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The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Police is a police force which has primary jurisdiction on Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) property and vehicles in each of the 178 cities and towns within the MBTA District. The department has grown to an authorized strength of 230 officers and 10 civilians. The majority of the MBTA Police Department's efforts are focused on patrol in Boston and surrounding communities. The current Chief of Police is Joseph C. Carter. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is a a body politic and corporate, and a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts [1] formed in 1964 to finance and operate most bus, subway, commuter rail and ferry systems in the greater Boston, Massachusetts, USA area. ... Boston is a town and small port c. ...
A 40-year-old Cambridge man was arrested yesterday for jumping a turnstile and threatening to kill two MBTA workers who confronted him, MassachusettsBayTransportationAuthoritypolice said yesterday.
Police said she told Hollis to ''bring the heat" -- meaning bring a gun.
Authorities believe that when Hollis arrived, he fired at the men from a car, hitting Willis-Starbuck.
The peninsula was connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus, and surrounded by the waters of MassachusettsBay and the marshes at the mouth of the Charles River.
MassachusettsBay Colony's original governor, John Winthrop, gave a famous sermon entitled "a City upon a Hill," which captured the idea that Boston had a special covenant with God.
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is located near the Beacon Hill neighborhood, with the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital nearby.
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