Request Submitted To: City of Boston Office of Emergency Management

Category: Law Enforcement

Year Filed: 2018

Background

The City of Boston is the host city for the Boston Metro Homeland Security Region (MHSR), so designated to receive federal dollars from the Department of Homeland Security through the Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) funding stream. The MHSR routinely meets to discuss emergency preparedness, surveillance, and information sharing. Boston, Chelsea, Winthrop, Revere, Cambridge, Quincy, Brookline, Everett, Revere and Somerville are included in the Boston UASI region.