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12/24/1878 |
Horatio Homer is appointed a patrolman in the Boston Police Department. |
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1883 |
Boston Police Department Headquarters (third) is built. |
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1884 |
Boston police are first armed. |
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1885 |
Boston Police Department is placed under control of a police commission named by the governor. |
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1886 |
Boston Police Department Division 16 Station and Boylston Street Fire Station are built. |
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1887 |
Women’s House of Detention is established. |
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1890 |
Black Marias are utilized by the Boston Police Department. |
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01/06/1892 |
McAuliffe v. Mayor & Aldermen of New Bedford decision limits political activity by police. |
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1893 |
Boston Police Department Division 14 Station is built. |
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1896 |
Boston police are first equipped with bicycles. |
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