Lowell is a city in Massachusetts,United States. Alongside Cambridge,it is one of two traditional seats of Middlesex County. With an estimated population of 115,554 in 2020,it was the fifth most populous city in Massachusetts as of the last census,and the third most populous in the Boston metropolitan statistical area. The city is also part of a smaller Massachusetts statistical area,called Greater Lowell,and of New England's Merrimack Valley region.
Raymond Leo Flynn is an American politician who served as the mayor of Boston,Massachusetts,from 1984 until 1993. He also served as United States Ambassador to the Holy See from 1993 to 1997.
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.
William Joseph Bratton CBE is an American businessman and former law enforcement officer who served two terms as the New York City Police Commissioner. He previously served as the Commissioner of the Boston Police Department (BPD) (1993–1994) and Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) (2002–2009). He is the only person to have led the police departments of the United States' two largest cities –New York and Los Angeles.
Thomas Michael Menino was an American politician who served as the mayor of Boston,from 1993 to 2014. He was the city's longest-serving mayor. He was elected mayor in 1993 after first serving three months in the position of "acting mayor" following the resignation of his predecessor Raymond Flynn. Before serving as mayor,Menino was a member of the Boston City Council and had been elected president of the City Council in 1993.
Donald Rathbun Dwight is an American newspaper executive and politician who served as the 64th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1971 to 1975.
Edward A. Flynn is an American law enforcement executive. From 2008 until 2018,Flynn served as chief of the Milwaukee Police Department. Prior to assuming that position,he served as secretary of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security and as police commissioner in Springfield,Massachusetts. Flynn was reappointed twice to the position of Milwaukee police chief before retiring in early 2018.
The Lowell Police Department (LPD) has the primary responsibility for law enforcement and investigation for a population of about 107,000 in the 14.5-square-mile (38 km2) city of Lowell,Massachusetts. Lowell is the fourth-largest city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is county seat of Middlesex County,Massachusetts. Gregory Hudon is the current superintendent of police. The department is a member of the North Eastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council,which provides specialized units throughout the region.
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.
Francis Michael Roache was an American law enforcement officer and politician who served as the Boston Police Commissioner from 1985 to 1993. He was also a member of the Boston City Council from 1996 to 2002 and was Suffolk County Register of Deeds from 2002 to 2015.
The 2013 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts was held on June 25,2013,in order to fill the Massachusetts Class 2 United States Senate seat for the remainder of the term ending January 3,2015.
The Boston Marathon bombing,sometimes referred to as just simply the Boston bombing,was a domestic terrorist attack that took place during the annual Boston Marathon on April 15,2013. Brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev planted two homemade pressure cooker bombs that detonated near the finish line of the race 14 seconds and 210 yards (190 m) apart. Three people were killed and hundreds injured,including 17 who lost limbs.
William B. Evans is currently serving as the executive director of public safety and chief of police of Boston College. Previously,Evans was the commissioner of the Boston Police Department from January 2014 until August 2018. Evans served as interim commissioner from November 2013 until he was permanently appointed by newly elected mayor Marty Walsh. He announced his retirement from the Boston Police Department in July 2018. He currently serves as the chief of the Boston College police department. A graduate of Suffolk University,Evans holds a master's degree in cybersecurity from Boston College and another master's in criminal justice from Anna Maria College. He is also a graduate of the FBI’s National Academy,FBI's National Executive Institute,Department of Homeland Security Post Naval Executive Leaders Program and received several certificates from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in subjects ranging from homeland security to preparedness leadership. He is active in several professional organizations,including the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the Major Cities Chiefs Association,and is currently an adjunct professor at Boston College and Boston University.
Patriots Day is a 2016 American action thriller film based on the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013 and the subsequent terrorist manhunt. Directed by Peter Berg and written by Berg,Matt Cook,and Joshua Zetumer,the film is based on the book Boston Strong by Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge. It stars Mark Wahlberg,Kevin Bacon,John Goodman,J. K. Simmons,and Michelle Monaghan. It marks the third collaboration between Berg and Wahlberg,following Lone Survivor and Deepwater Horizon. The title refers to Patriots' Day,the Massachusetts state holiday on which the Boston Marathon is held.
Eugene M. McSweeney was an American public safety official who served as Massachusetts Commission of Public Safety and Boston's police and fire commissioner.
Charles Henry Cole was an American military and government official who served as commissioner of the Boston police and fire departments as well as Adjutant General of Massachusetts. During World War I,he commanded the 52nd Infantry Brigade of the 26th Infantry Division. In 1928,he was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Massachusetts.
"Biography of a Bookie Joint" is an American documentary that aired on November 30,1961,on CBS under the network's CBS Reports banner. It documented Swartz's Key Shop,an illegal bookmaking establishment located at 364 Massachusetts Avenue in Boston. It was narrated by Walter Cronkite and producer/reporter Jay McMullen.
William G. Gross is a former American police officer who served as Commissioner of the Boston Police Department for 29 months,from August 2018 to January 2021.
Thomas F. Sullivan was an American government official who served as commissioner of the Boston Police Department and chairman of the city's transit department.
Peter G. Meade is an American business executive,government official,and radio host who held various roles in the administration of Boston Mayor Kevin White,hosted a talk show on WBZ radio,and served as president of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate and the New England Council.
