It's interesting comparing their behavior to the LAPD/etc. during the Christopher Dorner manhunt a few months ago.

Yeah. I don't normally commend people for doing what they should do but in this case I'll make an exception. It must have been very hard to stay professional but it seems they have just set a good example for police across the nation.

I think the Dorner thing has some factors you're not quite taking into account.

1. He was a trained professional 2. He knew their hand, their next move even 3. He was an outed cop on a rampage based on inequality in the ranks of the LAPD

I don't think Dorner was ever going to be brought in alive, the LAPD didn't want him to have a soap box to preach from or to give him hero status. I remember shaking my head as I listened to police scanner while they started to set the cabin on fire.

This was a scared confused kid hiding in a boat with the nation watching and wanting to hear what he had to say. The other seemed more like a shut it up, sweep it under the rug, the guy is a nut, let's all just forget this happened kinda thing.

#2 and #3 support the thesis "BPD > LAPD", along with your other points.

#1 might be countered with "he was a radical Islamic jihadist" (in the worst case).

Agreed, but the slight difference is that Dorner was specifically targeting officers and their families. These two brothers were cop killers, however it was more "collateral damage" than their main goal.

What I was most pleased with is Colonel Timothy Alben.

He would get in front of the podium, say only what he wanted the police to say, then refused questions and immediately ended the conference. With as much misinformation that the media had already spread that evening, and over the previous week, I was pleased to see the, "...now STFU we'll BBL" stance of the Boston Police.