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BPPA officers attend Plymouth picket denouncing Governor Patrick’srepeated attacks on police wages and benefits. At the last minute, theGovernor, who was scheduled to attend an AFL-CIO conference as aguest speaker to discuss “the future of unions in Massachusetts,”turned tail and fled in the face of hundreds of off-duty police officersand family members. See article and more photos on page A9.

Gov. Patrick cuts police pay, guts contracts

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By James Carnell,Editor, Pax Centurion

Beginning on January 29th, 2010, Bos-ton police officers will be receiving a

pay cut of almost half of their negotiatededucational incentive pay, courtesy of Gov-ernor Deval Patrick; and it may not stopthere.

On average, officers who attended col-lege, paid tuition, and completed the re-quired course work based on promised statefunding from the so-called Quinn bill, aneducational incentive implemented in theearly 1970’s, will receive a pay cut of about$5,500. (Bachelor’s degree, patrolman, 20%of base pay). Officers with Master’s degreesor Juris Doctorates ( law degree, 25% ofbase pay) will receive a commensuratelylarger pay cut, officers with Associates de-grees (10% of base pay) somewhat less.)Additionally, Governor Patrick has alsoencouraged the filing of legislation whichwould allow cities and towns to effectivelyescape from their collective bargainingcommitment to provide the other 50% ofQuinn bill funding.

Among public employees, police offic-ers have been singled out for the Governor’swrath to the exclusion of all others. As a

First pay cut in BPPA historyorchestrated by Governor,allies, Globe editorialists:

Are more pay cuts on the way?former civil rights attorney in the US Jus-tice Department and a committed liberalwho attended prestigious Milton Academyand elitist Harvard University tuition-free,Patrick’s animus towards police officers hadlong been suspected, but only recentlybubbled to the surface. Neither firefightersnor teachers have been subjected to simi-lar, specifically targeted pay cuts by theGovernor.

The Governor’s friends at the local edi-torial boards, specifically the Boston Globe,celebrated and cheered the pay cuts for po-lice across the state, encouraging additionalpolice pay cuts by passing the above notedlegislation allowing cities and towns to ab-rogate their contracts. (“Local aid goes be-yond dollars” – 1/22/10, Globe editorial:“Local communities also need a way toescape escalating costs of the Quinn bill,which gives salary bumps to police officerswho earn college degrees in criminal jus-tice. The cost is supposed to be split by thelocal community and the state. But the statehas backed away from its commitment... Ata minimum, Governor Patrick and the Leg-islature should change the Quinn bill stat-ute to make clear that cities and towns aren’trequired to absorb the state’s share.”)

The Quinn Bill represents about two-thousandths of one percent (.002 of 1%) ofthe entire state budget of $27 billion. Andremember, officers have been promised,since 1970, that earning college degreeswould result in contractual pay increases.Based on that promise, agreed to throughcollective bargaining agreements (known inthe business world as binding contracts),officers paid thousands of dollars in tuitionand earned degrees over a period of years,spending countless hours of their own timein class. Many officers are still paying backstudent loans based on this false “promise”,for what are now essentially “half-price”-or potentially totally worthless-college de-

grees; if Gov. Patrick’s bill makes it throughthe legislature.

In fact, there is now no reason whatso-ever for any aspiring police officer to seekhigher education of any kind, because a highschool diploma or G.E.D. has the exactsame monetary value as any college degree.(New officers can never obtain any Quinnbill benefits, of any kind; therefore, whybother spending the tuition money?) In aday and age when police work has becomemore complex and sensitive than ever be-fore, the need for higher education has neverbeen more obvious. But in a Globe articlethis past summer, the fact that fewer and

Comm. Davis announces new “anti-lying” policyIAD will determine what constitutes a “lie,”

termination is the preferred optionBy James Carnell, Pax Editor

Commissioner Ed Davis has recently announced (via BPD Commisioner’s Memo-randum 10-007, issued 1/20/10) a new “anti-lying” policy in a brief, eight-line

memo which announces to the patrol force that if his Internal Affairs Division deter-mines that an officer has “lied”, “termination will be the presumptive disciplinaryaction…”.

Comm. Davis announces new “anti-lying” policy


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RETIRED PATROLMEN’S DIVISIONBilly Flippin

BPPA PresidentThomas Nee,

right, speaks toa WBZ Radio

reporter aboutthe rally in

Plymouth priorto a meetingwith AFL-CIO

honchos.Gov. Deval

Patrickwho was

scheduled tospeak at this

event declinedto show up.

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on page A9.

Police retirements,resignations skyrocket as

Gov. Patrick cuts pay, benefitsAs Globe readers express what they

really think about us…By Jim Carnell, Pax Editor

Afront-page headline in the BostonGlobe,Sunday edition of February 7th,

2010 (“Police exodus stirring concern”),was – for once – a refreshingly fair and bal-anced column reporting facts about what ishappening to many of our municipal policedepartments. Globe reporter MariaCramer factually and accurately reportedthat many officers are being driven to re-tirement by cuts in pay from the Governor’sfailure to fund the Quinn bill educationalincentive, relentless attacks on police de-tails, and ongoing attempts by GovernorDeval Patrick and his “friends of labor” tofurther erode pensions and health benefitsfor police officers.

The article reported to the general pub-lic what most of us already know from theplethora of “retirement party” posterssprinkled around the city. In recent memory,few can recall a time when so many good,outstanding, well-liked, and experiencedofficers – of all ranks – have decided at thesame time to pack it in and say goodbye toa job they loved and colleagues and friendsthey will miss. But in fact, the writing is onthe wall: leave now or suffer a cut in yourpension, benefits and health insurance. It’sreally that simple. If you have the time, quitefrankly: Why stay? Said CommissionerDavis, “It is worrisome… we’re in a toughsituation as far as replacement of these of-ficers… we lose experience – that’s thesingle biggest issue….”

The article further stated that “…onlyState police are exempt from the cuts, be-cause the state is contractually obligated tofund the program.” Funny, isn’t it? The MSPare exempt from the Governor’s cuts? TheGovernor has to respect their contract, butnot ours? Hmmmm. Maybe that’s why theMSP union leadership were notably absentfrom the picket we recently held in Ply-mouth with other municipal police unions.

You can always – I mean never – count onthe leaders of SPAM (State Police Associa-tion of Massachusetts) to stand togetherwith their fellow officers, can (not) we? Iknow a lot Staties who are really great guys,but quite frankly, their leadership sucks, andhas since the great John McLean and DeanBennett left their ranks years ago.

Captain Frank Armstrong of the Su-perior Officers Federation said it perfectly:“If you could leave now at your top pay,why would you stay”? But if you had theunfortunate opportunity to read the on-linereader comments associated with this ar-ticle, you would have quickly discovered245 comments (as of the next day), almost90% of them bashing the police and call-ing us “greedy”, “stupid”, and a wholehost of other invectives. I seldom adviseanyone to read the Globe, but check outthe comments associated with this article,dated February 7th. If nothing else, it willwake you up to the fact that the generalpublic, by and large, hates us and doesn’tthink we should be making money to sup-port our families. Many out there trulybelieve that we should be like tin soldiersand plaster saints, happy with whatever pen-nies are thrown at us and thankful merelyto serve their sorry butts.

As an officer with about 28 years un-der my belt, I can look forward to tellingJohn Q. Public and Co. what I REALLYthink of them in just a few years, Godwilling and my children’s growing col-lege tuition bills allowing. But for thoseof you just coming on this job and tryingto understand why we attempt to do theimpossible for the ungrateful, you havemy deepest sympathies. I have done mybest to steer my own children away fromthis profession, for obvious reasons.Again, read the comments on-line asso-ciated with this article; they’re eye-open-ing…..

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Message from the Vice President: Ronald MacGillivray

Rush to retire

fewer applicants are interested in applyingfor police work was bemoaned by the Globereporter; for issues related to “low wages,level of dangerousness, and long hours”.(Talk about hypocrisy in action!)

Instead of focusing on the countless bil-lions of dollars spent on entitlement pro-grams for welfare recipients, or taking along, hard look at the ever-increasing costsassociated with Massachusetts’ “free healthcare for all” program, or cutting countlessthousands of politically-appointed hack jobs

across the state, Governor Patrick and hisallies at the Globe have chosen to makepolice officers the enemies of the state andthe red-herrings for the economic mess wefind ourselves in.

We should all remember the Governor’sdisrespect for our profession both this No-vember and at upcoming events such at theannual Hannah awards ceremony. Someonewho has no respect for us should not be sa-luted or greeted by any police officer whomaintains a morsel of self-respect.

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Responding to the Quinn cutback in mid-January, approximately 25 officers of

assorted rank put their papers in for retire-ment to coincide with the date of reduction.Keep in mind that retirement numbers arenot based on your last three years, but onyour highest three year period. This con-cern should give the majority of officerscontemplating retirement time to considertheir options. Given the current set of cir-cumstances, January 2010 will more thanlikely be the starting point in consideringan officer’s best 36 months for a long pe-riod of time. For those looking at disabilityretirement:

Disability RetirementConditions needed for an accidental dis-

ability retirement (job related) would in-clude: The officer being unable to performthe essential duties of the job and that suchinability is likely to be permanent beforeattaining the maximum age for his group.Accidental disability is calculated at ayearly amount of pension equal to 72% ofthe average annual rate of regular compen-sation which you were earning on the dateyour injury was sustained or 72% of theaverage annual rate of regular compensa-

tion for the twelve month period for whichyou last received regular compensation,whichever amount is greater. A yearlyamount of annuity equal to the yearlyamount of the regular life annuity is alsoprovided.

