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{{Infobox Police Department
| name            = Boston Police Department
| logo            = [[Image:Boston Police patch.jpg|250px]]
| motto           = 
| established     = 1631—1635
| jurisdiction    = Municipal
| sworn           = 2,015
| non-sworn       = 808
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=== 2006 corruption case ===

In summer 2006, the department was rocked with scandal when officers Robert Pulido, Carlos Pizaro and  Nelson Carrasquillo were arrested in [[Miami, Florida]] and charged with conspiracy to distribute [[cocaine]]. Pulido was also charged with hosting parties at which other BPD officers fraternized with drug dealers.{{Fact|date=May 2007}} 
<ref>''Boston Globe'', July 22, 2006.</ref>

The scandal came at a particularly bad time for the BPD, as Boston's homicide rate had increased drastically in 2006. The majority of these murders remain unsolved, a fact that many community leaders attribute to a lack of trust between the city's police and its residents.

=== 2007 Mooninite Scare ===
{{main|2007 Boston Mooninite Scare}}
(contracted; show full)*[http://www.bpdnews.com Boston Police Department blog, BPDNews.com]
*[http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/04/13/police_union_to_fight_merger/ Boston Globe Article on the Merger]

[[Category:Government of Boston, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:United States municipal police departments]]


[[es:Departamento de Policia de Boston]]