Newbury Street shoppers don't have to start packin' heat

Crime not actually up, but cops increase patrols, anyway:

... With the holidays we've increased the patrols. Double, sometimes triple, just because we do that every year. I think anywhere you look, the shopping areas around the city - Mayor Menino, the Police Commissioner have put extra patrols out there. You see them at Downtown Crossing, you'll see them on Newbury St, and you'll see them on Boylston St. ...

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