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Boston Police Department In Turmoil Amid Leadership Crisis, Increasing Public Distrust

Published April 15, 2021 at 12:20 PM EDT

Boston police officers with batons lined up outside the District B-2 station in Roxbury before a protest on May 31. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

The Boston Police Department is facing some of its most pressing issues in years.

There’s a crisis in leadership and increasing public distrust. Efforts to enact police reforms aren’t yet in place, and it’s not clear who will be in charge of implementing them.

WBUR’s Ally Jarmanning reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.