Police teams to flood The Port neighborhood ‘for the foreseeable future’ after gun incidents
As requested by city councillors concerned about gun violence in The Port neighborhood, the Cambridge Police Department has formed an internal task force and assembled a massive presence in the neighborhood.
As 10th gunfire incident of the year is heard, councillors call for ‘aggressive new strategy’
Police responded Saturday to The Port neighborhood for the 10th gunfire incident of the year – like nearly all the others, an incident that resulted in no reports of victims. City officials say they will call Monday for “an aggressive new strategy to reduce the violence.”
OxyContin plays a role in heroin increase
Police are seeing younger heroin addicts, as well as many who have switched to heroin after using drugs such as OxyContin. OxyContin is an effective painkiller designed to help people in severe distress, said Anthony Pettigrew, spokesman for the U.S. D …
Heroin traffickers drive around laws
Police patrol Inman Square on Oct. 30, 2005, as reports of drug use flare in Cambridge. (Photo: Ken S. Kotch) Heroin is here, and it’s cheap. The people of Inman Square say they can see it every day, in the form of needles left in bathrooms, open-air d …
