitment
to
the
youth
of
the
city
of
boston,
her
selflessness
and
willingness
to
share
her
home
wisdom,
guidance
and
counsel
and
her
desire
to
guide
those.
She
comes
into
contact
with
on
the
path
of
education
and
her
strong
ties
to
hill
boston.
We
present
pastor
roxy,
with
this
community
service.
O
I
Thank
you,
steve
sweeney
from
the
captain
down
at
district
four
and
with
us
today.
I
have
sergeant
paul
deleo
from
our
community
service.
Jonathan
alves,
vice
president
of
blackstone
franklin
group
and
taking
a
few
pictures
over
there
is
the
president
of
the
blackstone
franklin
group,
david
stone.
I
met
these
gentlemen
about
three
years
ago
down
at
district
four
in
the
tupac's
blackstone
square
in
franken
square
park.
I
One
of
the
parks
was
kind
of
overrun,
with
some
quality
of
life
issues
that
we
address
with
having
more
police
in
the
park,
and
we
would
do
some
cleanups
down
there
three
years
ago.
You
know
over
the
course
of
a
few
months
we
pick
up
80
or
so
needles,
and
I
think
we
did
a
cleanup
about
a
month
ago
and
we
had
two
needles
in
the
park
and
it's
just
from
the
partnership
collaboration
we
have
with
them
and
really
the
friendship.
I
So
I
just
want
to
thank
you
guys
before
I
read
this
for
to
help
down
at
district
4.,
the
d4
community
service
award
has
nominated
the
blackstone
franklin
square,
neighborhood
association
as
the
district's
crime
watch
group
of
the
year.
This
group
is
extremely
vital
partner
of
d4
in
the
community
at
large.
I
The
motivation
and
dedication
to
keep
this
positive
relationship
thriving
is
admirable
and
paramount
to
d4's
ability
to
community
police.
Having
this
great
relationship
with
blackstone
franklin,
neighbor
group
allows
our
officers
to
be
aware
of
the
community's
concerns,
so
they
are
able
to
properly
address
them
and
improve
the
quality
of
life
to
everyone
in
the
square
and
in
addition,
this
group
also
offers
a
501
non-profit
that
raises
money
for
books,
computers
and
scholarships
for
the
local
youth
in
the
area.
I
They've
maintained
a
strong
presence
in
the
parks
and
in
the
squares
and
during
the
pandemic
they
steadily
kept
up
with
zoom
meetings,
as
well
as
updating
the
community
via
social
media
and
offered
off
several
other
times
they've
sent
in
food
to
the
offices
on
all
shifts.
Obviously,
during
the
pandemic
and
a
tough
year
with
policing
they
stood
by
us
and
again,
I
just
want
to
thank
you,
jonathan
david,
for
all
your
support.
A
B
Good
afternoon
mark
harrington,
captain
of
district
14
and
austin
brighton,
I'd
like
to
introduce
sergeant
ed
mcmahon
from
my
cso
office
and
frank
hughes
and
our
awardees
I'm
gonna,
let
frank
introduce
them,
he's
been
working
with
them
and
knowing
them
for
about
seven
years.
So
I
think
it's
only
appropriate.
He
gets
to
thank.
L
L
During
the
recent
pandemic,
the
staff
led
by
vice
principal
joe
serra
and
community
support
coordinator
nicolas
lopez,
helped
to
coordinate
grocery
delivery
and
educational
materials
to
all
the
students
in
this
school.
They
continue
to
keep
their
students
engaged
and
cared
for
during
a
very
difficult
time.
For
many
of
us,
this,
along
with
many
other
reasons
of
why
the
garden
of
pilot
academy
is
our
community
group
of
the.
L
A
A
P
P
The
whole
2020
pandemic
was
absolutely
brutal
for
everybody.
Shell
housing
development
was
was,
was
spared,
none
of
that
as
well
she's
our
eyes
at
res,
the
community
police
are
model,
the
police
are
the
public
public,
all
the
police,
it's
so
true
with
archdale
everything
we
do
from.
She
helped
us
give
our
turkeys
to
numerous
families
and
needs
christmas.
Christmas
is
really
tough
for
a
lot
of
people
to
get
money
to
afford
to
buy
anything.
We
raised
money
with
linda.
We
took
care
of
a
lot
of
families
in
need.
