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(A) Purpose. The purpose of this Subsection is to create an annual study and report from the Boston Police Department with data on the flow of firearms and review of ways that illegal firearms are transported into the city, which will help law enforcement and policymakers in determining action in stemming the flow of illegal firearms.
(B) Reporting. The Boston Police Department shall coordinate with Commonwealth Police, the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, and all other relevant municipal agencies to conduct a study on reducing the flow of firearms into the city and shall submit a report to the Mayor, the Boston City Council and the Boston Public Health Commission no later than three months after passage and annually thereafter. Such study and report shall include the following information for the preceding calendar year:
(1) For each firearm seized or surrendered in the city and obtained by the Police Department:
(a) Whether the firearm was connected to a crime;
(b) Where the firearm originated, including where it was first sold, manufactured, imported or assembled when available;
(c) The date such firearm was seized or surrendered and the date such firearm was last sold legally;
(d) The location of such seizure, including latitude and longitude if available, but in all cases at least as specific as the nearest intersection; provide the age of the person with the gun when available;
(e) The make, model, type and serial number of such firearm;
(f) The manufacturer or importer of such firearm;
(g) Whether the firearm was a ghost gun or a firearm created using a three-dimensional printer, and if so, the entities that produced such firearm or parts thereof;
(h) The dealer of such firearm and whether such dealer was licensed when available; and
(i) Whether the firearm was registered in any state or federal database, including the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record.
(2) A review of trends regarding the ways firearms are illegally transported into the city, including through roadways on and connected to the interstate and sea ports or bodies of water based on available information; and
(3) If disclosure of any information specified in division (B)(1) above is prohibited by law, such study and report shall identify the information being withheld and the reason therefore, and shall, instead of such withheld information, include aggregate data to the extent available. Such study and report need not include information about any firearm obtained through a gun buy-back program or where disclosure would compromise the safety of the public or Police Officers or could otherwise compromise ongoing law enforcement investigations or operations. Such reports shall include the total number of seizures for which reporting was withheld due to a pending criminal investigation, and upon completion of such investigations the information relating to such seizures shall be reflected in a subsequent report.
(4) The Boston Police Department shall also include key takeaways from the information provided in its report and any policy recommendations they have related to that information and that they believe can serve to address gun trafficking.
(C) Implementation. This Subsection takes effect immediately after passage.
(D) Severability. If any provision of this Subsection shall be held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, then such provision shall be considered separately and apart from the remaining provisions, which shall remain in full force and effect.
(Ord. 2023 c. 12)
For the purpose of this Section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CENTRAL STATION OPERATING COMPANY. A company equipped to receive a security alarm signal from each of its customers and which then transmits to the Boston Police Department (“BPD”) the location of any such alarm the central station operating company receives.
COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the Boston Police Department, or his or her designee.
FALSE ALARM. The transmittal of a signal to the Boston Police Department, whether because of human or mechanical error, and whether through a central station operating company or directly, even though there is no person entering or attempting to enter, without authorization, in or on real property protected by a security alarm system.
SECURITY ALARM SYSTEM. An electronic or mechanical device used to warn of a person entering or attempting to enter, without authorization, in or on real property.
SECURITY ALARM USER. A person, company, corporation or other entity utilizing a security alarm system to protect his or her or its real property located in the city.
(CBC 1985 11-2.1; Ord. 1992 c. 11 § 1)
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