The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)

Street-savvy Davis, imposing figure with sensitive side

The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | October 24, 2006 | Copyright

At 6 feet 6 inches tall, Lowell Police Superintendent Edward Davis is an imposing man. At times, he has equally imposing opinions, as former Lowell city manager Bill Taupier discovered when he tried to offer advice on policing some of the city's tougher neighborhoods.

"Ed Davis would say to me: `Taupier, please stay out in the pasture and eat some grass. Do not bother me,"' Taupier said yesterday.

Davis has clashed repeatedly with city administrators while he engineered a 60 percent drop in crime rates during his tenure in Lowell. He is widely hailed as a hero in the…

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