P
Not
only
that,
but
crime
has
been
reduced
over
the
last
few
years,
we're
talking
about
a
few
instances,
but
this
is
a
continuing
collaboration.
This
is
what
we
need
in
our
city.
This
is
what
we
have
in
our
city,
people
like
linda,
so
I
don't
want
to
read
off
the
script.
I
just
want
to
tell
you
we
all
thank
him.
While
we
love
her,
she
does
a
great
job
and
give
recruiters.
This
is
what
we
need
in
our
community,
linda.
E
Q
Q
Hi
everybody
I'm
john
doherty
from
district
13.,
captain
hughes,
couldn't
make
it
he
had
another
assignment
today.
Also
with
me
is
josh
de
la
rosa
from
the
community
service
office
mitch,
yolanda
taurus
and
mr
wesley
mcknight
they're,
with
the
mildew
daily
tenants
association,
and
they
are
our
nomination
for
the
crimewatch
group
of
the
year
and
13..
Q
Q
The
leader
this
year
has
been
ms
yolanda
torres,
who
was
newly
named
president
of
the
organization
last
summer.
She
has
served
the
group
for
many
years
as
a
resident
volunteer
and
she
jumped
right
into
the
leadership
role.
She
didn't
miss
a
beat
in
spite
of
the
covet
problems.
She
led
the
way
all
year
and
the
quality
of
life
in
mildred
haley
has
continued
to
improve
every
day
because
of
their
work.
Q
Q
Some
of
the
partners
that
bill
de
haley's
worked
with
are
the
boston
housing
authority,
martha
elliott,
health
center
brigham
and
women's
hospital,
our
department,
the
mass
dcr,
jamaica,
plain
tree
of
life,
one
of
the
big
partners
of
mildred,
haley,
jamaica,
plain
development
corporation
and
many
more.
And
it's
been
a
pleasure
to
work
with
yolanda
and
everybody
at
mildred
haley.
And
it's
a.
A
R
R
R
By
19
he
had
purchased
his
parents
business
with
only
one
employee
during
a
time
of
financial
hardship.
He
then
bought
the
building
next
door
and
he
started
a
kiki,
auto
repair
in
his
early
20s.
Five
years
later,
he
bought
the
old
gibbs
gas
station
remodeled
it
and
became
a
gas
station,
the
car
wash
by
age
38.
He
started
his
towing
company
and
had
over
70
employees
just
recently
in
2018.
He
bought
an
old
foundry
building
and
at
1550
river
street
he
renovated
it
and
relocated
his
auto
body
shop.
R
There
he's
not
just
a
business
owner,
he
is
also
a
landlord
in
high
park.
He
consistently
tries
to
improve
the
high
park
neighborhood
as
he
has
bought
over
12,
dilapidated
houses
and
lots
and
turn
them
into
viable
remodeled
family
homes
and
just
a
quick
story
in
october
of
2020
a
commute
on
the
commuter
rail
called
the
high
park
main
street's
office
to
complain
about
seeing
car
tires
on
the
embankment
behind
a
kiki
gas
station,
as
they
rode
the
commuter
rails.
R
Elias
investigated
this
and
found
out
that
it
was
land
that
was
far
behind
his
property.
However,
he
paid
a
few
thousand
dollars
to
have
it
cleaned
up
and
hundreds
of
tires
were
removed.
He
did
this
even
though
it
wasn't
his
property
and
this
dumping
ground
was
decades
old.
He
did
this
because
people
saw
it
when
they
passed
through
high
park,
and
he
didn't
like
that
as
they
rode
the
commuter
rail.
Pretty
impressive
he's
also
sponsored
the
high
park
main
street
fundraisers.
E
D
R
And
goodie
bags
to
the
residents
along
the
route
in
district
e18.
He
also
continues
to
sponsor
the
holiday
decorations
on
lampposts.
He
funds
new
banners
and
he
assists
with
watering
many
of
the
flower
planters
in
our
community.
Pretty
much
does
everything
and
that's.
Why
he's
here
today
and
we're
very
lucky
to
have
him
as
a
member
of
our
community
and
we're
honored
to
recognize
him
here
today?
Thank
you.
A
A
A
My
child
turned
seven
two
weeks
ago,
but
he
has
told
me
every
day
that
that's
when
he's
running,
and
I'm
just
so
thankful,
actually
that
he
stayed
as
long
as
he
did.