Ordinary disability becomes effec-tive on the date of your retirement. Yourretirement date can not be more than 4months after your application has been filed.A non-veteran ordinary disability is cal-culated as though the non-veteran is beingretired for superannuation at age 55 withthe amount of credible service that the mem-ber has actually achieved. A veteran retiredfor ordinary disability will receive an al-lowance consisting of an annuity based onage and accumulated deductions plus re-lated interest and a pension equal to 50%of the annual rate of regular compensationfor the last year immediately preceding re-tirement for which the officer received regu-lar compensation.

For obvious reasons this is why anyofficer contemplating retirement shouldcontact the BPPA and sit down with a mem-ber of the department’s Family AssistanceUnit to run numbers and a union attorneyfor the many individual questions that can

arise. For a more in depth explanation ondisabilities, go to Mass. General Laws,Chapter 32: Sections 6 and 7.

Quinn ReductionThe Governor has taken 41 plus percent

from the state’s portion of the Quinn incen-tive and in a recent supplemental budget hasadvanced the elimination of the cities andtowns responsibility to their bargained ob-ligation. Some neighboring municipalitieshave sat down and bargained the state’sportion of the Quinn into their contracts.Most of those municipalities if not all had ahigh percentage of compliance within theirbargaining unit. This allowed for negotia-tion independent of other issues. Quincywas given the state’s portion without nego-tiating so I’ll assume it came out of the city’slocal aid money. The BPPA has a large num-ber not receiving the educational incentive(at least 50%) and will bargain for all inter-ests once the fire contract is resolved. Nodefinitive due date for the arbitrator’s deci-sion regarding the fire.

Disability LawsLast spring an issue came to light regard-

ing officers with diabetes. Those reluctantto forward personal medical records to themedical unit were placed on restricted duty.The department decided to deal with theissue as inconsistently as one could imag-ine. These new standards were imposedwithout notice to bargain prior to imple-menting the change. Our attorneys haveadvised that speculation is an insufficientbasis to restrict the duties of a diabetic em-ployee and violates anti-discriminationlaws. The officers in question have neverbeen disabled as a result of their medicalcondition and there have not been any post-hire changes in medical regulations. Thecherry-picking of individuals since lastspring, all of whom have good glycemiccontrol and are well-managed, would leadone to believe that this is some sort of na-tional study being published in the Ameri-can Journal of American that Dr. Arnold hasa personal interest in. Of course, officerswould be reluctant to volunteer so the de-partment saw fit to couple an officer’s re-fusal to forward personal medical informa-tion by punishing those officers from work-

ing details and over-time. The depart-ment has yet to explain the arbitrary man-ner used to select individuals.

Diabetes would qualify as a physiologi-cal disorder under the ADA (Americanswith Disabilities Act) and those singled outwith such impairment have all passed amedical exam and functioned in a high ca-pacity. The employer has an obligation toreasonably accommodate qualified indi-viduals with a disability. The individuals thathave been singled out perform the essentialfunctions of the job without any need ofaccommodation from the department ormodification of their work place. Introduc-ing relevant information regarding insulindependant diabetics and making officersaware of the seriousness of a hypoglyce-mic occurrence on duty is important but theofficers singled out who choose not to par-ticipate in this national study should not bepenalized.

It is clear that the department decided todeny officers the right to supplement theirincome based on refusing to turn over theirmedical records but how did the departmentdecide who they were not going to discrimi-nate against by not asking.

Health InsuranceFor the national Democrats to be look-

ing at Massachusetts as a visionary andguiding principle in shaping healthcarepolicy around the country, is like BarneyFrank telling us that government run mort-gage lenders don’t need any regulation, themarket will correct itself. Some version ofthe GIC (Group Insurance Commission) ison the doorstep.

In short, if you and your family arehealthy, you’ll save a portion of your pre-mium. If not, the Governor’s a-la-carte caresystem with a $2,000 annual deductible or20% of medical costs up to $3,000 in somecases is knocking. This underfunded man-date will continue to grow and can’t be sus-tained without passing the costs on to themiddle class. The impact this issue had onthe senate election did not go unnoticed,Treasurer Cahill had an on-point article re-garding the fiscal sanity of the currentGovernor’s health initiative. In the future,we’ll take a closer look at costs.

Re: Quinn Bill editorialLetter to the Boston Globe

I’m not surprised by another Boston Globeeditorial against local police officers. Yet

the Globe calling for the legislature to al-low cities and towns to escape the costs ofthe Quinn Bill that is beyond unfair. It isshameful.

I still owe $30,000 in student loans forthat Quinn Bill education.

Multiply me by hundreds of other localpolice officers. But that is not even a con-sideration for the editorial board.

The Globe’s hate and disdain for our pro-fession is profound and unrelenting.

Can the editorial board ever just oncerecognize the work police officers do everysingle day of the year, 24 / 7?

I think police officers across the statewould all collectively be shocked to get fairshake from you folks.

It is expected and evident, we won’t.– Jim Barry

Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association

BPPA President Thomas Nee looks over the scene at the rally in Plymouth.See story and more photos on page A9.


Treasury Notes: Thomas Pratt, BPPA Treasurer

Thanks for the pay cut!Iam not going to start this correspondence

with my customary opening. The reasonbeing, I feel as though a change is neededfor this issue. I am not going to beat aroundthe bush with any verbal foreplay, I am justgoing to get into my thoughts and feelingson the Quinn Billand on the upcom-ing pay cut that ourmembers, includingmyself, have taken.

I would just liketo thank the Gover-nor and those mem-bers of the legisla-ture who found itnecessary in at-tempting to balancethe fiscal woes ofthe Commonwealthby decreasing ourQuinn Bill Educational Incentive. They justdid not cut the program, they eviscerated itthrough language, dates and money cuts.The best part of it all, it was done throughlies, deceit and far away from public debate.

Why are we always the ones who getpunished for doing the right thing? Whenour members went to Quinn Bill-certifiedcolleges, they, the powers to be, change thecriteria of accreditation for these institu-tions. Making it virtually impossible to at-tain a degree because most of the collegeswe were attending lost accreditation due toa draconian rule change. Once you did getthe degree, they decide to cut the funding.Again, changing the rules mid-game.

We as an Association took two zeros ina past contract for the Quinn Bill. Our mem-bers spent thousands of dollars on educa-tion and countless hours away from theirfamilies attending classes and studying.You, Governor Deval Patrick, along withthe legislature cut the statewide Quinn in-centive by millions and then had the audac-ity to add 48 million dollars in new hireemployees. You stole from Peter to pay Paul.

The majority of original cabinet mem-bers on the Governor’s staff are all aboutgone now, resigned out of the public eye.Could this be the sign of a sinking ship? Orcould this be a sign that you were not lis-tening to their advice?

Instead of taking public money and try-ing to build a footbridge in Foxborough fora private entity, take the nine or ten milliondollars and put it back into the budget. Asof right now, our profession has taken somebudgetary knockout punches, but rightaround the corner is an election cycle. Po-lice officers statewide, their families andfriends should take note of who screwed usover in the last year. When it comes time tomake a donation to a candidate or pull alever and vote. That will be the time to re-member. One last thought on this subject,when it comes time for re-election, every-body will blame somebody else instead oftaking account of his or her own actions. Iwould rather have the truth, than have thebuck passed to someone else. I have stated

in the past, if you did it because you thoughtit was the right thing to do, it is somewhatexplainable. If you did it because you got aspeeding ticket 20 years ago or because youwere told by a police officer you could notdo something, then you deserve to be voted

out. We as an organization may be hittingthe mattresses sooner than later.

Next on the agenda, I would like to thanksome of the scholarship recipients and their

parents for taking some time out of theirday and attending the December House ofRepresentatives meeting. It is nice to put aface on someone. It shows the vendors, whobuy the advertisements in the Pax that theirdollars support the scholarship program.

Now, I would like toacknowledge all of ourmembers along withdetectives and superiorofficers who traveled toTacoma, Washingtonfor the funeral of theLakewood Police Of-ficers, who were killed(murdered) in the lineof duty. I also wouldlike to recognize theBelmont, Cambridge,Pepperell, Brooklineand Framingham po-

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I would just like to thank the Governor and thosemembers of the legislature who found it necessaryin attempting to balance the fiscal woes of theCommonwealth by decreasing our Quinn BillEducational Incentive. They just did not cut theprogram, they eviscerated it through language,dates and money cuts. The best part of it all,it was done through lies, deceit and far awayfrom public debate.

about 100 municipalofficers in atten-dance, and we all marched together regard-less of what department you belonged.Members of the Lakewood Police Depart-ment, along with their Chief met us at theairport on the jetway. They thanked us in-dividually for traveling to attend the funeral.Some of these officers had been withoutsleep for days and had to be up very earlythe next morning for the start of the funeralprocession. The hospitality that this depart-ment showed us, under the stressful circum-stances they were forced into was incred-ible.

In closing, I would just like to say keepyour guard up and watch each other’s backs.The name of the game is to go home safelyat the end of a tour of duty. Last but notleast, remember, just about everybody hasa cell phone with a camera. Be careful. Asalways if you have a problem or concern,give us a call at the Union hall the telephonenumber is 617-989-2772. Do not let thingsfester.


Secretary Spread: Jay Broderick, BPPA Secretary

Governor provides a total lack of leadershipThe cuts to the Quinn Bill have finally

arrived and now, finally, our belovedGovernor will be able to guide the Com-monwealth out of the dire fiscal situationthat faces the State. Right? Because it’s thePolice Officers fault that the economy is inthe condition it’s in. It has nothing to dowith his lack of leadership. Right? Wellfolks, that’s what they like everyone to be-lieve. The Police Education Incentive hascaused this problem. Well, the EducationIncentive AND Police Details! This guy isa complete fraud!

