Paul Joyce

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Finally

Robots have a MySpace page
Picture it: Sicily, 1914 . . . no, no, wait, sorry, make that Cape Cod, 1994.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | April 08, 2008

Has Menino already decided on the next police commissioner? And if so, why won’t he name him or her till November?
It’s been three months since former commissioner Kathleen O’Toole announced she was leaving the Boston Police Department, and only one bit of information has been confirmed: Mayor Thomas Menino isn’t making the mistake of rushing to name her replacement.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | August 15, 2006

Menino: Get help!

Why you must get Boston a top cop from the outside world
Tom: take a deep breath. Count to ten. Think serene thoughts.
By DAVID BERNSTEIN | May 17, 2006

The overtime game

A successful lawsuit shows how Boston’s homicide detectives have gamed the system to line their own pockets
The problems haunting the Boston Police Department’s homicide unit — low arrest rates, cases rejected by juries, and exonerations of wrongfully convicted men — did not occur in a vacuum.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | May 04, 2006

Marquis Boseman, 18, killed May 11, 2004

No end in sight

Boston’s murder rate has doubled in five years — and may not have peaked yet. Here’s why.
Two years ago, Boston’s law-enforcement leaders were crowing over their defeat of the homicide problem. In retrospect, it was Boston’s version of Bush’s “Mission Accomplished.”
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | January 04, 2006

Cease and desist

Operation Ceasefire brought peace to the streets, and then let it all slip away
In its five years from conception to unraveling, the Boston Gun Project's Operation Ceasefire became one of the most respected urban defensives in American history.
By CHRIS FARAONE | February 03, 2010