Mayor Michelle Wu and a five-person search committee hone in on the question: What does Boston want and need from its next police commissioner? She told WBUR she expects to make a hire by the spring.
— as well as shake up a police force that has historically elevated candidates from within its own ranks., which is charged with recommending candidates to the mayor: There's a pastor, a policy researcher and a nonprofit director alongside more traditional membership like a former Boston police commissioner. Retired Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Justice Geraldine Hines chairs the panel. Long is serving as an adviser but has said he does not want the commissioner job permanently.
"It's really different from anything I've experienced in my career with the Boston Police Department." Police-force veterans like Kelly Nee, Boston University police chief, welcome the change. Nee spent 33 years with BPD but is not formally involved in the city's hiring efforts. For Nee, the ideal candidate is someone who will take care of the police force but also fit Wu's vision for how law enforcement should evolve. That vision includes an emphasis on community trust, along with greater accountability and oversight.
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