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CHAPTER XI: PUBLIC SERVICES
Section
11-1   BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
   11-1.1   Weekly Report by Police Commissioner
   11-1.2   Shotguns in Police Vehicles; Training of Officers
   11-1.3   Minimum Number of Marked Police Vehicles Required
   11-1.4   Police Vehicles to Be Manned Full-Time
   11-1.5   Minimum Salaries for Patrol Officers
   11-1.6   Minimum Number of Police Officers on the Boston Police Department
   11-1.7   Crime Prevention Surveys
   11-1.8   Civilian Fingerprinting and Criminal History Records Checks for Certain Licenses
   11-1.9   Boston Trust Act
   11-1.10   Restricting the Use of Chemical Crowd Control Agents and Kinetic Impact Projectiles
   11-1.11   Report on Gun Trafficking in the City
11-2   SECURITY ALARM SYSTEMS
   11-2.1   Definitions
   11-2.2   Alarm Information List
   11-2.3   Updating Information
   11-2.4   False Alarm Assessment Schedule
   11-2.5   Municipal Charges Lien
   11-2.6   Restrictions on Tape Dialers and Automatic Telephone Devices
   11-2.7   Testing Equipment
   11-2.8   Audible Bell or Horn
   11-2.9   Appeal Procedures
   11-2.10   Regulations and Enforcement
   11-2.11   Deposit in the General Fund
   11-2.12   Severability
11-3   NEIGHBORHOOD AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
   11-3.1   Department, Commissioner, Term
   11-3.2   Duties of Commissioner
   11-3.3   Purpose of the Department
   11-3.4   Agencies Within the Department
   11-3.5   Agencies Not Created by Law or Ordinance Abolished
   11-3.6   Annual Report
   11-3.7   Subordinate Positions
   11-3.8   Creating the Office of Public Service
11-4   FIRE DEPARTMENT
   11-4.1   Fire Commissioner; Appointments
   11-4.2   Emergency Authority
   11-4.3   Assistance to Other Cities and Towns
   11-4.4   Duties of Superintendent of Fire Alarm
   11-4.5   Monthly Report on Fires
   11-4.6   Notice for Hearing on Charges
   11-4.7   Minimum Salaries
   11-4.8   Notice to Fire Department Regarding Discontinuance of Electrical Service to Residential Properties
11-5   FIRE PREVENTION CODE
   11-5.1   Adoption By Reference
   11-5.2   Blasting
11-5A   FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS
   11-5A.1   Definitions
   11-5A.2   Connection of Fire Alarm Systems to the BFD by Way of a Master Box
   11-5A.3   Connection of Central Station Operating Companies to the BFD
   11-5A.4   Updating Information
   11-5A.5   Fire Alarm System Malfunctions—Fines
   11-5A.5A   Municipal Charges Lien
   11-5A.6   Restrictions on Tape Dialers and Similar Telephone Devices
   11-5A.7   Appeal Procedures
   11-5A.8   Regulations and Enforcement
   11-5A.9   Deposit in the General Fund
   11-5A.10   Severability
   11-5A.11   Effective Date
11-5B   PROHIBITING THE SALE, POSSESSION AND USE OF FIREWORKS
   11-5B.1   Sale, Possession and Use of Fireworks Prohibited
   11-5B.2   Penalty
   11-5B.3   Severability
11-5C   REGISTRATION OF LABORATORIES
   11-5C.1   Purpose
   11-5C.2   Definitions
   11-5C.3   Registration and Database
   11-5C.4   Boston Fire Prevention Code
   11-5C.5   Emergency Data and Response Plans
   11-5C.6   Inspections
   11-5C.7   Registration and Inspection Guide
   11-5C.8   Registration Fee
   11-5C.9   Violations, Penalties and Enforcement
   11-5C.10   Technical Advisory Committee
   11-5C.11   Regulatory Authority
   11-5C.12   Severability
   11-5C.13   Implementation
11-6   PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
   11-6.1   Powers and Duties of Commissioner
   11-6.2   Deputy Commissioner
   11-6.3   Use of Public Ways
   11-6.4   Street Lighting
   11-6.5   Bridges
   11-6.6   Record of Sewer Construction
   11-6.7   Sewer Plans
   11-6.8   Notice of Sewer and Street Work
   11-6.9   Permits for Street Work; Conditions Thereof
   11-6.10   Permits to Enter Drains
   11-6.11   Permits to Obstruct Sidewalks
   11-6.12   Permits for Coal Holes
   11-6.13   Permits to Move Buildings
   11-6.14   Permits for Laying Wires, Rails, Pipes and Conduits
   11-6.15   Permits for Poles
   11-6.16   Bonds Required Before Delivery of Permits
   11-6.17   Permits Prohibited
   11-6.18   Indemnity for City
   11-6.19   Appurtenant Structures in the Public Way
   11-6.20   Responsibility for Condition and Maintenance of Pavement
   11-6.21   Indemnity for City: Pavement Defects
   11-6.22   Temporary Repairs on Private Ways
   11-6.23   Responsibility for Area Surrounding Tracks and Rails
   11-6.24   Indemnity for City; Tracks and Rails
   11-6.25   Capital Improvement
   11-6.26   Guards for Steps and Entrances
   11-6.27   Excavations Under Sidewalk
   11-6.28   Record of Notices of Defects
   11-6.29   Water Supply
   11-6.30   Water Bills
   11-6.31   Water Income
   11-6.32   Water Meters