We
are
very
sad
to
see
him
go,
but
we
would
like
to
give
him
a
big
thank
you.
So
I'm
going
to
turn
the
microphone
over
to
superintendent.
A
S
Good
afternoon
everyone,
my
name,
is
superintendent
bastian
and
I
also
didn't
know
I
was
going
to
say
some
words
and
I'm
not
going
to
read
this
plaque
because
I
can't
see-
and
I've
been
in
this
unit
as
long
as
when
I
was
with
wallace,
with
only
10
years
on,
didn't
need
glasses.
So
that
shows
you
a
long
time.
S
I've
been
in
this
unit
with
wallace
just
to
give
a
little
background
about
him,
and
I
first
want
to
thank
also
all
the
award
winners
and
say
echo
what
the
mayor
said
and
the
chief
said
that
you
know
our
numbers
and
the
city
being
safe
is
all
because
of
you
guys
working
with
us
without
the
partnerships.
The
city
would
not
be
like
it
is
without
the
partnerships
on
the
ground,
with
the
cso
sergeant
and
the
officers
like
the
captain
said
you
guys
are
our
eyes
and
ears
and
working
together
both
sworn
in
civilian.
S
S
Out
of
that,
we
were
in
trolleys,
we
were
in
the
we
were
in
franklin
park,
zoo
at
the
time
with
mayor
menino.
Everyone
knows
mayor
menino
and
he
would
change
it
and
we
would
we
planned
for
this
in
january
you
guys
it's
a
lot
of
planning
that
goes
behind
in
the
neighborhood
watch
unit
and
every
year
it
was
a
different
theme.
We
were
in
hailstorms.
We
were
at
umass
boston,
trying
to
give
out
healthy
lunches
at
one
point,
and
we
saw
things
that
were
successful
and
we
thought
saw
things
that
weren't
successful.
S
But
the
common
theme
was
that
wallace
always
sat
down
at
the
table
always
had
the
plans
and
always
knew
how
to
bring
people
together
and
that's
a
very
unique
thing
that
will
could
never
be
replaced
and
that
we're
not
only
going
to
miss
him
in
the
neighborhood
watch
unit.
But
the
city
is
going
to
miss
him
because
he's
done
so
much
sitting
down
planning
and
also
when
you
say
women
know
how
to
take
over
he's,
also
been
in
a
unit
filled
with
women
and
at
one
point,
when
we
planned
for
this
every.
S
Like
I
said
since
january,
I
started
saying
this
is
like
the
view
and
he
would
come
in
and
he
would
and
we
would
all
have
our
coffee
mugs
and
he
would
be
like.
Probably
in
his
head,
like
I
have
to
put
up
with
these
women
for
30
minutes,
and
then
we
started
getting
under
his
skin
on
purpose,
and
I
remember
one
day
he
came
in
smelling
really
good
and
we
said
what
is
that
wallace
and
he
said
that
is
high,
karate
cologne
and
we
it
was
not
corroded.
S
We
gave
it
a
name,
see
and
and
wallace
just
sat
there,
but
he
we
learned
from
him
we
learned
from
when
it
was
that
you
know
year
after
year
after
year.
How
do
we
get
better?
And
how
do
you
bring
people
together,
whether
it
was
a
flashlight
walk
and
it
would
be
literally
no
people
there?
Wallace
would
show
up
and
say,
don't
worry
about
it,
and
I
think
he
would
just
do
speed.
S
Dial
and
people
would
come
out
anywhere
because
he
was
so
connected
with
the
community
and
that's
what
neighborhood
watch
is
about
that's
what
national
night
out
is
about,
but
it's
about
all
year,
we're
just
celebrating
today
and
no
one
has
done
it
longer
than
wallace
and
he
is
going
to
be
so
missed.
But
I
want
to
know
mayor
jane
if
next
year
he
can
be
the
head
of
the
cavalcade
with
us.
S
No
really
could
he
be
headed
the
cavalcade
in
the
vip
because
he
was
going
to
let
him
go
we're
not
going
to
let
him
go
because
he
was
always
the
advanced
team.
So
when
the
cavalcade
would
come
and
pull
up,
it
was
like
a
weld
oil
machine
and
we
get
out
of
the
car,
but
wallace
was
ahead,
making
sure
the
parking
making
sure
the
awards
and
all
the
csos
know
how
much
planning
went
behind
you
know.
