Boston police radios were offline for around 30 minutes during a night of violence in the city that left five people shot near Franklin Park, city councilor Ed Flynn said Monday.
While officers were working to keep crowds at Sunday’s Dominican Parade safe, Flynn says the Boston Police Department’s main radio channel was down for half an hour, forcing officers to respond to an active shooting without proper communication tools.
“We respectfully request that the Boston Police Department conduct a full investigation into what caused the radio system breakdown, how it affected the response, and the steps being taken to ensure this does not happen again. We also ask that the findings be reported back to the Council and the public,” Flynn wrote in a letter co-signed by at-large city councilor Erin Murphy to Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox…