Boston Municipal Protective Services

The primary responsibility of the agency is to provide physical security and access control for all properties owned and operated by the City of Boston.

BMP officers held politically-connected positions[citation needed] and by-passed thousands on the Massachusetts Civil Service Exam hiring list for the City of Boston, including veterans and minorities.

[citation needed] Despite the BPPA's objections, 33 BMP officers who passed a vigorous background check, medical and psychological exam, as well as a physical agility test, were transferred to the Boston Police Department on December 31, 2006.

On January 1, 2007, the rest of them were either laid off or permitted to reapply to the city's Municipal Protective Services Department as site officers.

As of September 2021, only 6 licenses had been re-issued, all to officers of the Boston Housing Authority Police (all of whom had graduated the SSPO academy, at minimum).