How diverse are the Boston Police Department’s specialized units? They won’t say

In 2009, after criticism that the Boston Police Department’s specialized units were too white, then-Commissioner Edward Davis vowed to make those squads, which include the gang, drug, and K-9 units, more diverse.

At the time, Davis’s office routinely made information about the racial and gender makeup of those units available to the public. But Boston Police officials are now keeping that information secret, preventing the public from knowing whether the department’s specialized units are more or less diverse.

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