This is the same Governor who cam-paigned and promised that he would add1,000 Police Officers statewide. While hehasn’t delivered on that promise, he has, infact, worked tirelessly to remove as manyPolice Officers from the streets of the Com-monwealth by continuing to push for flag-men. An idea that was not only wrong inthe beginning but has continuously beenproven wrong by the facts presented, notonly by organizations like the BPPA, butby the Commonwealth’s State Auditor re-port that showed minimal, if any, savingsbut instead advocated for Police Details.

So what does he do next? He can’t seemto sell the flagman idea but he needs to be areformer. His next move is to cut the State’sportion of the Quinn Bill to just $10 mil-

lion dollars thus eliminating over $40 mil-lion dollars of a benefit that EVERY Po-lice labor organization COLLECTIVELYBARGAINED. But wait a minute there’smore. After doing that, he still needs to re-form more so he proposes legislation thatwould free indi-vidual cities andtowns from theircommitment to theQuinn Bill ANDproposes another$5 million dollarcut to the fundingof the Quinn Bill.He also makes aproposal to raisethe age requirement for retirement from 55years old to 57 years old and that’s on topof changing your retirement calculations fromyour best three years to your best five years.

The Democratic Party, which one wouldthink, is supposed to be the party of the“working people”. The Party that has alwaysenjoyed the strong support of organized la-bor but that support is rapidly eroding be-cause the Governor shows absolutely norespect to middle class of this State. His at-tacks on the Quinn Bill and the Details Sys-tem are not the only missiles fired at orga-nized labor. His ill-advised ideas are also

You can be sure that the BPPA will be there toprotect our benefits! Benefits that have beengained through bargaining and hard work…Hopefully our united stand will show GovernorPatrick that we will not stand quietly while hecontinues to take shots at us.

have a terrible effect on teachers, correc-tion officers, and the men and women ofthe building trade unions. His stubbornnessand his decision to withhold federal stimu-lus money have delayed much needed re-pairs to the streets and bridges of our Cities

and Towns and have kept thousands of theworkers needed to make those crucial re-pairs out of work!

With those facts in mind, the member-ship of the BPPA, once again, took the leadin holding this Governor accountable. Hun-dreds of Police Officers from across theState, traveled, on their own time, to Ply-mouth where they held an informationaldemonstration calling attention to his con-tinued attacks on the collective bargainingrights of Police Officers. Not surprisingly,the great leader cancelled his appearanceand did not have the courage to answer the

tough questions.Whether it’s his

decision to underfund the Quinn Bill, whileignoring the fact that he continuouslyfails to mention how ALL of us tookmultiple years of NO RAISES to gain this

“benefit”, whether it’s his de-cision to change the pensionsystem, while ignoring the factthat PRIM acknowledges thatthe pension’s investmentshave beaten their own expec-tations over the long term, orwhether it’s his decision to forceus into the Group InsuranceCoalition (GIC) because he saysit will save the State and the em-

ployee money on their premiums, whileagain ignoring the fact that any savingsto employees will be voided due to higherdeductibles and co-payments and will infact end up costing more money out ofour members pockets, you can be sure thatthe BPPA will be there to protect our ben-efits! Benefits that have been gained throughbargaining and hard work. Thank you toeveryone who was able to make it to thedemonstration. Hopefully our united standwill show Governor Patrick that we will notstand quietly while he continues to takeshots at us.


Comm. Davis announces new “anti-lying’ policy(continued from page A1)

Knowingly or intentionally, “lying”, in any official de-partment or court proceeding, has of course always beenprohibited by BPD rules and regulations (Rule 102, con-duct, etc.). But Comm. Davis, seeking to curry favor withhis friends on the Boston Globe’s editorial board, (who, ofcourse, applauded his bold, new initiative) has announcedthe BPD’s equivalent of the “re-invention of the wheel” ina rather crass attempt to pad his resume for future politicalaspirations and to gain accolades from his media consorts.

“Lying” is a subjective term which is sometimes veryclear and obvious and at other times is subject to the eyeand ear of the accuser. One Internal Affairs investigator’scharge of “lie” could be another officer’s differing percep-tion of what happened under difficult and stressful circum-stances. IAD investigators, some of whom have …err…shall we say… “limited” … time on the mean streets whilefending off the dangers of paper cuts and stapler-stabs,perceive things one way while experienced officers per-ceive something entirely differently. But officers accusedwith the scarlet letter-charge of “lying” are now clearly inthe untenable position of “proving themselves innocent”.

In Salem, Mass. in 1692, people charged with engagingin witchcraft were in a similar position. Buck the system,deny the accusations, and we’ll find you guilty and termi-nate you anyway. Go ahead, file a civil service appeal andmaybe, we’ll see you in two or three years. Of course, inthe meantime your income will be lost and your familywill suffer, but, go ahead and insist on your innocence,officer, if you dare…

This “new and improved policy” issued by the Com-missioner will do nothing but further prevent street offic-ers from engaging in any sort of aggressive, pro-active po-lice work which might tend to put them in harm’s way. Thecharge of “lying”, by defendants, their attorneys, and thedepartment, is easily made and carries no repercussionsfor the accuser(s). We, and we alone, sign documents andtestify under the pains and penalties of perjury, while de-fendants can make baseless accusations without fear ofrecrimination.

In fact, several BPPA members have already been sub-jected to charges of “lying” because of seemingly-minordifferences in perception. For example, one off-duty of-ficer who was embroiled in a dispute with an ex-girlfriendstated to IAD that he had “taken his car keys back [fromhis ex]”. The girlfriend, not surprisingly, stated that the of-ficer had “grabbed the keys back from her…”. From thisdifference in perception, IAD then proceeded to charge theofficer with “lying” because of the differences in the twoaccounts of what had actually occurred.

This situation is by no means unique. Other officers havebeen charged with “lying” because the department and/orhis/her accusers perceived things one way while the of-

ficer committed the apparent crime of maintaining theirinnocence, much to the chagrin of the BPD inquisitors. Apast arbitration case ( #15-1400, issued July 3rd, 2001) de-cided by a fair and impartial arbitrator, Michael C. Ryanprovides some guidance: (The specific name of the BPPAmember has been deleted as it is irrelevant to this discus-sion; his good name was sufficiently dragged through themud by the Globe and associated BPD rumpswabs manyyears ago). This case involved a BPPA member who wasterminated by the BPD after a series of Globe articles ac-cused him of “testilying”. Seeing through the façade of amealy-mouthed department caving in to the Globe’s de-mands, the arbitrator wrote the following in his lengthydecision:

“…The Grievant’s credibility concerning an incidentthat occurred almost twelve years ago has been examinedand evaluated by the [BPD], the Boston Globe, SuperiorCourt Judge Volterra, and various defense attorneys andjuries over the years. I am firmly convinced that the con-clusions reached by the Department and the Globe wereincorrect. (emphasis added). The department’s own inves-

tigator, Det. Sgt. Greeley, reached the same conclusion Ido…There may well be some police officers who have tes-tified dishonestly or with the intent to mislead in criminalproceedings. But the Grievant is not one of them.” (E.A.)… “But under the circumstances present in this case, nohuman being could testify without some contradictions orinconsistencies. There were inconsistencies in theGrievant’s testimony, but they were unintentional, insig-nificant, and not aimed at misleading the finder of fact orsecuring an unjust conviction.”… “…Finally, it is neces-sary to address the Department’s argument that the scan-dal precipitated by the Globe’s “testilying” articles haspermanently rendered the Grievant not only useless as apolice officer but also actually harmful to the Department’sinterests…I do not take the Department to be arguing thatan accusation of these misdeeds that is later shown to begroundless requires the termination of an innocent of-ficer because he is, in the minds of some, surroundedwith a cloud of suspicion that will never disperse… Thelingering harmful effects of articles in the Boston Globecannot be permitted to trump the Grievant’s actual inno-cence of the charges against him.” (emphasis added).

If only similar fair-minded individuals existed at thehighest echelons of the BPD or the Boston Globe…

By William Buchanan

In early April 1948, as a rookie reporter for the old Boston Herald, I was assignedto cover police headquarters at Berkeley and Stuart Streets in the Back Bay.

The press room was on the first floor, opposite the ballistics bureau. It was a ratherdepressing double room setup with large desks and telephones for each of the fournewspapers (Herald, Post, Globe and Record-American.) Therewere two speakers that carried police radio broadcasts, and a firetapper that was activated for fire alarms in the city.

Reporters called their city desks whenever they heard a broad-cast reporting a holdup, a shooting, any potential crime story, se-rious car accident or reports of a multiple fire alarm.

After I felt comfortable with the press room setup, I often wentto the fifth floor at headquarters, which housed the radio-opera-tions bureau, where police units were dispatched throughout thecity.

I was fascinated by the operation as calls came in reporting accidents, fires, hold-

ups, stabbings, shootings and other crimes.Incoming calls were handled by officers who then relayed the vital information to

the dispatchers, who were remarkable in their knowledge of the entire city and whichpolice units were to be dispatched.

Three dispatchers I especially remember were Michael Powers, Ed Skrickus andJimmy Elwell. All had a great knowledge of Boston, and knew exactlywhich sections of the city each cruiser covered.

Powers was the dispatcher the night of the Cocoanut Grove Fire, onNov. 28, 1942, which killed 491 persons, and Skrickus was dispatcherthe night when hooded holdup men robbed the Brink’s counting houseof $1.2 million on January 17, 1950.

