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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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===Traffic Enforcement ===

'''RANDALIZATION''' This term not located in any Webster Meriam dictionary as of yet is a widely used reference to the end result of a traffic stop by a Police Officer. The term in its english origin/format originally refered to a specific Police Officer in Boston, Massachusetts. This reference now has become a widely used term throughout policing in places as far away as Somalia, West Indies, Jamaica, Rwanda, Ireland and especially Russia and various provinces. '''Randal-ization''' [randalized,randalism,]. The term refers to the issuance of as many traffic violations that the Police Officer can legally charge a motorist. For example:  A Police Officer normally would issue one or two traffic violations for the operator of a motor vehicle that was observed committing traffic offenses. When a motorist is '''"randalized"''' they are issued three to five violations. Then the motorist's parents may be issued a citation and so on and so on. Then the car is likely towed. This excessive and seemingly overboard way of effectively policing is not standard pratice, but carefully used to those individuals failing to follwo basic rules governing motor vehicle law.⏎
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==BPD today==
[[Image:BostonPoliceKiosk.jpg|222px|thumb|right|Boston Police Department [[kiosk]] in [[Downtown Crossing]]]]
The Boston Police Department currently has approximately 2,015 officers and 808 civilian personnel, with patrol services covering an area of  89.6 [[square mile|mi²]] (232.1 [[square kilometre|km²]]) and a population of 589,141. The BPD currently requires all employed officers hired since 1995 to live within Boston city-limits, and this has led to calls for pay raises to help officers (contracted; show full)*[http://www.ci.boston.ma.us/police/default.asp Boston Police Department official web site]
*[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:Municipal police departments of the United States]]

[[es:Departamento de Policia de Boston]]