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Downtown Salem Gets Lots of Foot Traffic; Its Cops Want to Fence It In

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Meghan Volcy

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Thousands of Drivers Caught On Camera Passing Stopped School Buses In Peabody

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Boston Cop Crashes Cruiser Into Busy Freedom Trail Sidewalk

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The Brake: Why We Can’t End Violence on Transit With More Police

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New Boston Police Contract Will Let Civilians Direct Traffic at Some Construction Sites

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‘Cameras Don’t Have Guns’ – Boston’s Black Community Weighs In On Camera-Based Traffic Enforcement

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Three Lessons For Transforming Transit Safety — Without More Police

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Guest Column: License Suspensions Are Devastating — And They Aren’t Making Our Roads Safer

The Cops’ Directing-Traffic Racket Is Delaying Safety Projects

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Wu Administration Revives Centre Street Safety Project For West Roxbury