Plagued By Turmoil, Boston Police Department On 'Standby' As Investigations Play Out
Boston Police headquarters. (Joe Difazio/WBUR file) The last time the Boston Police Department faced this kind of intense scrutiny was in the early 1990s. Then Mayor Ray Flynn launched the St. Clair Commission to investigate the agency. The commission found a shoddy internal investigations system and recommended the police chief be fired. (He wasn’t.) Thirty years later, the police are under the microscope again. It's been more than two months since the department had a permanent leader. Commissioner Dennis White was placed on leave after revelations that he had been accused of domestic...