Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, and Isaac Yablo, Senior Advisor for Public Safety, held a press conference in December on falling crime rates in Boston. Suzanne Kreiter / The Boston Globe, File
By Dialynn Dwyer May 27, 2025
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, along with city officials, on Tuesday announced the city’s summer safety plan, which she said focuses on prioritizing public health and proactively creating opportunities for residents alongside deterring crime.
“We know that safety is just as much about the proactive presence of community and resources, stability and opportunity,” Wu said.
In Boston, she said, the goal is for “safety” to mean “a sense of belonging, excitement, connection, and community where you know you can go out and into part of your city and it is your home.”
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