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Kiwanis Club of
East Boston ~ Divisional Interclub
Tuesday June 17, 2014 –
6pm
Spinellis East Boston
$20 per person
Please RSVP by
Thursday June 12, 2014
mdipietro@ebsoc.org - 617-650-3442
Guest Speaker: Superintendent-in-Chief William Gross
William Gross is a 28 year veteran of the Boston Police Department.
As a Patrol Officer he spent many years in the Gang Unit and Drug
Control Unit, and was also an Academy Instructor. In 2004 he was
promoted to Sergeant, and in 2006 was rated a Sergeant Detective.
The majority of these supervisory years were spent in District C11 –
Dorchester.
In 2008 Police
Commissioner Edward Davis promoted William to Deputy Superintendent,
at which time he became a member of the Command Staff of the
Department. For the next 2.5 years William Gross the Commander of
Zone 2, which is comprised of Area B-2 Roxbury & Mission Hill, Area
B-3 Mattapan, Area C-11 Dorchester and Area C-6 South Boston. In
this role he coordinated with District Captains in their development
of strategies to address crime trends, and attended community
meetings to address specific neighborhood crime concerns.
In 2010 he became the
commander of the Field Support Division, which included command over
the Youth Violence Strike Force (Gang Unit) and the School Police
Unit. In 2012 he was promoted to Superintendent, Night Commander.
In 2014, William Gross was selected by Police Commissioner William
Evans to be the Superintendent-in-Chief of the Department, the first
African American Chief in the history of the Boston Police
Department. Throughout Chief Gross’ career with the BPD he has
maintained a strong connection with the community, and has been
awarded numerous awards for bravery, meritorious service, and
community partnership.
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