EFL: Boston Police are mobilizing for this weekend's do-or-die Red Sox-Yankees series with the largest crowd-control force of any recent sports event and with a deployment plan that addresses shortcomings found to have contributed to a fan's fatal shooting by police last October. A draft deployment plan, dated yesterday and obtained by the Globe, calls for 876 officers and commanders to be on duty for each of the three games starting tonight: 558 from Boston and 318 more from the State Police, the state Correction Department, and several other police departments. The plan focuses on how to keep celebrations from getting out of hand if the Sox clinch a playoff berth. | Nothing is sweeter than clinching it by beating the Yanks |
The plan points out that the three-game series will probably determine which team makes the playoffs and that if the Sox clinch a postseason spot, there will be much revelry. ''The Department and our Law Enforcement partners will ensure that fans are able to celebrate but will not tolerate disorder, property destruction, [or] reckless behavior that endangers themselves and others." |