Crime & Safety
Jamaica Plain Welcomes New Police Captain
Capt. Alfredo Andres, who grew up in JP, previously served as an MBTA police officer before joining the Boston Police Academy.
A new police captain has arrived in Jamaica Plain.
Capt. Alfredo Andres took over for former Capt. Paul Russell earlier this year at the District E-13 station on Washington Street, according to the Jamaica Plain Gazette.
Andres previously served as an MBTA police officer from 1993-1995, after which he entered the Boston Police Academy. He was named sergeant in 2004 and lieutenant in 2006, at which time he was assigned to Dorchester's District C-11 police station, according to the Gazette.
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Andres, 47, who grew up in Jamaica Plain, traveled to the United States with his parents in 1971 from the province of Oriente, Cuba, according to the report.
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