The issue focused on the way the city had conducted the research and that investigators had labored to avoid bringing a mass killing to light. The tactics could have been to enhance security or make the department more efficient and flexible and reduce the number of force reports it issues each year.


Other participants at the meeting argued that Mr. Todashev, who was killed on the night of the April 15 shooting outside the Boston Marathon, was not killed in a particularly violent way, and that his death was