Truly Jörg robbery suspect arrested
Boston Police Department put out a suspect-wanted notice early this afternoon for the man suspected of holding up Truly Jörg’s Pattiserie in Kenmore Square on May 9 this year. Three hours later, BPDnews.com announced the suspect has been apprehended. That is great news.
In other news, the BPD has opened a “community office” at Landmark Center (the old Sears building at the intersections of Brookline Avenue, Boylston Street, and Park Drive) a couple of blocks south of Kenmore Square. The “office will increase visibility in the Fenway area, as West Fenway is the farthest point in the district from the station house, located at 650 Harrison Avenue,” according to the department’s Media Relations.
06-23-2007 update:
The Boston Globe’s Suzanne Smalley covered the event. It seems as if the city’s Mayor Thomas Menino isn’t quite on the same page as police chief Ed Davis:
“Everyone will know that there’s an increased police presence here . . . a place you can come to us about any security need you have,” Davis said at a ceremony yesterday.
Mayor Thomas M. Menino said that he believes the substation will help police do a better job in the Fenway area.
“Bringing police closer to the people always advances community policing,” he said in an interview. Menino said he plans to study the impact of the new substation and will consider adding more of them in other large police districts.
He said that a substation that has operated in the Charlestown neighborhood for several years has been ineffective.
The city broke ground earlier this month on a new Charlestown police station, which will feature a holding cell and large staff. Menino said a substation in the South Bay Shopping Center will continue to be open during holidays.
Davis said he has no immediate plans for further substations and is focused instead on acquiring technology that will allow officers to file reports on the run.
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At any rate, I warmly welcome the “neighborhood satellite station.”