S
The
only
hiccups
we
had
is
when
I
lost
my
keys
and
superintendent
o'rourke
wanted
to
kill
me
and
when
I
forgot
my
hat
and
when
the
microphone
didn't
work
and
for
months
and
months
and
months
he
said,
I
want
the
microphone
to
work.
That's
all
he
used
to
say
in
every
meeting
since
january.
I
would
say
the
microphone
working,
the
microphone
working,
the
first
stop
in
hyde
park.
The
microphone
wasn't
wasn't
working
and
wallace
pulls
out
something
out
of
his
trunk
like
a
mobile
mic.
S
So
every
year
wallace
you
have
made
the
national
night
out
successful.
We
are
going
to
miss
you.
I
can't
read
the
plaque,
so
deputy
chin
is
going
to
read
the
plaque
because
I
don't
have
my
classes,
but
I
just
want
to
say
personally
that
I've
learned
so
much
from
you.
My
whole
career,
I've
been
with
you
and
I,
like
I
said
this
bureau
was
created
because
of
wallace
and
the
work
that
he
has
done,
and
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
am
so
proud
of
you
and
I'm
going
to
miss
you.
T
So
she
didn't
bring
her
glasses,
so
I
had
mine
and
that's
probably
what
I
do
is
just
read.
But
before
I
read
this
plaque
I
just
want
to
say
to
wallace:
I
mean
I've
been
on
28
years
and
when
I
first
came
on
as
a
rookie,
I
remember
seeing
this
guy
and,
like
man
he's
the
shop
dressed
guy
like
look
at
this
guy
shoes
tie
always
impeccable.
T
You
know
thousands
of
community
meetings
that
he's
been
to
and
I'm
sure
he
knows
a
lot
of
you
in
this
room
and
from
my
experience
with
him
is
he
told
me
all
these
old
stories
about
himself
which
he
probably
hasn't
shared
much
of,
but
he
has
ancestries
back
to
the
pharaohs
in
egypt.
He's
got
this
picture
in
his
office
and
it's
very
funny,
but
he
says
yeah
deputy
come
over
here
and
take
a
look
at
this
picture.
G
T
Army,
I'm
sorry
army
and
he
was
jumping
out
of
a
plane
right.
So
there's
this
big
picture
and
there's
like
this
little
thought
of
a
man
coming
out
of
a
plane.
He
says.
That's
me
right
and
I
said
how
do
I
know
that
shoot.
He
goes
because
I
told
my
buddy
to
take
a
picture
of
me
when
I
jumped
out
of
that
plane.
T
So
true,
so
he
has
all
these
years
and
years
of
stories,
but
that's
his
connection
to
the
community
and
he
shares
a
lot
of
his
personal
life
with
everyone,
including
us,
and
sometimes
he
gets
long-winded,
but
I
listen
to
him
anyways,
but
but
yeah
his
experience
definitely
is
going
to
be
missed.
You
know,
years
and
years
of
experience
with
the
community
he's
taught
me
a
lot
he's
taught
a
lot
of
the
young
officers,
probably
many
of
you
in
the
room.
T
What
community
policing
is
about
community
engagement,
so
I'm
I'm
honored
to
actually
read
this
plaque
to
give
to
him,
but
so
I'm
going
to
start
here,
it
says
distinguished
service
wallace
tifford
in
grateful
appreciation
of
your
27
years
of
service.
I
think
it's
28,
but
with
the
boston
police
department,
especially
recognizing
your
work
while
assigned
to
the
neighborhood
crime
watch
unit,
your
efforts,
supported
residents,
businesses,
youth
and
families,
and
help
the
department
improve
the
manner
in
which
we
deliver
service
to
the
community.
K
I'm
not
going
to
hold
people
I've
been
holding
holding
this
for
28
years,
I'm
ready
to
go
home.
Okay,
I
really
am,
but
it's
been
a
pleasure
working
for
the
city
of
boston
and
working
with
all
the
communities.
I've
worked.
Every
police
district,
I've
created
over
300
crime
watch
groups
and
I'm
I'm
tired,
I'm
tired
really,
but
I
want
to
thank
everybody
for
this
award
all
the
people.
I
work
with.