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Boston police commissioner accepts job offer in London
Associated Press
Monday, September 8, 2003
BOSTON - Boston's longtime police commissioner, whose tenure was marked by plummeting crime rates, will leave to take a high-profile job helping British police improve their crime-fighting techniques, the mayor announced Monday.
Paul F. Evans will become director of the Police Standards Unit, an office created in 2001 by the British government to assess how British police forces are performing, and to help them improve.
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino said Evans will step down November.
``He cares about the people who call this city home,'' said Menino, who promoted Evans to the commissioner's job nearly a decade ago.
During his Boston tenure since 1994, Evans has overseen a drop in crime in most categories. Last year, the city experienced a 31-year low in violent crime.
He will replace Kevin Bond, a former police officer and business executive who left the Police Standards Unit in April.
Menino said a search committee would begin looking for a successor to Evans.
Evans, who received a $36,000 raise last year to bring his annual salary to $160,000, could earn more than $310,000 in the London job, according to The Boston Globe.
Associated Press
Monday, September 8, 2003
BOSTON - Boston's longtime police commissioner, whose tenure was marked by plummeting crime rates, will leave to take a high-profile job helping British police improve their crime-fighting techniques, the mayor announced Monday.
Paul F. Evans will become director of the Police Standards Unit, an office created in 2001 by the British government to assess how British police forces are performing, and to help them improve.
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino said Evans will step down November.
``He cares about the people who call this city home,'' said Menino, who promoted Evans to the commissioner's job nearly a decade ago.
During his Boston tenure since 1994, Evans has overseen a drop in crime in most categories. Last year, the city experienced a 31-year low in violent crime.
He will replace Kevin Bond, a former police officer and business executive who left the Police Standards Unit in April.
Menino said a search committee would begin looking for a successor to Evans.
Evans, who received a $36,000 raise last year to bring his annual salary to $160,000, could earn more than $310,000 in the London job, according to The Boston Globe.