William G. Gross

William G. Gross
Born 1964 (age 53–54)
Police career
Department Boston Police Department
Years of service 1985–Present
Rank
Commissioner

William G. Gross is the current and 42nd Commissioner of the Boston Police Department taking over in August 2018.[1]

Early life

William Gross was born in rural Maryland to a single mother, the middle of three children, and moved to Boston at the age of 12. He graduated from Boston Technical High School (now the John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics & Science). He then entered the Boston Police Cadet Program, becoming a Patrol Officer two years later.[2]

Boston Police Department

As a Patrol Officer, Gross served in the Gang Unit and the Drug Control Unit, and later was an instructor at the Boston Police Academy. He achieved the ranks of Sergeant and Sergeant Detective, and then became Deputy Superintendent in 2008, where he worked with District Captains to develop strategies to address crime trends and attended community meetings to address specific neighborhood crime concerns. In 2010, he became commander of the Field Support Division, which includes the Youth Violence Strike Force (Gang Unity) and the School Police Unit. In 2012, he was promoted to Superintendent, Night Commander, responsible for oversight of all police responses to incidents on a citywide basis at night.[3]

Commissioner

On August 6, 2018, Mayor Marty Walsh officiated the ceremony to swear in the new commissioner to the Boston Police Department.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Ellement, John R.; Valencia, Milton J. (2018-08-06). "William Gross sworn in as 42nd Boston Police commissioner". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
  2. 1 2 Valencia, Milton J. (2018-08-05). "William Gross, set to be sworn in as Boston's first black police commissioner, was an officer in the making, friends say". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
  3. ↑ "Mayor Walsh Announces Departure of William B. Evans and Appoints William Gross as Commissioner of Boston Police Department" (Press release). Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Police Department. 2018-07-23. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
Police appointments
Preceded by
William B. Evans		 Commissioner of the Boston Police Department
2018–present		 Succeeded by
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