We called last week when guys were setting them up in the middle of the road. The cops drove past and looked out the window, but didn't stop or say anything. :(

This has been a city-wide issue every July for years and years. And, for years and years, the Chelsea Police have done absolutely nothing. I truly believe someone could set off fireworks inside the police station, and CPD would ignore it.

I live right near the police station, and I swear there are people setting off fireworks directly behind the station!! I realize the police are extremely busy with other serious crimes but laws are laws and they should not be able to pick and choose which they want to enforce.

It looks like we need a new Police Department, hello city manager and city council??? Are you reading these comments? Or you turning a blind eye too? The faith in the Police is gone. This is a reflection of your poor leadership. Is this becoming Flint?

Actually, our police department is amazing. They and our city manager are incredibly responsive and in tune with what’s happening in our city. Fireworks are a large and difficult problem to manage. Sounds like this could be something you could bring up at a city council meeting and maybe form a committee to brainstorm ideas for improvement? Solutions offered are always so much better than just gripes!

Why should we have to form a committee to ask CPD to do their job? According to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 148, Section 39, it is illegal for private citizens to use, possess, or sell fireworks in Massachusetts, or to purchase them legally elsewhere and then transport them to Massachusetts. Possession, use, and cause to explode of fireworks is punishable by a fine of $10 to $100 and confiscation. Seizure of fireworks is MANDATORY (emphasis is mine). Any officer qualified to serve criminal process is able to seize the fireworks, and the statute requires that they do so. We're simply demanding that CPD do their job.

The problem is the actual dispatchers. They pick and choose what is a "priority" in their minds. Just last year I called about drug use behind my home. Dispatcher "K" was very dismissive and stated "it's probably just kids". Not once were police sent. I know this because I have a scanner. As a taxpayer, I have a right to police services. It's not his right, to determine what is needed and when.

If it isn't a major accident or fire, where dispatcher the can take pictures of, he doesn't care. He's the biggest "sparky" in the city.

MC, is the dispatcher part of accounts receivable, dpw or Police Department?? Sharlene, you need to apply for the next available position in the city hall, we need you there. Perhaps with a different name or you won’t get the job.

Thank you for reporting this issue, we will notify the Police Dept of this situation,

City Manager’s Assistant assigned this issue to Chelsea Police

Changes, it's the non emergency number. It goes right the Emergency Management center. I know who the dispatcher is.

I'm closing not because this specific issue was properly resolved, but only because the fireworks issues have largely abated throughout the City.