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Brookline Police Officers Awarded For Saving Lives, Being Rolemodels

Tuesday four Brookline Police Officers were recognized for serving their community, chasing down suspects to saving lives and serving as role models to young...

Brookline Police Officer Involved Crash In Coolidge Corner

Brookline police are using the word "lucky" to describe the outcome of a non fatal crash involving a police officer in his police SUV...

Chief O’Leary Visited Sean Roberts Challenger League’s Super Stars Celebration

Chief O'Leary visited the Sean Roberts Challenger League Super Stars for their year end celebration this week. The Challenger League is a baseball league for...

Brookline Police Warn Against Bitcoin Mail Scam

Brookline police are warning against an ongoing mail scam involving letters that demand large sums of Bitcoin from area residents. The letters instruct recipients to...

Pierce Fit Fest

Brookline Police Officers had a great time assisting at the Pierce Fit Fest today.  

Brookline Weighs Facial Recognition Restrictions

Brookline Town Meeting member Amy Hummel proposed a ban on government use of facial surveillance software, making Brookline the third municipality in Massachusetts to...

Illegal Immigrant Charged With Attempted Rape, Kidnapping In Brookline

A Honduran illegal immigrant accused of choking and attempting to rape a woman was arraigned in Brookline District Court on Tuesday. Mainor Suazo-Martinez, 20, was...

BPD’s New Chief Of Police Andrew Lipson

We are pleased to announce and introduce our new Chief of Police Andrew Lipson, who was promoted last night from Deputy Superintendent to Chief...
Laura Farrell, 53

Brookline Woman Seriously Injured By Drunk Driver In Cohasset

A teenager's cell phone video captured a drunk driving crash unfolding in Cohasset over Labor Day weekend, which ended with a Brookline woman being...

Arrests In Brookline Car Break-Ins

Brookline Police say two suspects believed to be related to the recent rash of car break-ins have been arrested. One suspect was arrested by Boston...

Police Blotter

Graffiti: At 10:20 p.m. Brookline Police received a report of graffiti on a poster on a South Street lamppost that read “Heil Hitler.” Gobble gobble:...

Restaurant Owner Arrested For Allegedly Videotaping Customers In Bathroom

A Brookline restaurant owner was arrested for allegedly videotaping customers in the restaurant's bathroom, police say. Brookline Police put out a release on Thursday, saying...

Jamaica Plain Man Killed In Two-Vehicle Crash On VFW Parkway In...

A 35-year-old Jamaica Plain man died Monday when the motorcycle he was operating collided with a car on VFW Parkway in Brookline, State Police...

Kosher Restaurant Can Remain Open Despite Charges Against Co-Owner

A kosher restaurant in suburban Boston will be allowed to remain open even though one of its owners has been charged with illegally recording...

Brookline Police Arrest Man For Throwing Fireworks At People

Brookline Police arrested a man accused of throwing fireworks at or near people on Monday. Police said they received several reports around 04:00 p.m. of...

Crews Battle Large Blaze At Brookline Townhouse

Crews spent the overnight hours working to extinguish a fire that broke out at a Brookline townhouse. Officials said the three-alarm fire broke out at...

Fire Forces Evacuation Of Brookline Apartment Complex

A two-alarm fire forced the evacuation of an apartment complex at 55 Village Way late Saturday night. Residents, many dressed in pajamas and wrapped in...

Recruitment Night: Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) / Medical Reserve Corps...

If you or anyone you know – family, friends, neighbors, co-workers – are interested in joining the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) or the...
Alexander Barron, 28

Alexander Barron, 28, Missing

Brookline police are turning to the public for help locating a missing man. Alexander Barron, 28, is described as being 5 feet, 10 inches tall,...

Overturned Car Snarls Traffic On Route 9

At 6:51 Monday morning Brookline police and fire responded to an overturned car accident on Route 9 East near Cypress Street. According to police the...

Brookline Police Investigating Pine Manor College Armed Home Invasion

Brookline police are investigating an armed home invasion that left one college student in the hospital, officials said. Brookline police officers responding to a disturbance...

Brookline Select Board Appoints Superintendent Mark Morgan As Acting Chief Of...

For the first time in 23 years Brookline will soon have a new police chief. On Jan. 20 Superintendent Mark Morgan stepped into a...

Police Blotter

Breaking and entering: At 7:57 a.m. a caller reported the breaking and entering of an Audi between 4 p.m. and that morning at a...

Missing 86-Year-Old Brookline Woman Found

A missing 86-year-old Massachusetts woman has been found after police requested the public's help. Ranina Ignatova left her apartment at the 1800 block of Beacon...

Brookline Rejects Effort To Ban Secrecy Clauses In Harassment Settlements

The Brookline town meeting defeated a proposal Tuesday night to do away with secrecy provisions in settlements of racial or sexual harassment claims again...

Say “Hi” To Brookline Police Department Officers At Brookline Day

We hope you will stop by and say hi to our officers at the Brookline Police Department table this Sunday at Brookline Day! We...

Officer McCabe Gives Two Lucky Students A Ride To School

Officer McCabe gave two lucky Park School students a ride to school today in her cruiser after they won the ride at a school...

Brookline Police Arrest Former Town Employee For Alleged Misuse Of Public...

Town Administrator Chas Carey, Commissioner of Public Works Erin Chute Gallentine, and Acting Chief of Police Jennifer Paster report that the Brookline Police Department...

Brookline Fire Fighters Respond To Fire On Beacon Street Near Waxy’s

If you saw a number of fire trucks and a ladder near Waxy's on Beacon Street and wondered what was going on Friday evening,...

Police Blotter

Here is a sample of the types of calls the Brookline police responded to between Sunday, March 11 and Sunday March 18 taken from...

Man Arrested For Exposing Himself, Touching Woman In Brookline

rookline Police arrested a West Roxbury man after he allegedly touched a woman in a CVS with his exposed genitals on July 23. Police...

Officers’ Promotions At The BPD

The BPD is pleased to announce the promotion of four of its officers this week! Officer John Canney and Officer Robert Teahan were promoted to...