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Council hearing on safety at large events: councilors fault administration absence; docket remains in committee
Summary
Councilors criticized city department leadership after several senior officials failed to appear at a scheduled Committee on Public Safety hearing on public-safety preparations for large events. The committee kept the matter in committee and will reschedule a follow‑up with expected attendance by police, fire and EMS chiefs.
A Committee on Public Safety hearing to review “enhanced public safety measures during large events” prompted sharp criticism after multiple key agency leaders were absent from the panel.
Committee Chair Ricardo Santana, who presided over the Jan. 28 hearing, said representatives from the Boston Police Department, Boston EMS, the Boston Fire Department, and other offices were invited to testify. Several of the named agency heads — including the police commissioner, the fire commissioner and the EMS chief — were in City Hall but did not appear before the committee, Councilor Kenzie Murphy said on the council…
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