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 | | As the powerful head of the Boston Police Department, the Commissioner is responsible for managing a department that employs 3,000 people (including over 2,000 sworn officers), has a $210 million operating budget, and delivers essential police services to a diverse resident population of 589,141, which swells to over one million during the day. |
 | | The next Commissioner will be expected to build on the department’s considerable success in neighborhood policing, in increasing public accountability and responsiveness, in fostering collaborative partnerships with community groups to achieve common goals, and in working cooperatively with elected officials and appointees at the local, state, and national levels. |
 | | Applicants must have at least ten years of experience as a member of a federal, state, or local police force or law enforcement agency (pursuant to Chapter 322 of the Acts of 1962) and possess a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university; a master’s degree is preferred. |
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