. Annual report of the Police Commissioner for the City of Boston . EViN H. WHITE MAYOR CITY OF BOSTON OFFICE OF THE MAYOR CITY HALL. BOSTON. the Memfirrs of lite Bnslon Police Ihparlnienl. Never in our national history lias liie role ol large urban poliee departments heen so vital, so cliliieult, ormisunderstood. Our soeiety has, within the past decade, begun to ctjufront serious problems which were previously ignored,s in itself is a healthy sign, but the tensions wliirh this effort has generated have gravelv increased llie burdens,he police. Not only must you cope with a rising incidence of


. Annual report of the Police Commissioner for the City of Boston . EViN H. WHITE MAYOR CITY OF BOSTON OFFICE OF THE MAYOR CITY HALL. BOSTON. the Memfirrs of lite Bnslon Police Ihparlnienl. Never in our national history lias liie role ol large urban poliee departments heen so vital, so cliliieult, ormisunderstood. Our soeiety has, within the past decade, begun to ctjufront serious problems which were previously ignored,s in itself is a healthy sign, but the tensions wliirh this effort has generated have gravelv increased llie burdens,he police. Not only must you cope with a rising incidence of the traditional types of ciime; social factors haveto a drastic rise in drug abuse, with all that lliis means in terms of increased pohce work; social tensions —ial, ideological, and generational — have all too often spilled over into the streets where you have had to dealh them. The work of a policeman — always dangerous and dcnuuiding — has been made even more sensitivethese events. It will require our C((nibined efforts this year, as in the past, to meet these challenges. On behalf of thepie of the City of Boston I am pleas


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