Boston Police said they seized “a significant quantity” of fentanyl and cocaine while busting an alleged drug trafficking organization based out of Dorchester.

Critics argue that a lack of clear policy on releasing body camera footage raises questions about whether authorities are picking and choosing when to be transparent.

A 15-year-old boy was arrested in connection with a shooting in Boston on Monday. Officers heard a gunshot near a Burger King at 100 Washington St. in Dorchester on Monday afternoon, according to a Boston police statement.

A Boston police officer faces manslaughter charges after authorities said he shot and killed a suspected carjacker last week, according to reports. Boston 25 reported that 33-year-old Officer Nicholas O’Malley of Randolph, Massachusetts, was charged with ...

Boston police shot and killed a man near the campus of Northeastern University on Saturday after he attacked an officer with a sword. Police opened fire after the man stabbed an EMS worker. Two other officers were injured in the incident,

The shooting remains under investigation by the district attorney's office.

A butcher knife-wielding man tried to slash tires and threatened to stab a bus driver at a Boston transit station Friday before being taken into custody, authorities said. Police responded quickly to a call about the man at the Forest Hills station.

As the Boston City Council presses for answers on a fatal Roxbury police shooting, councilors backed off a summons after the police commissioner agreed to testify — but escalated demands for years of body‑cam footage in fatal and injury‑related cases.

There were no reports of any injuries.

The family of Stephenson King, the man shot and killed by Boston police last month, wants body camera video from the incident released.

David Yannetti, who represented Karen Read in her murder case, is now defending Nicholas O’Malley, the Boston police officer who fatally shot a Dorchester man last month and is facing criminal charges.

The Boston Police and FBI teamed up to perform a bust that led to the recovery of four guns and drugs, the department announced. Officers from the department’s Special Investigations Unit and agents from the Metro Boston Gang Task force executed search warrants on 51-year-old Keto Powell and an apartment on Mallon Road in Dorchester just before noon Wednesday.