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TheLamestUsername t1_iu152n9 wrote

Reply to comment by TheLamestUsername in Logic (?) Behind the Names of the Boston Police Precincts by sithteacher

More on former Division 16 here

https://lostnewengland.com/2015/10/division-16-police-station-boston/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/941%E2%80%93955_Boylston_Street

closed in 1976. i would imagine it was a budget and need kind of thing. Probably a lot of the other stations that closed were closed for the same reason. No need to have as many as before.

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TheLamestUsername t1_iu15d7g wrote

Division 17 was in West Roxbury (not sure where)

https://bpdnews.com/news/2019/9/4/bpd-remembers-hplcj

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TheLamestUsername t1_iu16y8y wrote

Here is an old list of divisions from an annual report done in 1953. 8, 5, & 12 are missing. Not sure if those were specialized facilities and not districts. Also, it looks like things got renumbered at some point. 2 & 3 are in Downtown areas rather than in Roxbury and Mattapan.

https://i.imgur.com/QPw5axd.png

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TheLamestUsername t1_iu18o2j wrote

Division 8 - appears to be Harbor Patrol

https://www.alamy.com/annual-report-of-the-police-commissioner-for-the-city-of-boston-service-fleet-51-patrolling-bostons-waterways-harbor-service-the-duties-performed-by-the-harbor-police-division-8-comprising-the-harbor-andthe-islands-therein-were-as-follows-number-of-vessels-boarded-from-foreign-ports-number-of-vessels-ordered-from-the-channel-number-of-vessels-permitted-to-discharge-cargoes-in-strea-number-of-alarms-of-fire-attended-on-water-front-number-of-fires-extinguished-without-alarm-number-of-sick-and-injured-persons-assisted-number-of-cases-investigated-number-of-dead-bodies-recovered-image369625294.html

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