PERF In The News - Detail Info

12/12/2011

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The strategy by the Boston Police Department from the beginning of the Occupy Boston encampment was to get to know a core group of the protestors and forge a bond of trust, which paved the way for today's pre-dawn raid that peacefully ended the 10-week rally in Dewey Square with no injuries, police and city leaders said. Police Commissioner Edward Davis said they spent weeks planning and refining their strategy for how they would move in to end the protest, and said that they learned a lot from speaking with police chiefs across the country, especially Philadelphia's police chief Charles Ramsey.

More info: http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2011/12/boston-police-say-strategy-trust-building-with-occupy-boston-led-peaceful-end/U3cJClEGu137W35cBCRigN/index.html