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TheLamestUsername t1_iu16y8y wrote

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

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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