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Boston Gun Buyback Program: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, Boston Police Dept D-14 301 Washington St., Brighton. For information: 617-343-4260, bpdnews.com/district-d-14. Residents may drop off their working firearms and receive a $200 Visa gift card. Those who do not wish to deliver the firearms during those hours or at the station can call and arrange a pickup.
Group-Based Parent Training for Disruptive Behaviors: 6-8 p.m. Thursdays, Franciscan Children’s, 30 Warren St., Brighton. For information: 617-254-3800, ext. 1251. Open to parents and caregivers of children with disruptive behaviors and co-occurring conditions such as autism spectrum disorder. The group will train parents to understand and manage disruptive behaviors through th
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Monday Job Seekers Connection: 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Mondays. For information: https://bit.ly/3jh8Giw; https://bit.ly/2EzKXuV. Job Seekers Connection energizes and motivates participants by teaching valuable career search strategies and techniques. Participants are invited to exchange job leads, business cards, resumes, networking techniques and interviewing tips. The topics addressed each week are based on input from the group.The Monday Job Seekers Connection will have a limited number of spaces. Sessions will be held online via Zoom. Instructions will be included in registration confirmation.
Domestic aggravated assault and car breaks were up
The Boston Police Department released its year end crime stats for District E-13 (Jamaica Plain) and overall Part One Crime was down 12 percent for 2020.
Part One Crimes are the more serious crimes the Boston Police track and while these crimes were down when comparing Jan. 1, 2019 through Dec. 31, 2019 with the same time period for 2020, domestic aggravated assault and car breaks were up.
In 2019 there were 41 domestic aggravated assaults reported in Jamaica Plain but that number increased to 55 for 2020–a 34 percent increase.
“There is no excuse for domestic violence,” said the BPD in a statement. “With community members encouraged to stay home to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, the Boston Police Department recognizes the impact that COVID-19 is having on families in our community and the fact that some may find themselves confined with an abuser. This isolation can mean danger for some members of our Ci