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City Council passed the measure with an 8-4 vote, but it still needs the approval of Mayor Michelle Wu and the state Legislature.
The city’s new police contract opens the door for civilian flaggers to take on paid detail assignments, now held exclusively by BPD officers, but officials indicated that those lucrative roles will likely go to retired police officers.
A number of Boston city councilors described being “blindsided” by a controversial resolution put forward by one of their colleagues, honoring two students for organizing a pro-Palestinian walkout at their high school last week.
Schools are weighing whether metal detectors can prevent increasing violence as multiple students were stabbed or brought loaded guns to schools this week.
In the private sector, employees who cost a company money through their errors are disciplined, demoted and often fined. Those who worked for and promoted the redistricting map in question should be held accountable for the legal costs to the city.