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What will Acting Mayor Kim Janey do about Boston police? By Danny McDonald Globe Staff,Updated May 2, 2021, 1 hour ago Email to a Friend Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey sJaney has a history of calling for substantial overhaul of the police as a city councilor and recently unveiled a $3.75 billion operating budget that include includes cuts to the police department.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff Scandal has engulfed Boston police, presenting Acting Mayor Kim Janey with one of the first major tests of her crisis management skills as city executive. The chief controversies swirling around the nation�...

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...

Dennis White investigation expected to conclude by the end of the month By Danny McDonald Globe Staff,Updated April 8, 2021, 12:57 p.m. Email to a Friend Boston Police Commissioner Dennis White.Jim Davis/Globe Staff Boston’s Acting Mayor Kim Janey expects the independent investigation into Police Commissioner Dennis White, who was placed on leave earlier this year after a 1999 domestic abuse allegation resurfaced, to wrap up this month. “We do expect that that investigation will conclude in the coming weeks, this month, that is what we do expect,” said Janey on GBH’s Bosto...

Prosecutor seeks to erase Sean Ellis' firearm convictions March 17, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail BOSTON (AP) — Boston's top prosecutor said Wednesday she wants to erase the remaining gun convictions for a man who spent more than 20 years in prison for the killing of a police officer before his conviction was overturned. Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins filed a motion asking a judge to grant a new trial for so her office can drop the remaining charges against Sean Ellis, whose fight to prove his innocence was documented in the Netflix series “Trial 4.” Rollins said Ellis' ca...

Campbell And Wu Criticize Walsh's Handling Of Suspended Boston Police Commissioner's Appointment Dennis White, left, is sworn in by Mayor Martin J. Walsh, right, as the 43rd Commissioner of the Boston Police Department during a ceremony in the Great Hall at Faneuil Hall in Boston on Feb. 1, 2021. Jim Davis / Boston Globe via Getty Images Two candidates to replace Mayor Marty Walsh have been critical of his handling of suspended Boston Police Commissioner Dennis White's appointment. But others have carefully avoided criticizing the man they hope to replace — even as they have vowed accountab...