When I was a cub reporter way back when, the police blotter was by far the most popular feature of the weekly paper where I worked. They remain popular to this day, digitally and in dwindling print. … But this Globe story does raise an interesting issue of whether media outlets should be printing unfiltered police accounts of events. I think the Lexington newspaper cited in the article has found a correct balance: print the blotters with some editing changes that include not publishing suspects’ names. Sounds fair to me. … 

Btw – One of the greatest practitioners of police-blotter writing: Universal Hub.