ICYMI: Woburn Police Say 'We're Certainly Not Specifically Targeted' By Gangs

On Monday, an article about a “credible threat” to police officers from newly-allied gangs in Baltimore ran across several Massachusetts Patch sites.

Many individuals found its since-altered headline - stating that gangs might target local departments - misleading and alarmist.

Among them - Woburn Chief of Police Robert Ferullo, who called Woburn Patch to clarify that his department is no more or less worried about gang retaliation than they normally are.

“It was a generic one-paragraph letter from the BPD, that two gangs were getting together and declaring war against police in general,” Chief Ferullo told Patch, speaking of the press release issued nationally by the Baltimore Police Department.

“We have not been contacted, or told that we’re targeted, any more or less so than police in general,” he said.

Image: Patch file photo

Sign up for Woburn Patch newsletters and alerts here.