The current communications center has long since been computer-ized.

They only have to hope it is properly programmed.Time marches on....but the memories of another time at police headquarters re-

main.

TIME MARCHES ON!

SUBJECT: DISCIPLINARY POLICY STATEMENT

The following statement is issues in an effort to put employees on notice that

untruthfulness will not be tolerated by the Department. When an officer is found to be

untruthful, it damages the officer’s ability to testify in future court proceedings.

Testifying in court is a fundamental job requirement as a police officer, and therefore it

is essential that an officer’s integrity and credibility are intact. Should the Department

determine that an employee has been untruthful in any report to the Department, during

any sworn testimony or in an internal investigatory interview including interviews at

Internal Affairs ad Anti-Corruption, termination will be the presumptive disciplinary

action, consistent with just cause principles.

This policy will be effective immediately.

Edward F. Davis

Police Commissioner


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Gov. Patrick avoids police protesters in PlymouthBy Jim Carnell, Pax Editor

Hundreds of police officers waited in thefreezing cold to greet Governor Deval

Patrick on Thursday, February 4th, at a Ply-mouth hotel conference center where Gov-ernor Patrick had been scheduled to give aspeech to the assembled heads of the Mas-sachusetts AFL-CIO, but the Governor ap-parently got cold feet and turned tail, avoid-ing confrontation with the police officerswhose pay has been recently been slashedand whose pensions and benefits have beenrelentlessly attacked by this very same al-leged “pro-labor” Governor.

The hypocrisy of the AFL-CIO leader-ship inviting the likes of Governor Patrickto give a speech about “the future of unionsin Massachusetts” while he has single-handedly attacked police unions andwrongly focused public wrath on our payand benefits could not have been more evi-dent. It was reported that AFL-CIO StatePresident Robert Haynes was livid at thefact that unionized workers, whom he andhis cohorts purport to represent, would showup to ruin his feting of Governor Patrickand his coterie of rumpswabs andbootlickers.

Governor Patrick, AKA “Little LordFauntleroy,” the pampered and privilegedbenefactor of a tuition-free Milton Acad-emy/Harvard University education, has re-cently made police officers the red-herringfocus of the state’s fiscal crisis. He has re-neged on negotiated contracts and refusedto pay the state’s share of the Quinn billeducational incentive, which has been inexistence since 1970, effectively cutting thepay of municipal police officers by any-where from 5%-12-1/2 % (depending onthe degree earned). He has also attackedpolice details and replaced some with flag-men, who, ironically, actually make under

the Mass. prevailing wage law almost$20.00 MORE per hour than a Boston Po-lice Officer, even while claiming to a gull-ible public that he is “saving taxpayermoney”. He also attacked police pensionsand health insurance benefits.

The Governor’s hatred of police officershas always been well-known, but has onlyrecently become grossly evident for all tosee. He spent many years in the Clintonadministration as a civil rights attorney inthe Justice department arguing for leniency

for cop-killers. After leaving the JusticeDepartment, Patrick became a highly-paidboard member/smiley-face for major cor-porations such as Coca-Cola andAmeriquest. He is also the owner of twomulti-million dollar mansions, one inMilton and the other in the Berkshires, evenas he masquerades as “the friend of theworking man.”

Police Officers from across the state at-tended the event in Plymouth, and vowedto appear wherever the Governor shows upin the future to tout his alleged “pro-labor”credentials. There was also much discus-sion of boycotting future events at whichthe Governor appears to wrap himself in thecloak of a “crime-fighter” with a slew ofblue props behind him for the TV cameras,such as the annual Hannah awards. Clearly,this Governor is no friend of police officersor the average working-class citizen. Un-fortunately, some of the pinky-ring crowdat the elitist top-echelons of the alleged “la-bor movement” still haven’t received themessage. Perhaps they should be replacedtoo…


In a world of policing, officers usuallystand united. People talk about “the thin

blue line.” Officers often work with part-ners. Officers come and back up other of-ficers. The team concept is prevalent in lawenforcement. Unfortunately, there are timeson the job when you are all alone. In cer-tain situations you may find yourself muchlike a boxer inside a ring, alone with noplace to run and no place to hide. Althoughyou have your brother and sister officers toback you up, and although you have a unionstanding behind you, when you take thewitness stand, take an oath, and being arecross-examined in court, no one but your-self can help you.

As a police officer, you know you do nothave to seek out trouble. Often times troublewill come find you. Despite the best of in-tentions and the best of training, things fre-quently go awry in police work. As an at-torney representing police officers, I havelearned to deal with many different situa-tions where well-intended and well thoughtout actions have resulted in disastrous con-sequences. The Snelgrove and Woodmantragedies are two examples. We all learn todeal with these unsolicited problems, whichare simply a part of the job description fora police officer. It is the self-inflicted prob-lems that are the most bothersome to see,and by definition those problems could andshould have been prevented.

Recently there has been much attentiondrawn to the issue of “truthfulness” regard-ing police officers. Being untruthful can bethe cardinal sin for a police officer. Yourreputation – indeed your career – can becrippled, if not destroyed, by untruthful tes-timony. Although there is plenty of room todebate what is truthful and what is untruth-ful in each particular context, it can not bedebated that every allegation of being un-truthful is serious. I have represented truth-ful people who made truthful statements thatwere found to be “untruthful” by the de-partment for expediency, political, or otherreasons. Fortunately, almost all of these in-stances have been rectified on appeals toneutral hearing officers. Setting these casesaside, the simple fact remains that you mustguard against these allegations in every wayyou can. These allegations may be madeagainst you regardless, but please do not in-vite them upon yourself. Below are a fewvery simple, common-sense suggestions to

Legal Notes: Kenneth H. Anderson, Esq.Byrne & Drechsler, L.L.P., Counsel to Members of the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association

The truth and nothing but the truthhelp avoid the inadvertent, self-inflicted in-juries that can occur in the context of yourcourt testimony.

Over the past twelve years, I have repre-sented dozens of officers who have run intoproblems through sloppiness or lack of at-

tention in writing police reports. As youknow, a house is only as good as the foun-dation it is built upon. Similarly, your testi-mony in court is only as good as the reportyou initially wrote about the arrest. You maybe exhausted, you may want to go homeand sleep, or you may be injured and pre-paring to seek medical attention at the time

you write your report. These all may ex-plain a sloppy or insufficient police report,but they will not justify it in the long run. Itis better to write a report late than one whichisn’t complete. Your report is what you getcross-examined on in court, and problems,omissions, or errors in your report set youoff on the wrong course from the start. Whenwriting a police report, you know you mustbe truthful and accurate. Be mindful thatnearly every place where you make an ar-rest is potentially being videotaped. Evenif there are not stationary cameras present,

the prevalence of cell phone cameras mustnever be underestimated. When you writeyour report, assume that everything thatoccurred is on video and will later be re-vealed. You very likely will win a battle ofcredibility with a criminal you arrest, but

you won’t win such a battle with a video-tape that proves you wrong. Plain andsimple: write what happened. If you writethe truth, the cameras can’t hurt you.

In addition to being truthful, your reportmust be accurate. Do not guess at thingsyou are not sure about. Do not write thingsthat you assume other officers saw or did

without checking with these officers. At5:00 a.m. after a long shift, this may be dif-ficult, but an ounce of prevention in thiscontext may be much more worthwhile thana pound of cure. If you write a report andlater learned it is inaccurate, admit yourmistake and correct it before it is too late.Talk to your supervisor and write a supple-mental report or a Form 26 to get on therecord what the error was before it is toolate. If you are not certain, ask for help. Thatis what we are here for.

When the time comes to testify in court,the most important thing you can do is tosimply be prepared. Many of the problemsI have seen over the years have resulted fromsloppiness and lack of preparation ratherthan any intent to deceive anybody. Readyour report carefully before you go to court,and then ask to go through it with the assis-tant district attorney. If something in your

report is missing orinaccurate, bring it up at this time. The Bookof Proverbs tells us that a good name israther to be chosen than great riches, and itis your name that is on the line when youtestify. Your name is worth more than thefour hour detail you are trying to line upwhile you should be conferencing with theD.A. More than once I have seen officerswho have been unprepared for court unin-tentionally testify to things that are incor-rect. They then dig their heels in and refuseto admit they were wrong. Once this hap-pens, the cover up can be much worse thanthe initial infraction. If you are not sureabout something, admit that you are unsure.If you made a mistake, admit to making thatmistake. You are better off, however, beingprepared at the outset and not falling intothose traps, but if you do fall into the trap,don’t dig yourself in deeper. Often timespeople remember things differently, and twohonest people may remember an event indifferent ways. Do not shade your testimonyto match up with someone else’s testimonywhen your memory is different than theirs.By admitting that you recall things differ-ently, you may be viewed as more credible.Be truthful and let the chips fall where theymay. No conviction, regardless of whatcrime you are testifying about, is worth los-ing your reputation, your integrity, or yourcareer. If your report is truthful and accu-rate, and if you are prepared when you tes-tify, you can prevent many bad things fromoccurring.

Finally, do not take things that happenin court personally. You will be called a liarin court. You may be called a thief and athug. Some lawyers may cross the properboundaries when questioning you. Do nottrade barbs or insults with them. Testifytruthfully and stay above the fray. This is asmall city. Judges talk to other judges, andlawyers talk to other lawyers. It is naive tothink that each time you testify you comeinto court with a clean slate. Your reputa-tion – whether good or bad – will precedeyou. Although you have brother and sisterpolice officers backing you on the job, onthe witness stand you are all alone. Troublewill come your way no matter what you do,but do not seek it out, and be ready for thetimes when it does come.

Keep your left hand high, stay safe outthere, and protect your reputation throughhard work, preparation, vigilance, and hon-esty.

As a police officer, you know you do not have toseek out trouble. Often times trouble will comefind you. Despite the best of intentions and thebest of training, things frequently go awry inpolice work. As an attorney representing policeofficers, I have learned to deal with many differentsituations where well-intended and well thought-out actions have resulted in disastrousconsequences.

Attention:To all members of the Boston Police Relief Association –Active Duty or RetiredIf you need to change your beneficiary or you are not sureof who your beneficiary is you can contact the relief of-fice at 617-364-9565. If you leave a message your call willbe returned and if necessary the paperwork will be sentout to you.

Thank you,William F. Carroll, Clerk, Boston Police Relief Association

Be truthful and let the chips fall where they may.No conviction, regardless of what crime you aretestifying about, is worth losing your reputation,your integrity, or your career. If your report istruthful and accurate, and if you are preparedwhen you testify, you can prevent many badthings from occurring.


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Veterans’ Corner: Patrick M. Rose, C-11

The electorate stated loud and clear,ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

Well finally, some good news! Massachusetts voters finally awoke from

their sheep-like existence, (politicallyspeaking). All it took was three long miser-able years with Deval at the state helm anda single year of Barack steering the fleet tothe precipice of financial disaster. These twowiz kids have practically turned the mostprosperous state in the union into a fledg-ling third world country.

With unemployment hitting double dig-its, housing prices sinking lower than whales*#@ in the sea and taxes going throughthe roof, the electorate stated loud and clear;ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

The men and woman who have beentreated like children or ignorant sheep bythe arrogant politicians running the Demo-cratic Party, have sent a resounding signalto these elitist ‘arse holes’ and sent a Re-publican to the U.S. Senate. The messagesent has rocked the political landscape coun-trywide and has finally woken up some ofthese political clowns who insist they knowwhat’s best.

The real message here is, we the peoplerecognize and realize our responsibilities toensure that American Government really isfor the People and by the People!

What was really fun in all of this is thatMassachusetts, the birth place of the revo-lution, the patriot state, the state that beganthe whole thing, was thought to be lost.People across this country have been look-ing at this state as a political joke, as far leftas left can be, more socialist and commu-nist than democratic. Be that as it may, thepoliticians in the state and federal govern-ment took their eye off the ball.

The elitist arrogant individuals who haveforgotten who elected them and pretend torepresent us figured they could just keepchanging the rules to suit themselves andtheir party. These hacks thought that theycould push through their own agendas eventhough WE THE PEOPLE said NO.

The electorate has been changing, theyhave finally noticed that you have been to-tally ignoring them, have been taking careof illegal aliens and ignoring our own taxpayers who foot the bill, that you have beenattempting to turn our children into social-ists, that you have been allowing criminalenterprises such as ACORN and alike intomain stream government by financing themand their criminal activities. The electorateis simply fed up with mismanagement bythe state leadership and the constant lies!Lie after lie after lie! Hey Mr. Governor andMr. President, just because you repeat it overand over doesn’t make it true, we really doknow what’s going on, we really do con-duct our own research before accepting yourword.

You have both promised change, and boydid you both deliver, we just didn’t thinkthat it would be change towards becominga third world nation. We didn’t think it

Sen. Scott Brown(R-Massachusetts)

would be change toward a weakened mili-tary. We didn’t think it meant that we wouldgive back to every enemy nation we have,all of the advances it has taken this nationfive generations to achieve. We didn’t thinkthe Governor would turn the clock back tothe exact political climate that existed inMassachusetts in 1919.

We the people, the real people who paytaxes, who go to work, who raise our fami-lies, who accept responsibility; have saidenough is enough and have not only joinedthe rest of the country, but have taken ourrightful spot in leading the country out ofthe dismal abyss that you arrogant foolshave brought us to.

We believed in you, we trusted you andin less than one term, you not only let usdown, you put us on a path both locally andnationally to fail, to sink, to lose everything

we have worked for over decades and de-cades. You both claim to represent workingpeople, but have done more damage to theworking class in less than one term (respec-tively) than any other political party.

Both of your administrations took con-trol locally or federally and have doneNOTHING but attack working class,middle class citizens and have attempted todemonize the very people, the fabric thatstitches this State and Nation together on adaily basis, namely your civil servants. Youshould be ashamed! I would like to stateloud and clear, I am proud to be fromMassachusetts!

We the electorate, have proven how im-portant our voice really is. We must con-tinue the fight and remove these phoniesfrom office! We, the citizens of Massachu-setts have to continue to lead the fight tocorrect the wrongs that have occurred. Wehonestly believed we elected the rightpeople, we have proven ourselves wrongand have taken a step in righting thosewrongs. We must solicit more independentpeople to step forward to run for office andlead this government back into the handsof the people. Elect some people who re-ally want to right the wrongs and managethe system, not turn us into a socialist/com-munist society run by the state.

We are a Nation that was founded onsome simple beliefs and have allowed a left-wing minority to direct us into this quag-mire that we find ourselves as a State and aNation.

We the people must once again find ourway, get back to those simple beliefs thatyou are responsible for your family, that youget up and go to work to earn a living foryour family, that if you believe in God youare allowed to practice your faith and reli-gion without fear of reprisal from othergroups to include the government.

This country was founded by hard-work-

ing people who demanded freedom of reli-gion not anarchists and left-wing moonbatsthat tell you that you can’t celebrate Christ-mas or Thanksgiving. It was founded anddeveloped into a free Nation by hard-work-ing people who believed you could betteryourself through hard honest work. Bypeople who believed in free enterprise anda system of Government for the people andmore importantly by the people. It was notfounded by people who believe the Gov-ernment could step in and legislate peoplespay or legislate people bargained contracts.It was not founded by liars who would pre-tend to represent the people only to destroythose very people and their beliefs by at-tempting to change our democracy into asocialist state.

The very core of our Democracy de-mands that these elected officials representthe electorate’s wishes and follow our es-tablished rules and laws, not attempt tochange our constitution and century-oldlaws so as to circumvent the populace! Allof these so-called new age politicians loveto invoke President Kennedy’s words andimage but don’t realize or will admit that ifhe were alive today he would be consid-ered by them to be a right-wing extremist.

Why don’t we try and live up to his mostfamous statement given at his inauguralspeech: Ask Not What Your Country CanDo For You But What You Can Do For YourCountry.” Actually think about that state-ment, it speaks volumes to where we findourselves! Why don’t we try this one also;Ask Not What Your Country Can Do ForYou But What You Can Do For Yourself!

Maybe if we got back to simple honestylike taking responsibility for yourself andyour actions. Stop blaming everyone elsewhen it goes wrong. Stop pandering to thepolitical correctness of the day. If you areasking what this article has to do with Vet-erans, the answer is EVERYTHING!

We Salute the Boston PolicePatrolmen’s Association

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Retired Patrolmen’s Division News Notes


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Patrolmen’sDivision of the

BPPA:John MurphyDavid MackinJoe VannelliJoe O’MalleyBilly Flippin

BPPA Retired Patrolmen’s DivisionNews

The next meeting of the BPPA Retired Division will be Thursday 3/4/2010 at1PM at BPPA Union, 9-11 Shetland Street, Boston. Renewal dues of $24.00

are due March 15, 2010. New members may join at any time. A reminder will besent to you.

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plan sponsored by the BPPA. Open enrollment for the dental plan is in April. You arealso entitled to passes that the BPPA have. They are the Children’s Museum, Aquarium,Museum of Science and the Franklin Park Zoo (available upon request). To be placedon the mailing lists for the Pax Centurion, please contact the Union.

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Health ReformThis year health reform will be an important issue for the Federal, State and City

governments. Our BPPA President Tom Nee is closely monitoring the National HealthReform as President of the National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO) inWashington, DC.

In Massachusetts, the State Legislature will be trying to place all cities and townsinto the State’s (GIC) Group Insurance Commission which has a $36 million deficit inthe current fiscal year. This is like forcing you to buy car insurance from a near bank-rupt insurance company.

If a city or town accepts or is forced into Chapter 32B (Municipal Insurance Law)Retirees Contribution Rates are allowed to range between .5% - 1% at the discretion ofthe governing body. Somerville Retirees now have 75/25 and 60/40 contribution splits.

The state is calling for mandatory enrollment in Medicare for local retirees who areeligible. Some members now elect to stay with the City’s health insurance as theirprimary.

The BPPA will soon be in bargaining sessions with the City. Active and RetireesHealth Insurance will be a major topic. These are a few of many possible issues towatch.

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Those retirees who work also may be entitled to an additional $400 credit or $800filing jointly. You also file this credit on a Schedule M.

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City of BostonEach year, the City provides a refund of one-half the Medicare B premiums paid by

retirees, their covered dependents, and surviving spouses on direct pay. To be eligiblefor a refund, you must have been enrolled in a qualified plan that provided benefitssecondary to Medicare. Qualified plans for calendar year 2009 included Blue CrossBlue Shield, Medicare Supplement, Medicare HMO Blue, Managed Blue for seniors,Tufts Medicare Complement, Tufts Medicare Preferred, or Harvard First SeniorityFreedom.

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Accelerating Benefitsto Help Families Cope

A terminal or chronic illness can posefinancial burdens for you and your family.Many insurance companies make it possiblefor life insurance policy owners to collectall or part of their death benefits early –before dying – to cover extraordinary ex-penses.

Accelerated benefits are not intended toreplace health insurance or long-term careinsurance. They can, however, provide ex-tra help with needs that result from termi-nal or catastrophic illness.