   11-6.33   Shutting Off Water
   11-6.34   Record of Water Takers
   11-6.35   Regulations for Water Takers
   11-6.36   Engineering Work
   11-6.37   Inspection and Measurement of Public Work
   11-6.38   Discontinuance of Public Work
   11-6.39   Charge Against Appropriations
   11-6.40   Division of Engineers; Qualifications
   11-6.41   Certificate of Qualifications of Engineers
   11-6.42   Annual Report
   11-6.43   Vehicles Interfering with the Removal of Snow
   11-6.44   Vehicles Interfering with the Collection of Garbage and Refuse
11-7   PROPERTY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT
   11-7.1   Property Management Board
   11-7.2   Committee on Foreclosed Real Estate
   11-7.3   Powers and Duties of Commissioner; Superintendent of Markets
   11-7.4   Assistant Commissioner of Property Management, Powers and Duties
   11-7.5   Assistant Commissioner of Property Management to Have Custody of Faneuil Hall
   11-7.6   Lease of Stalls by Assistant Commissioner of Property Management
   11-7.7   Care of Dillaway House by Assistant Commissioner of Property Management
   11-7.8   Designation of Ward-Rooms
   11-7.9   Assistant Commissioner to Have Custody of Ward-Rooms
   11-7.10   Permits for Ward-Rooms; Revocation, Conditions
   11-7.11   Allotment of Spaces Within City Hall Garage
   11-7.12   Prompt Release of Information in Cases of Stranger Sexual Assault
   11-7.13   Transfer of Functions Between the Public Facilities Department and the Property Management Department
   11-7.14   City Hall Plaza, Rental of
11-8   LIBRARY DEPARTMENT AND TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
   11-8.1   Duties of Trustees
   11-8.2   Annual Report
11-9   CIVIL DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
   11-9.1   Department of Civil Defense Established
   11-9.2   Director of Civil Defense
   11-9.3   Civil Defense Advisory Council
   11-9.4   Police Aid to Other Cities and Towns in Event of Riots and Other Violence Therein
   11-9.5   Termination of Ordinance
   11-9.6   Definition
11-10   PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT
   11-10.1   Overview
   11-10.2   Dog Recreation Spaces
   11-10.2(a)   Introduction and Purpose
   11-10.2(b)   Definitions
   11-10.2(c)   Applicant for a Dog Recreation Space
   11-10.2(d)   Procedure for Establishing and Designating a Dog Recreation Space
   11-10.2(e)   Managing a Dog Recreation Space
   11-10.2(f)   Use of a Dog Recreation Space
   11-10.2(g)   Education Program
   11-10.2(h)   Violations and Penalties
   11-10.2(i)   Suspension, Forfeiture and/or Revocation of Designation as Dog Recreation Space and Closure
   11-10.2(j)   Limited Exception of Subsection 16-1.9
   11-10.2(k)   Regulatory Authority
   11-10.2(l)   Enforcement Authority
   11-10.2(m)   Severability
   11-10.2(n)   Harmonious Construction
   11-10.2(o)   Savings Clause
   11-10.2(p)   Sunset Clause
   11-10.2(q)   Implementation
11-11   VOTER REGISTRATION ACCESSIBILITY
   11-11.1   Purpose
   11-11.2   Availability of Voter Registration Forms
11-1   BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
11-1.1   Weekly Report by Police Commissioner.
   (A)   The Police Commissioner shall prepare and furnish, each week to the City Council, a report on the number of crimes reported in the city during the previous week in the following categories: shooting incidents and homicides involving minors, meaning anyone age 17 or under, as victims and/or perpetrators categorized by age, gender, race, ethnicity and national origin, and specifying whether the minor involved was the victim and/or perpetrator, viz, murder, rape, assault, armed robbery, breaking and entering of homes and purse-snatching, tabulated by Police district and providing, in addition to the district number, the geographical area of the city comprising the district, and within each district tabulated according to the several tours of duty. However, the reporting of shooting incidents and homicides involving minors may be contingent on whether a formal arrest occurs. The Police Commissioner shall, in preparing each report, also include cumulative reported totals of the crimes enumerated above, tabulated as aforesaid, for the year to date of making the report.
   (B)   The Police Commissioner shall also prepare and furnish each week to the Mayor and to the Boston City Council a report on the deployment of sworn Police Officers to each district by shift. This report shall include the use of overtime, leave taken by Officers and Officers assigned to each district but assigned out to other districts.
(Ord. 1973 c. 11; CBC 1975 Ord. T11 § 1; CBC 1985 11-1.1; Ord. 1988 c. 14; Ord. 2009 c. 5)
Cross-reference:
   Ord. ss 5-5.32; Ord. ss 17-4.5, ss 17-4.6
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