Cambridge Police Department

As the countdown to Christmas begins, several police departments in central Massachusetts are giving back while also going head to head in a friendly competition. The Grafton, Uxbridge and Cambridge Police Departments are hosting “Fill A Cruiser” events Thanksgiving weekend, where they will collect toys for children and teens. The event was organized by local veterans. Volunteers and officers filled…

The officer, who has been off-duty since May for an unrelated matter, is allegedly behind an account which has tweeted insensitive remarks in regards to police violence.

Amid nationwide calls for police reform, Cambridge city officials are considering civilian traffic enforcement as a potential solution. Two city councilors are asking the city manager to look at transferring routine traffic enforcement from the police department to unarmed city employees in other departments, like traffic and parking, health and human services or public works. “In my opinion, the order…

City officials in Cambridge, Massachusetts, are considering civilian traffic enforcement as a potential solution amid nationwide calls for police reform

Two Cambridge city councilors are asking the city manager to look at transferring routine traffic enforcement from the police department to unarmed city employees in other departments, like traffic and parking, health and human services or public works.

There was a large protest Monday in front of Cambridge City Hall as protesters called to defund the Cambridge Police Department.  “We’re just out here to show support, black lives matter, people are angry and people are speaking out,” said protester Fukia Akipa.  Protesters say they want to stop a proposed $4 million budget increase for Cambridge police in 2021,…

Protesters say they want to stop a proposed $4 million budget increase for Cambridge Police in 2021, and take that money, and give it to the community.

Cambridge police are asking for the public’s help in their search for a missing woman who was last seen in Cambridge. Jeanine Wisniewski, 58, was last seen leaving a treatment center on Bow Street in Cambridge around 3 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7, police say. She was last seen wearing a gray pom pom winter hat and a long black…

A man in his 60s was assaulted at a park in Cambridge. He was pronounced dead by the Middlesex County District Attorney Wednesday.

Police in Cambridge, Massachusetts, shared this video of an officer helping a skunk get out of a sticky situation — and getting a stinky reward for it.

Cambridge police are searching for a man who allegedly attacked a woman and tried to grab the stroller her 1-year-old child was riding in. The alleged assault happened Tuesday morning near Harvard and Prospect streets, police said. The barefoot assailant allegedly yelled at the woman and hit her with a phone before he allegedly attempted to pull her stroller.

Cambridge police are searching for a man who allegedly attacked a woman and tried to grab the stroller her 1-year-old child was riding in. The alleged assault happened Tuesday morning near Harvard and Prospect streets, police said. The barefoot assailant allegedly yelled at the woman and hit her with a phone before he allegedly attempted to pull her stroller.

One week after 60-year-old Paul Wilson was killed in Danehy Park in Cambridge, Massachusetts, investigators could be seen stopping every single person cycling or walking through the park, asking for tips. The officers were stationed there just before 7 p.m. Wednesday, the same time Wilson was found next to a path, his head severely beaten in.

An investigation on the death of a man who died at a popular Cambridge, Massachusetts park remains active as officials continue to look for the assailant. A man in his 60s was found with “apparent head trauma” on Wednesday on the New Street side of Danehy Park’s entrance, according to police. The victim was taken to an area hospital, where...

A man in his 60s was sent to the hospital with life-threatening head injuries after he was found unresponsive in a Cambridge park Wednesday.

Authorities in Cambridge, Massachusetts are urging residents to take precautions to prevent package thefts during the holiday season.

Paul Leondike, who is accused of photographing and recording 53 different men in the bathroom stall at CambridgeSide Mall, appeared in court on Thursday. Leondike pled not guilty.

The Cambridge Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying a man suspected of secretly recording a woman in a retail store’s restroom.

Police in Cambridge, Massachusetts successfully halted an effort to scam a resident out of $95,000 in an international fraud.

Commissioner Branville Bard, the third African American to lead the Cambridge Police Department, says he is focused on trying to raise up the next generation of officers with Martin Luther King’s legacy in mind.