In celebration of Black History here are few examples of Black History within the Boston Police Department
* (1878) Sgt. Horatio Homer
First Black Officer on BPD
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_J._Homer
* (1943/1944) WWII Era First Black Women on BPD
Officer Edna Swan
Officer Dorothy Harrison
* (Late 50’s) First Black Deputy Superintendent on BPD
Dept. Supt. Francis Garrison Welsing
* MAMLEO – 2018 is MAMLEO’s 50th Anniversary Golden Anniversary
(1968) Massachusetts Association of Afro-American Police, Inc. (MAAAP) founded
(1983) renamed Massachusetts Association of Minority Law Enforcement Officers, Inc. (M.A.M.L.E.O.)
* (1971) Soul Patrol – BPD’s First All-Black Tactical Patrol Force
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2015/05/26/the-story-of-bostons-all-black-short-lived-very-successful-tactical-police-unit
https://www.citylab.com/equity/2015/05/when-boston-created-an-all-black-police-unit/394259/
* (2014) Boston Police Department Superintendent-in-Chief, William “Willie” Gross
First Black Man as 2nd in Command of BPD
* (2013) Superintendent Charlie Horsley
First Black Man to lead BPD Training Academy
* (2014) Superintendent Lisa Holmes, Chief of the Bureau of Professional Development
First Black Woman to lead BPD Training Academy
* (2014) Captain Haseeb Hosein
First Muslim Captain (also Black, Trinidadian) on BPD