Q & A: What YouNeed to Know AboutAccelerating LifeInsurance Benefits

Q: What are accelerated benefits?A:A life insurance policy ordinarily pays

benefits to a beneficiary after a policy ownerdies. Those benefits are accelerated if theyare paid directly to a chronically or termi-nally ill policy owner before he or she dies.Provisions for accelerated or “living ben-efits” may be included in a policy when pur-chased or attached as a rider.

Q: When can I request early pay-ments?

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� Long-term care needed because youcannot perform a number of daily liv-ing activities, such as bathing, dress-ing, or eating.

� Permanent confinement in a nursinghome.

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after your death.Q: How do I pay for the accelerated

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Q: What types of policies offer them?A:A permanent individual life insurance

policy of $25,000 or more usually providesfor accelerating benefits, as do some termlife policies.

Q: Will my insurer cancel my life in-surance policy if it’s known that I’m illor disabled?

A: No, your policy cannot be canceledas long as you pay the premiums. You mayeven be able to add an accelerated benefitsrider after you become ill or disabled.

Q: Do accelerated benefits replacelong-term care insurance?

A: No. A long-term care policy keepsyou from having to deplete your life insur-ance benefits or other savings to pay forlong-term care services.

Q: How much of my life insurancepolicy can I collect early?

A: In general, accelerated benefits canrange from 25 to 95 percent of the deathbenefit. The payment depends on yourpolicy’s face value, the terms of your con-tract, and the state you live in. Some com-panies will permit you to accelerate 100percent of your policy’s face value, but willreduce the amount of your benefit to com-pensate for the interest it loses on early pay-out. The amount of your benefit will alsobe reduced by any outstanding loans againstyour policy.

Q: How are accelerated benefits paidout?

A: Each policy or rider specifies themethod. Sometimes payments are mademonthly; others are paid in a lump sum.Some policies allow you to choose themethod of payment.

Q: Will I have to pay taxes on acceler-ated payments?

A: In most cases accelerated benefits arenot subject to federal income taxes. Underthe federal tax code, a terminally ill person(defined as a person having only 24 monthsto live) would not have to pay taxes on ac-celerated benefits. A chronically ill personis usually exempt but may have to qualifyfor the exemption by being certified each


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Boston Police Patrolman Albert Richard MotroniKilled in the Line of Duty: September 22, 1924

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Boston Police PatrolmanAlbert Richard Motroni

By Ray Meloome here, Renee, and give yourdaddy a big hug and kiss before I

go to work,” smiled Boston Police OfficerAlbert Motroni, father of his four-year-olddaughter, Irene, a.k.a Renee. The excitedtoddler ran into the kitchen giggling andscreaming as she grabbed onto her mother’sleg as she washed the dishes. The child knewher daddy was about to run after her. “I amgonna get you!” as her daddy chased herand then he scooped her up into his lovingarms. He kissed her repeatedly and tickledher little tummy with his nose. Both daddyand daughter loved this morning ritual be-fore he went to work.

“I think Renee is looking more like hermommy each day,” Mr. Motroni said, as hestared at his wife, Josephine. Josephinereplied, “I’m not to sure. She has your blueeyes and blonde hair.” Albert put his armaround his wife and said, “Ti amo,” and shereplied, “I love you too.” He handed hisdaughter to her mommy, and he headed outthe door for his day tour at Station 7 in EastBoston. Sadly enough, by dinner time babyRenee would be fatherless.

Patrolman Motroni walked into theguardroom where he met his brother offic-ers assembling for roll call. “Good morn-ing, Thomas, Joe, Bill, and Francis” “ Goodmorning to you, Paddy”, the patrolmen re-plied. Officer Motroni’s brother officerscalled him, “Paddy “ because he had blueeyes and blonde hair. To them he lookedmore Irish than Italian so the nicknamestuck.

After roll call officer Motroni headed tohis walking beat in Orient Heights. OrientHeights was a historical section of EastBoston. Large sailing vessels were builtthere years ago, and the neighborhood saton a hill that measured 152 feet at its high-est point. The first Italian immigrants toBoston settled in the area in the 1860’s andas the years went on thousands made theirhome there.

Patrolman Motronigreeted and chatted withthe business owners, andthen he made his wayinto the neighborhoods.He was always a famil-iar and pleasant sight tothe community. He tooktime with most every-one. Officer Motroni wasborn and raised in Ori-ent heights. He knew thepeople, and he went tochurch with them at St.Lazarus’s. PatrolmanMotroni was indeed verypopular in the area.

Officer Motroni madehis way back to Station7 to write a report. Mean-while, days prior, a Doc-tor Anthony Corognaof Chelsea, reported to

the Chelsea Police that his 1922 Essex ve-hicle was stolen. The car was stolen fromhis work place at the Chelsea Naval Hospi-tal on September 17, 1922. Two days later,Doctor Corogna saw his car in BellinghamSquare not far from the hospital. He ob-served two guys in his car, and he ran upbeside the slow-moving vehicle in traffic.He yelled out, “Stop!This is my car!” as hetried to open the driverside door. The doctorand the two male oc-cupants locked eyesbefore the driverpointed a handgun atthe victim’s face andsped off. After thecommotion, the doctorwas tipped off bysomeone in the crowdthat the driver lived onLiverpool Street inEast Boston.

The driver of the stolen car was 21-year-old George Wright, a.k.a. William Mar-tin. He had zero aspirations in life and hewas evil-minded. He served the U.S. Navydishonorably, and he was a recent patientat the Chelsea Naval Hospital. His co-con-spirator, 20 year old James Moresco, sharedthe same traits.

On this dreadful Monday, September 22,1924, the angry doctor called a friend, Pe-ter Spinelli, to accompany him to LiverpoolStreet in hopes of retrieving his vehicle.Doctor Corogna and Mr. Spinelli walkedby number 56 Liverpool Street, and thedoctor observed a male staring out of thefirst floor apartment window. The doctorrecognized him as the passenger he saw inhis car. The doctor and his friend hustled toStation 7 a few blocks to report what theysaw.

Ring, ring… ring, ring… The seateddesk sergeant of Station 7 dropped his pen-cil and his concentration was shattered. He

picked up the black heavy handle, “Hello,Sergeant Mahoney speaking… Who’sthis?… It’s sick?... The dog is where?…Saratoga Street, it’s foaming from themouth?… No one is claiming ownership…I see.”

Patrolmen Albert Motroni arrives atthe station and started talking with Patrol-

man Thomas Dugganwho is next to thesergeant’s desk. Theyhear the sergeant’sphone conversation andare curious about thephone call. SergeantGeorge Mahoneylooked up and eyed thepatrolman with a grinon his face. “All right,we’ll take care of it. Ijust happen to have twoof my finest patrolmenstanding in front of me.It’s no problem. I’ll send

them right over! Bye.”Patrolmen Motroni and Duggan look at

each with bewilderment. The expression ontheir faces say, “This can’t be good. Whatassignment are we getting? “SergeantMahoney stood up and said, “That was theBoard of Health and they have a sick dog at400 Saratoga Street and it needs to be killed.There is no owner so I need you two guysto go down there and shoot it.” OfficerMotroni pleas, “Oh Serge, I can’t do that. Idon’t have the stomach to do that. That’sman’s best friend. Seriously Serge, I don’thave the heart for that.” Yeah, Serge, metoo.” replied Patrolman Duggan.

Unluckily for them, Patrolmen JohnFerris and Albert Varner walked into thestation. The light-hearted sergeant said tothem, “Before you two get comfortable, goto 400 Saratoga Street and shoot the dogfor the Board of Health.” “Sure, no prob-lem” they replied as the two officers headedback out the door. Sergeant Mahoney turned

to Patrolmen Motroni andDuggan, he winked and jok-ingly whispers, “cold-hearted bastards!”

Just then DoctorCorogna and his sidekickcame running into Station 7at about 2:00 o’clock. “Of-ficer, please help me! Oneof the guys that stole my caris at 56 Liverpool Street. Ijust walked by there and Isaw him in the window,”cried the doctor. SergeantMahoney looked at Patrol-men Motroni and Dugganand said, “You two partnerup and escort the doctorback to Liverpool Street andfind out what’s going on.”

Patrolmen Motroni,Duggan and the doctorwalked to Liverpool Street.

They met Patrolman Moran in the street,and he headed over with them. The officersarrived at 56 Liverpool Street and told Doc-tor Corogna and his friend to wait outside.

Officer Motroni knocked at the frontdoor, and a Mrs. Duffy opened the door.Patrolman Motroni tipped his hat and re-plied, “Good afternoon, Madam. We havea report that a vehicle was stolen recently,and that the owner of the car thinks he sawthe car thief in your front window. Can wecome in?” as he and the other patrolmenentered the first floor apartment.

The patrolmen were greeted with thefresh smell of wet paint. The clean smellfilled the air like the strum of a violin playedin a music hall. The officers saw a youngboy painting the livingroom wall with paintcans scattered about. “Is there anyone elsein the house, Mrs. Duffy?”, questioned Pa-trolman Motroni as he and the other offic-ers looked around?

Officer Motroni pushed open a bedroomdoor and observed an older male paintingthe wall. “Who are you, Sir?” askedMotroni. “ My name is George Wright. Ilive here. I’m getting a reduction on the rentfor help painting.” At this time DoctorCorogna made his way into the house andlooked into the room. “That’s him, Officer!That’s one of the fellows I saw in my car!”exclaimed Doctor Corogna.

Wright stood there and protested, “Idon’t know what you are talking about! I’venever seen you before in my life. I didn’tsteal your car! Do you see your car outfront?” Patrolman Motroni stated, “You’regoing to have to go to the station with us.”Wright replied, “I’ll be glad to go over withyou, and prove to you this guy is a liar!

The unscrupulous car thief was deter-mined to make his escape. He quickly useda devilish ruse to fully cooperate with theofficers. He knew he needed to create somedistance between him and the patrolmen.Wright used another sinister ruse, “Would

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year. To ensure compliance with current taxlaws, check with a local tax advisor.

Q: What should I consider before tak-ing an accelerated benefit?

A: How will accelerating payments af-fect your survivors? Life insurance is usu-ally purchased to protect a spouse, children,or other dependents from the financial bur-den of a premature death. If you use all orpart of your policy benefits, there may belittle left for your family.

Are there better ways to cover high costsof illness and health care? Acceleratedbenefits are limited and are meant to allevi-ate end-of-life financial hardship. They donot replace comprehensive health or long-term care insurance, which are designed tocover medical and long-term care costs.

Q: If I receive accelerated benefits anddo not die, do I have to pay the moneyback?

A: Once your insurer accepts and pays

Living benefits from life insurance(continued from page A17)

your accelerated death benefits claim, youdon’t have to return the money if your healthimproves. However, filing a false claim orconcealing information to obtain a benefitunder an insurance policy is consideredfraud in many states and subject to crimi-nal or civil penalties.

Q: How do I find out if my life insur-ance policy offers accelerated benefits?

A: Check with your agent or companyto see if your policy has an accelerated ben-

efit option or if you can add it as a rider. Ifyou receive group life insurance throughyour employer or union, check with yourhuman resources department or union rep-resentative.

Contact Jim Boyle, brother of OfficersTom and Bob Boyle at 508-333-4336 or bye-mail at [email protected] for a free consultation on anyquestions regarding your life insurance andthese benefits.

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They Served WithDignity and Honor

We Shall Not Forget Them

We apologize for any errors or omissions.

Police OfficerWilliam J. Bird

December 9, 2009

Police OfficerJohn A. Sweeney

December 14, 2009

Police DetectiveWilliam F. Smith

December 9, 2009

Police OfficerRobert T. Keenan

December 30, 2009

Police DetectiveJohn F. Toomey

January 13, 2010

Police OfficerAnthony V. Palladino

January 18, 2010

Police OfficerMarcelino Sardina

January 5, 2010

Police OfficerEugene P. Burns

January 7, 2010


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Killed in the Line of Duty: Boston Police Patrolman Albert Richard Motroni

Thank you

Thank you, Ms. Margaret Sullivan, the Records Manager & Archivist for theBoston Police Department, for making it possible for me to get in touch with

Mrs. Irene Motroni Colley. The work and research you have done not only onBoston Police Officers killed in the line of duty, but police officers from across thestate is truly amazing. Margaret, your knowledge and expertise is always welcomeand will never go unnoticed!

Thank you, Station 7, for gathering the funds and putting up a dedication streetmemorial sign in honor of Patrolman Albert Motroni at Liverpool and SumnerStreet. It looks really nice. I look forward to your next project.

A big thank you and hug goes to Mrs. Irene Motroni Colley of Winthrop. “Irene,I found you as pleasant as the morning sunrise. I truly mean that. When I first spokewith you, I thought I was speaking with your daughter. Your voice is so vibrant and itmatches your soul. I found it easy to talk with you. You put me at ease with yourhumor, and I couldn’t believe you were let go from your job in JANUARY, 2010!Such energy!”

I asked Irene to tell me about her father and she recalled, “I was only four yearsold when my father was killed. I never had the opportunity to know him. All of thestories of my father I remembered from my mother. My father stood 6’1" and he hadblues eyes and blonde hair. My father’s parents were from Tuscany, Italy, and theItalians that came from that part of the country had blue eyes and blonde hair. That’swhy they call him Paddy. It was an Irish thing.”

“My father was well-liked and smart. He got along with everyone and he waseasy-going. My mother didn’t know just how popular he was until he died. My mothersaid when my father died the outpouring of support from the community and policedepartment was overwhelming. The police officers always kept in touch with us.”

“When my father died my mother was devastated until the day she died. I couldalways see the pain in her eyes because she missed him. There were certain things Iwould do and my mother would say, “You’re just like your father. He would haveloved to have been around you!’ That would always make me smile! What hurt methe most was not having my father around as I grew into an adult.”

When I met with Irene I could hear and sense the emptiness and the sadness in hervoice about not having her father. It was very sobering. I am so sorry, Irene, that yourfather was taken away from you and your mother. It was an honor for me to meetyou. God bless you!

Finally, Patrolman Thomas Duggan recovered from his wounds. Five weekslater his wife gave birth to female twins. One of the twins had children of her own,and her son became a Boston Police Officer by the name of Thomas Shrone whoretired as Sergeant out of District 5 in 2007.

The next time you’re on patrol or if you’re in East Boston for business. swing byLiverpool and Sumner Street and look at the memorial sign for Patrolman Motroni.The house at 56 Liverpool is two blocks down the street, and it looks the same as itdid on the front page of the newspaper on that dreadful September day. Go by thehouse and imagine what it may have been like for those officers on that day andremember the sacrifice made by Patrolman Albert Motroni and his family.

– Ray Melo

you officers mind if I put this paint in thecloset? I don’t want to leave it out so it won’tget knocked over. My coat is in there, too.”

Wright walked down the hallway towardthe back and caught sight of a door. Patrol-man Motroni watched from a few feet awaywhen Wright threw the paint can down anddashed to the door that lead into the cellar.Patrolman Motroni yelled, “Stop! He’s run-ning!” and immediately chased the crimi-nal down the steps into the dimly-lit cellar.As Wright ran down the steps, he quicklyremoved a .38 caliber revolver from his waitarea and fired two indiscriminate shots upat Patrolman Motroni as he was racing downthe steps after him. One bullet made its wayinto his chest cavity while the other bulletpierced his abdomen. The slugs immedi-ately paralyzed Officer Motroni, and hetumbled down the steps to the dirty floor.

Patrolman Duggan was right behind hispartner when he went down. He quicklypulled out his issued .38 and continueddown the steps into hell. Wright went fur-

ther into the basement, and he fired twoshots at Patrolman Duggan. Pain racedthrough his nervous system caused by abullet striking and shattering his right knee-cap. Patrolman Duggan immediately re-turned fire, and three of his bullets struckWright and the thug fell to the ground mo-tionless.

Officer Duggan fell down the remain-ing steps when he tried to get to his feet.His shattered knee collapsed under himcausing him to fall, and he broke his ankle.He nearly fell on top of his fatally woundedpartner. Patrolman Moran was at the top stepwhen the brief gun battle ended. He sawhis brother officer’s bleeding, and he racedout to get help.

As he laid there on the floor, PatrolmanDuggan could hear the muffled screams ofMrs. Duffy up on the first floor, and the fran-tic footsteps of running. Downstairs in thecellar was a different world. The clean freshsmell of paint was immediately replacedwith a damp musty dirty smell. The odor of

burnt gunpowder clung to the moist air. Pa-trolman Duggan dragged himself over tohis partner, Patrolman Motroni. He thoughthe heard a faint moan. “Paddy... Paddy! Areyou okay?” Officer Motroni remained si-lent. He turned his partner over saw a steadystream of blood coming out of his mouth.He saw another blood spotin the stomach area of hisreefer coast. The dirt floorwas soaked with blood.

The thunder of footstepsupstairs made its way to thecellar. The troops had ar-rived. Patrolman Motroniwas carried to the patrolwagon and rushed to the EastBoston Relief Hospital. Hiswounds were too serious andhe was transferred to BostonCity Hospital. The doctorsdid what they could, but the damage wasbeyond their means. It was now in God’shands.

The news of Officer Motroni being shotspread through East Boston like a tidalwave. Mrs. Irene Motroni Colley recalled,“I remember my mother telling me that shewas in front of our house, and a man ridinga horse and carriage stopped and said, ‘Iam sorry about your husband.’ My motherlooked at him puzzled and the man real-ized my mother didn’t get the news yet andhe quickly left. Soon after, officers fromStation 7 rushed over and told my mother.They said my father was asking for both ofus and we need to get to the hospital. At4:40 P.M. with his wife and child at his bed-side, he died. Boston Police Officer AlbertR. Motroni was killed in the line of dutyprotecting and serving the citizens ofBoston.

Patrolman Motroni’s casket rested in thelivingroom at their 124 Princeton Streetaddress. Flowers of every kind filled theroom and house. Two American flags stoodat opposite ends of the casket. The youngand the old from across East Boston stoodin line for hours to pay their respects. TheItalian community came out in full force topay homage to their blood brother bringingfood and support.

The pallbearers from Station 7 werePatrolmen Wilfred Boudreau, JosephMaraghy, Francis Burke, AlbertMagaletta, William Daniels, andBartholomew Murphy. They gently car-ried the American draped casket out of thehouse, and it was placed onto a carriagepulled by six groomed horses.

The crowds stood silent, and attentionwas yelled out to all men in uniform as hun-dreds of salutes ran down the columns ofpolice officers, fire fighters, and militarysoldiers. Dignitaries from the State House,City Hall, the Boston Police CommandStaff, and several American Legion Postsfilled in the ranks. The long processionmade its way though the winding streets ofEast Boston en route to St. Lazarus’ Churchin Orient Heights. Citizens and business-men clogged the streets and bowed their

heads in silent prayer to Patrolman Motronias the cortege made its way to the church.

St. Lazarus’ Church was filled to capac-ity, and the well-wishers spilled out into thestreets crying. Outside was a traffic jam ofpeople as far as the eye could see. East Bos-ton never witnessed such a funeral until now.

