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If you are traveling through the area, please pay attention to signage, message boards, and/or directions from members of the Cambridge Police Department.

The City of Cambridge is notifying residents, businesses, and visitors of multiple temporary street closures throughout the weekend due to scheduled community events on Saturday, May 31 and Sunday, June 1. Events include the Attic Block Party (affecting Harvard Square) and the Cambridge 5K at CambridgeSide.

A CLC student shares her experience in the Community Learning Center's High School Equivalency (HSE) Credential Program.

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The phased rollout of the Cambridge Police Department’s Body-Worn Camera (BWC) Program will serve as a critical step in strengthening transparency, accountability, and trust between officers and the community. This important initiative is part of the City’s ongoing commitment to public safety and comes after extensive planning, policy development utilizing national models, and best practices in training. The department has worked over the past two years to develop a program that meets the highest standards of accountability while protecting civil liberties.

People and pets should avoid contact with the Alewife Brook and parts of the Mystic River and the lower Charles River from May 23 to the early morning of May 25 due to the release of stormwater mixed with sewage into the brook and rivers.

The EZRide transit service has been expanded to include midday and weekend operations, building on its decades-long commitment to sustainable and equitable urban mobility.

This dataset provides a structured, machine-readable version of the daily incident logs that have long been available on the Police Department’s website in HTML format.

An overview of the Cambridge Police Department's calls for service on May 21, 2025

An overview of the Cambridge Police Department's calls for service on May 20, 2025