More officers to hit streets in plainclothes

By Maria Cramer

Globe Staff / February 27, 2009

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Goodbye Officer Friendly. Hello Serpico. This week, Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis reversed an edict he had issued just six months ago, requiring dozens of the department's plainclothes patrol officers to return to uniform. The order had been touted as a way of increasing police visibility on the streets and of making residents feel safer, key elements of his community ... (Full article: 894 words)