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Inside the Badge by Paul ClintonMay 21, 2013

Twitter Comes of Age for Law Enforcement

One of the most lasting lessons that came out of the way law enforcement handled the Boston Marathon bombing came in the Twitterverse, where the Boston Police Department provided a clear beacon for using the social media platform.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 10, 2013

Mass. Cop Slasher Gets 24-26 Years

A remorseless defendant who nearly killed a Danvers (Mass.) Police patrolman in a knife attack was sentenced to 24 to 26 years in state prison by a judge who called him "a menace to society."

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 9, 2013

Boston Top Cop: FBI Didn't Disclose Tsarnaev Probe

The Boston Police Department wasn't informed of a Russian intelligence warning about the Boston Marathon bombing suspect or an FBI probe of the matter, Commissioner Edward Davis told Congress today.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 8, 2013

Chief Begs for Burial Plot for Boston Bomber

The Worcester (Mass.) Police chief issued a public plea to state and federal officials to help bury accused terrorist Tamerlan Tsarnaev to rescue his agency from a $10,000 a day cost of providing security for a funeral home.

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Articlesby David GriffithMay 2, 2013

Random Thoughts About a Rough Week

We, and I mean everyone in the United States, have just been through what President Obama called a "rough week."  Americans and American law enforcement rose to meet these horrors and battle this evil in ways that can only make us all proud.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 1, 2013

3 Students Arrested In Boston Marathon Bombing

Three college friends of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were arrested Wednesday for removing a backpack with fireworks emptied of gunpowder from his dorm room following the attack.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 23, 2013

Neighbor's Photos Show Shootout with Boston Bombers

A blogger and Watertown, Mass., resident has published photos and a first-hand account of the deadly gunfight between Boston Marathon bombing suspects and authorities on a residential street.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 22, 2013

Feds Charge Boston Bombing Suspect

Federal authorities charged the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect Monday with using a weapon of mass destruction against people and property. U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz has not announced whether prosecutors would pursue the death penalty.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 22, 2013

Video: Thermal Imagery Helped FBI Monitor Boston Bombing Suspect

Authorities used thermal imagery from a police helicopter to monitor the second Boston Marathon bombing suspect while he hid under a boat tarp for more than an hour.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 19, 2013

Second Boston Bombing Suspect Taken Into Custody

The second Boston Marathon bombing suspect who eluded authorities for five days in a manhunt that left another officer dead has been taken into custody, the Boston Police Department announced via their Twitter feed.

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