public safety
City Council delays ShotSpotter vote during special meeting
Despite four dozen public commenters and hours of debate, Thursday’s special meeting of Cambridge City Council meant to address public safety concerns ended with no action when Councillor Ayah Al-Zubi used her charter right to delay a vote on a policy order to reinstate ShotSpotter. Read more Planning Board, Ordinance Committee pan Brown petition Her […]
On Broadway, bike lane debate continues
The Broadway Safety Improvement Project, the most recent development in the city’s plan to connect all of Cambridge by bike lanes, has extended the debate between bike advocates and critics. Read more Cambridge schools climate survey sees divergent responses The city plans to install separated, quick-build bike lanes — which keep cars and bicycles apart […]
Cambridge councillors right to stop ShotSpotter
Cambridge Day does not endorse candidates or positions. Views expressed in this column are those of the writers. Read more Hire Full-Service Movers Across The USA The killing of Xavier Bautista has shaken Cambridge communities, and as Cambridge residents we grieve alongside his family. Too many neighbors, particularly in Cambridge’s Black and brown communities, have […]
Bautista’s defendant arraigned, charged with murder
Rayguon Brown, a 29-year-old resident of Canton, was arraigned Monday morning at the Cambridge District Court and charged with the murder of Xavier Bautista in Cambridge on July 4. Brown was also charged with “carrying a firearm without a license, being an armed career criminal and conspiring to commit murder.” Read more Remembering Brit d’Arbeloff […]
Community members criticize city officials in meeting following Bautista’s death
Cambridge residents demanded that city officials take accountability and improve public safety in the Port neighborhood following the shooting of Xavier Bautista, a Cambridge resident and Department of Public Works employee, at a July 8 meeting. Read more Goodbye for Charlie’s? Beer garden is cleaned out Over 200 attendees packed into a meeting room in […]
ShotSpotter was unlikely to pick up July 4 gunfire
Cambridge residents and government officials have raised the question about whether ShotSpotter would have allowed first responders to more quickly reach the victim of a shooting on July 4, possibly saving his life. Local police unions released a joint statement on Monday stating that the City Council’s vote to remove ShotSpotter was to blame for […]
ShotSpotter debate reignited after July 4 shooting
A fatal shooting early in the morning on July 4 has added heat to a smoldering debate over whether Cambridge should have kept a gunshot detection surveillance system in place. That system, ShotSpotter, had been in use by the city since 2014 until it was discontinued after a City Council vote May 18. Read more […]
Apparent shooting death being investigated in Cambridge
A person was shot to death at Broadway and Norfolk Street apparently in the morning on July 4, the Cambridge Police Department (CPD) announced. Read more History Cambridge moves ahead while waiting for headquarters to sell CPD issued a statement that an emergency call was placed a few minutes before 5:30 a.m. reporting a person […]
Majority of CARE responses not for mental health
A civilian emergency response team created to provide an alternative to police, especially for people experiencing mental health distress, answered very few mental health calls last year – only three percent of the total, as measured by emergency dispatches. Read more CRLS will see 14 athlete alumni play college sports Cambridge started its Community Assistance […]
Flaherty effort to save ShotSpotter misfires
The full city council rejected a last-ditch effort by Councillor Timothy Flaherty to rescind a previous vote to remove ShotSpotter, an acoustic sensor system used to detect gunshots. It had been in use by the Cambridge Police Department (CPD) since 2014. Flaherty put forth a policy order asserting that the council skipped steps in its […]