We've brought crime in Boston to a 29-year low.
People are out at night, and feel it's a livable, safe, walkable city.
The battered entryway to District Four, Boston's oldest police station, clearly shows signs of its long service. As police tactics shifted in the mid-1990s from rapid response to community policing, the need grew for rapid, thorough data assessment. All reports were handwritten on paper forms, then transcribed into a centralized system. Sometimes the crime statistics were more than 60 days old. By then, it's much too late to take effective action.