Police say Malden is not facing crime wave

Mayor Richard Howard and several police officers pledged to residents at a crime prevention meeting last night that they would protect the community after three shootings this month.

[Nobody cares]

All is well Nothing to see here

[reader]

the truth hurts

[Squiggy]

No crime wave? More of a crime tsunami.

[Fish]

What about now????????

[Chase]

What was going on by Oak Grove last night around 5:30? Police, transit cops, staties, K-9, SWAT with rifles... looked like a HUGE deal!

[Eddie]

No crime wave my **s! The cities own police chief who has been the one to alter crime stats for years had his own house broken into.

[annonymous]

The police are part of the crimes/shootings in Malden and think that because they are police that they are above the Law! Do you have any idea what really goes on where the police are concerned??? Many persons who have been arrested in Malden including but not limited to Teens are taken into the elevator inside the police garage on exchange street, Malden and there the cops (police) proceed to beat them!!! and this has been going on for years! FACT! The Malden Police really need to be investigated!!!!!!!!

[annonymous]

WHAT ARE THE POLICE DOING ABOUT THE MAPLEWOOD GANG IN MALDEN??? and why isn't there more protection ( Security posted in the Maplewood section as well as in the schools including the elementary schools??

POLICE ARE SUPPOSE TO PROTECT AND SERVE THE PUBLIC..... BUT WHEN DOES THAT HAPPEN?

[Fish]

Looks like someone failed the civil service exam

[Malden resident]

I was also informed that the Chief's house on Boundary Road was broken into, but I was informed by word of mouth, not by a report to the newspaper. I dont know whether I should laugh or just agree that this should be a wake up call because nothing else seems to work. I think that this problem goes beyond the police. The head law enforcer for Middlesex County is the District Attorney. This problem didnt just creep up over night, its been here for years. Only difference is that these crimes arent being reported to the same extent as they used to be. The agenda seems to be a political one. its common knowledge that marta Coakley, former Middlesex DA, lives in Middlesex County and is running for a Senate Seat. It seems to be an image thing.

[Malden resident]

I was also informed that the Chief's house on Boundary Road was broken into, but I was informed by word of mouth, not by a report to the newspaper. I dont know whether I should laugh or just agree that this should be a wake up call because nothing else seems to work. I think that this problem goes beyond the police. The head law enforcer for Middlesex County is the District Attorney. This problem didnt just creep up over night, its been here in Malden for years. Only difference is that these crimes arent being reported to the same extent as they used to be. The agenda seems to be a political one. Its common knowledge that Martha Coakley, former Middlesex DA, lives in Middlesex County and is running for a Senate Seat. It's an image thing.

[Frank V]

Oh yeah...

[Richard Head]

Malden has become as bad as Lynn or Dorchester in the last five years How is Malden PD reporting that crime is down when anybody can walk around and see how bad it is. How much money was lost by fudging the crime statistics? What did they gain by lying to the people of Malden?

[Fed Up]

Front page news, Coye to resign at the end of the year. Okay Howard, your next. Oh and by the way, why are kids toting guns if Malden is a good place to raise your kids? I would like to know what they consider a bad place to raise kids. Poor kid down the street from me in Linden was shot a copule of weeks ago. There's shootings everywhere. I refuse to believe crime is down in Malden. The bank that was boldly robbed in daylight by a homeless man also occured in Linden just a couple of months ago. And who is that Malden man who was just convicted of raping a 9 year old. Yeah, real nice place for kids. And lets not forget the woman hairdresser who was murdered on Salem Street by her obsessed ex boyfriend. Go on cable tv and see all of your local yokels who have been deemed level 3 sex offenders who live in Malden. The city is down the tubes.

[Travis A]

True Dat

[Anthony S]

well well well

[Linden Lifer]

This is more that a wave