. Annual report of the Police Commissioner for the City of Boston. ublic and private groups to involve them-selves in issues of urban homelessness. Recent projects include jointoutreach efforts and the development of a broad-based educationalcampaign utilizing mass distribution of an informational brochureand public service announcement placards on MBTA buses and Task Forces efforts have given the Department an importantopportunity to re-frame what have traditionally been viewed ascrime issues in a broader societal context. In doing so. Task Forcemembers have achieved their primary


. Annual report of the Police Commissioner for the City of Boston. ublic and private groups to involve them-selves in issues of urban homelessness. Recent projects include jointoutreach efforts and the development of a broad-based educationalcampaign utilizing mass distribution of an informational brochureand public service announcement placards on MBTA buses and Task Forces efforts have given the Department an importantopportunity to re-frame what have traditionally been viewed ascrime issues in a broader societal context. In doing so. Task Forcemembers have achieved their primary goals of bringing better servicesto those who need them most, and creating a useful forum to discussthese difficult problems, both now and in the future. The District A-1CommunityTasl< Force onHomelessnessis a unique,long-termgrouppartnershipwhich seeksto addressthe issues ofhomelessness. District A-7 East Bostons Maverick Square has also been a recent focus for several successful crime prevention efforts, including a particularly effective sting 69 Paris Street East Boston, Massachusetts 02138-3053 Telephone: (617) 343-4220 Commander: Captain Robert Cunningham Operation TKO was the highlysuccessful end result of joint efforts toarrest criminals with outstanding war-rants. To do this, Operation TKO sentout several thousand letters, inviting participants to attend a bogus casting call for extras in the filmingof a major motion picture. Approximately 170 people replied,unaware that they were actually calling undercover officers. After joining BPDs casting crew at South Station, they boardedMBTA buses to meet the films ostensible director ( District 7sSgt. Det. Joe Fiandaca) at the soundstages of the Black Falcon Pierin South Boston. Unbeknownst to them, it was actually a bookingcenter that would be used by the two dozen police officers who sur-prised the aspiring actors, leaving them in stunned disbelief as 54 ofthem were arrested, read their rights, and bo


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