Similar names, different worlds

Imagine being a police captain in Roxbury who gets re-assigned to West Roxbury, that one of the first things you have to do is try to calm down several hundred anxious residents upset over a crime spree consisting of three house break-ins and an attempted break-in - and that you have to tell them that they could help stop the break-ins by locking their doors before they go to bed at night.

The West Roxbury and Roslindale Transcript reports on the neighborhood meeting called after three houses on Bellevue Hill were broken into and an attempt was made on a fourth between Nov. 11 and 19:

... Because the perpetrators allegedly entered the homes through unlocked doors and windows, police urged those who live in the Parkway to be vigilant about securing their homes' entrances. ... "I know this is a great neighborhood and all, but it's not 1950," warned Area E-5 Police Captain James Hasson, who has been commander of the Parkway's police for three months after serving Roxbury in the same capacity.