The Boston Police Department (BPD),dating back to 1838,holds the primary responsibility for law enforcement and investigation within the city of Boston,Massachusetts. It is the oldest municipal police department in the United States. The BPD is also the 20th largest law enforcement agency in the country.
The Massachusetts State Police (MSP) is an agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Executive Office of Public Safety and Security,responsible for law enforcement and vehicle regulation across the state. As of 2022,it has 2,067 sworn troopers and 611 civilian support staff for a total of 2,678 personnel,making it the largest law enforcement agency in New England. The MSP is headed by Interim Colonel Jack Mawn.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Police is a police force which has primary jurisdiction on Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) property and vehicles in each of the 177 cities and towns within the MBTA. The department has grown to an authorized strength of 266 officers and 10 civilians. The majority of the MBTA Police Department's efforts are focused on patrol in Boston and surrounding communities,particularly around heavy rail The department patrols and protects the 5 subway lines to include the Silver Line,13 commuter rail lines,4 passenger ferry routes,181 bus routes and The Ride paratransit system in Massachusetts communities.
Daniel F. Conley is an American attorney and politician who served as the district attorney for Suffolk County,Massachusetts from 2002 to 2018. Appointed to the office in February 2002,Conley was later elected on November 5,2002,and again in 2006,2010,and 2014. He retired in 2018 to enter private practice.
Maria Lopez is a Cuban-American former judge and a former television jurist on the syndicated court show,Judge Maria Lopez.
Richard Roger Lavigne was a laicized priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts and convicted sex offender. Lavigne was at the center of the priest abuse scandal in the Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts with about 40 claims of sexual abuse of minors placed against him.
William Richard Keating is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 9th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,he first entered Congress in 2011,representing Massachusetts's 10th congressional district until redistricting. Keating's district includes Cape Cod and most of the South Coast. He raised his profile advocating for criminal justice issues in both houses of the Massachusetts General Court from 1977 to 1999 before becoming district attorney of Norfolk County,where he served three terms before being elected to Congress.
Maureen Feeney is an American politician who served on the Boston City Council and was the City Clerk of Boston,Massachusetts.
Katherine Marlea Clark is an American lawyer and politician who has served as House Minority Whip since 2023 and the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district since 2013. She previously served as Assistant Speaker from 2021 to 2023 and Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus from 2019 to 2021. Clark was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2008 to 2011 and the Massachusetts Senate from 2011 to 2013.
The Boston Municipal Court (BMC),officially the Boston Municipal Court Department of the Trial Court,is a department of the Trial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,United States. The court hears criminal,civil,mental health,restraining orders,and other types of cases. The court also has an appellate division which reviews questions of law that arise from civil matters filed in the eight divisions of the department.
Marian T. Ryan is the District Attorney (DA) of Middlesex County,Massachusetts,United States. She was the Commonwealth's only female District Attorney from 2013 to 2018. As of 2012,she is one of two,including Andrea Harrington,Berkshire County DA. She is a Democrat.
Andrea Joy Campbell is an American lawyer and politician who is serving as the attorney general of Massachusetts. Campbell is a former member of the Boston City Council. On the city council,she represented District 4,which includes parts of Boston's Dorchester,Mattapan,Jamaica Plain,and Roslindale neighborhoods. A member of the Democratic Party,she was first elected to the council in November 2015 and assumed office in January 2016. She served as president of the council from January 2018 until January 2020. Campbell unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Boston in 2021,placing third in the nonpartisan primary election behind Annissa Essaibi George and Michelle Wu,the latter of whom would go on to win the general election.
Jon Santiago is an American physician and Democratic politician who served in the Massachusetts state representative for the 9th Suffolk district from 2019 to March 2023. He ran a campaign for mayor of Boston in 2021,but withdrew from the race before the primary election.
John Joseph Droney (1911–1989) was an American politician who served as district attorney of Middlesex County,Massachusetts from 1959 to 1983.
Garrett H. Byrne was an American lawyer and politician who served as District Attorney of Suffolk County,Massachusetts,from 1952 to 1979.
Rachael Splaine Rollins is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. attorney for District of Massachusetts from 2022 to 2023. Before that,she was the district attorney for Suffolk County,Massachusetts.
The 2021 Boston mayoral election was held on Tuesday,November 2,2021,to elect the mayor of Boston,Massachusetts. Incumbent mayor Marty Walsh was eligible to seek a third term. However,he resigned as mayor on March 22,2021,after being confirmed as secretary of labor in the Cabinet of Joe Biden. This left the Boston City Council president,at the time Kim Janey,to hold the role of acting mayor until the victor of the election would take office.
Dennis A. White is a police officer who was Commissioner of the Boston Police Department. After being sworn in on February 1,2021,White was placed on leave two days later,as the city conducted an investigation into a 1999 allegation of domestic violence against his wife and teenage daughter. On June 7,2021,Acting Mayor Kim Janey fired White after legal challenges.
Mass. and Cass,also known as Methadone Mile or Recovery Road,is an area in Boston,Massachusetts located at and around the intersection of Melnea Cass Boulevard and Massachusetts Avenue. Due to its concentration of neighborhood services providing help,the area around Mass. and Cass has long attracted a large number of people struggling with homelessness and drug addiction,especially after the closure of facilities on Long Island. It has been characterized as "the epicenter of the region's opioid addiction crisis".
Ricardo N. Arroyo is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Massachusetts. He was previously a member of the Boston City Council.