Father Visivero Gibelli praised Patrol-man Albert Motroni as a “good Christian, asoldier, a husband and father, and a policeofficer who gave his life up for others.”Captain James Hickey of Station 7 cel-ebrated Patrolman Motroni as “an excellentworker who had splendid qualities. Hegained the respect and admiration not onlyfrom the officers at Station 7, but from thecommunity of East Boston.”

The endless procession finally made itsway from St. Lazarus Church to Holy CrossCemetery in Malden. Mrs. JosephineMotroni stood and clutched the neatlyfolded American flag close to her heart.Tears were replaced with more tears. AnArmy squad from the11th Infantry fired threevolleys of fire over the grave of PatrolmanMotroni. A lone bugler was off in the dis-tance and playing “Taps.”

The Boston Police made several arrestsincluding James Moresco who was foundhiding in the first floor apartment at 56Liverpool Street. Five days later, justice wasserved, and Wright died from his wounds.

Patrolman Albert Robert Motroni wasborn in Boston, MA, on February 12,1893.In August of 1917, he enlisted in the UnitedStates Army at the age of 24 for the FirstWorld War. He was assigned to the 47th In-fantry, Company B, and he engaged theenemy in fierce fighting in the Aisne-Marne,Toulon-Troyon, and the Chateau-ThierryCampaigns in France. He was wounded andwas later transferred to the 19th Prisoner ofWar Escort Company 255.PatrolmanMotroni received several military awardsand combat decorations. In September of1919, he was Honorably Discharged withthe rank of Sergeant Major.

Patrolman Albert Motroni was ap-pointed to the Boston Police Departmenton October 31, 1919. He was assigned toStation 7 in East Boston. His hat badgenumber was 730. He was buried in his uni-form and was laid to rest at Holy CrossCemetery in Malden, MA. He was survivedby his wife, Josephine, and their four-year-old daughter, Irene (Renee.) PatrolmanAlbert Richard Motroni, you may be gone,but you are never forgotten!



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By James Barry, BPPA Legislative Agent

Patrick’s Budget 3% Higher OverallHe Cuts Quinn further to $5 million,Proposes a State Police Cadet Program

Gov. Deval Patrick’s $28.2 billion fiscal 2011 budget includes new taxes on non-alcoholicdrinks and candy and preserves state aid to cities and towns. Yet, Patrick further cuts local

police educational incentive (Quinn) to $5 million dollars from the meager $10 million lastfiscal year.

We understand the fiscal situation, yet local police are shouldering the cut to take-home pay.We shall never stop fighting for restoring our wages. Wages that are part of a contract localpolice officers and their families have with the state for full finding of the Quinn Bill.

Patrick also has an outside section of the budget that creates a surcharge on insurance, simi-lar to the fire service. The proceeds from this were supposed to go towards the training councilfor municipal police departments. Yet, Patrick also includes the Massachusetts State Police inthis training surcharge. He proposes an “annual” class of 80 new State Police hires (needed ornot) and a new State Police cadet program. Governor Patrick further cuts our wages and thenproposes a new state police cadet program?

What happened to the original proposal for training and hiring “local” for police depart-ments. As Patrick proposes, the money generated will be split between local and state policeagencies (including a new state police cadet program). Is that another fair shake for local police?

Patrick is battered in the polls and facing reelection in November. Our members are out onthe streets 365/24/7. We shall be loudly insuring that Governor Patrick’s hatred of local policeis well-known to all the people we serve in the communities, along with our families and friends.

Patrick’s proposal for “next phase ofpension reform”

Gov. Deval Patrick has ignored the blue ribbon commission and rolled out many of the ideasweighed and favored by panel head Alicia Munnell, director of the center for Retirement

Research at Boston College. The panel ended up divided over reform ideas and proposals basedon its work. Professor Munnell was intent from the very beginning to “fix” the retirement sys-tem. Even as she chaired hearings where speaker after speaker testified that Massachusetts hada strong, solid, working retirement system.

The commission refused to agree with the professor on her findings. So Patrick now rollsthem into his legislation and files a bill. In the Governor’s Press release... he states than theseproposals will apply to current employees “where constitutionally permissible.” The high courthas already ruled current employees are exempt from major changes to the “contract betweenthe state/local system and the employee”. This contract begins when the employee starts tocontribute to the retirement system.

The lowlights of his proposal are as follows.1. Capping the benefit to a maximum of $85K.2. Increasing the years able to go for retirement from 55 to 57 for Group 4.3. An anti-spiking provision. Which would not allow somebody to go for more than 7% plus

inflation, for increases in two years... unless the increase was from a promotion or jobchange. This doesn’t even make sense. That is how you would spike... get promoted be-fore you retire!

4. Increase high 3 to high 5 years to base calculations on.In the Governor’s press release... he states than these proposals will apply to current employ-

ees “where constitutionally permissible” (This is a key quote here ). The high court has alreadyruled current employees are exempt from major changes to the “contract between the systemand the employees” this contract begins when the employee starts to contribute to the retirementsystem.

This proposal has been met with snickers from both the press and some reps and senatorshere today.

HEARD ON THE HILLHEARD ON THE HILL

By James Barry,BPPA Legislative Agent

Was it the message or messen-ger? Voter anger at the Demo-

crat party’s obsession with health carereform when unemployment is at10% in Massachusetts took its toll onMartha Coakley. People are pissedoff and Coakley’s campaign had noanswers. She was not handled well.She stood flatfooted and got rolledover by a swell of voter anger. Thatanger was the message that neededto be sent to Washington.

Scott Brown ran a good cam-paign. Corny, yet effective TV com-mercials. Coakley’s campaign wentnegative with her TV advertising andit backfired.

Scott Brown liked to tell manyBPPA members he supported andvoted for the Quinn Bill. That is ahalf-truth... Republicans offered afull-funding amendment to the bud-get that Scott Brown supported. Thekey to this amendment was after twoyears the amendment killed all ofQuinn. Dead. Eliminated. Gone.Scott Brown supported the death ofQuinn.

Some more on Scott Brown, whowas first running for state office. Wehad a talk where I told him the BPPAhas a questionnaire on issues that ef-fect our members and their families.I told him the questions are verystraight forward... like collective bar-gaining. Scott turned to me and stated“ I believe in collective bargaining forpolice and fire, but nobody else.” Iwas shocked by the answer and askedhim what about teachers, janitors andsecretaries? Scott said “no I can’t sup-port them, only cops and fire.” I toldhim the BPPA would have a problemwith that position and the conversa-tion ended.

A few years ago, the BPD truckteam was suspended from patrollingour city’s streets because of a provi-sion slid into an truck inspection billby the trucking association. We over-turned that provision in record time(three weeks). But it got vetoed byMitt Romney. The House took up theoverride first voting 133 to 0 to over-ride. On to the Senate side the over-ride was 39 to 1. In both chambers onlyone vote against the override... ScottBrown’s. Lastly in October of 2001Scott Brown was one of three votesagainst supporting financial assistancefor Red Cross workers at ground zeroin New York City. None of this wouldbe enough to stop the voter anger thattook Scott to Washington, but showssome of what the guy is all about.

My conclusion is that it was a loudand clear message that was sent toWashington D.C. Not so much as ScottBrown, the messenger.

National Issues Put Brown Over The Top

U.S. Sen. Scott Brown(R – Massachusetts)

by Jim Barry,BPPA Legislative Agent

W ithout any shame DevalPatrick and Tim Murray

filed a bill to relieve cities and townsof their collectively bargained obli-gation to pay the state’s portion ofQuinn as the state under funds or doesnot fully fund their part.

As you read this article, dozensof local police unions and the citiesand towns where their members workhave settled or are at the table bar-gaining this option. As recently asthree weeks ago, a local Boston town

Gov. Patrick and Lt. Gov. Murrayare screwing local police officers

accepted two years of zero wage in-creases to get the town to cover thestate’s shortfall. Patrick’s bill wouldnegate the bargaining

Just weeks before this was filed theGlobe editorial was calling for the leg-islature to allow cities and towns toescape the costs of the Quinn Bill. Wellalong came the puppet (GovernorPatrick) and voila... legislation is filedto do just that. The BPPA is already incontact the leadership and membersin both House and Senate to informthem of our outrage at this latest punch

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Giving to those in need

By Mark A. Bruno

I’m sure all of you are happy to have theholidays behind us. It seems every year

that we are overwhelmed with various chari-ties looking for donations. For most of uswe are catching up on bills and just tryingto put away enough for the lean wintermonths. If we make it through Novem-ber and December, we are doing well.Each year we plan on cutting down spend-ing, and each year we spend the same ifnot more. With recent cuts in the QuinnBill some of us will be looking towardcreative financing to help weather thestorm. Losing several thousand dollars ayear in income is never easy to make up,especially when everything around us isgoing up in cost. Let’s face it, keeping upwith budget cuts and the high cost of liv-ing increases can be stressful.

Unfortunately, for some us trying tokeep up with the magic act of balancingour budgets tragedy strikes at the worsttime. Try as we may to resolve the issues,our backs are firmly against the wall. Ibelieve we have all been in this positionone time or another. For some of us re-solving the issues means making lifechanging decisions. There is no easy an-swer. Life has handed you a lemon andyou must make due.

What is fortunate is that we are part ofa brotherhood/sisterhood that is second

to none. Police officers are very gener-ous individuals when it comes to those inneed. Sure some of us may whine andkvetch, but ultimately we dig deep andgive. We rise to the occasion to supportour fellow officers and their families.There is no better feeling than that of put-ting one’s needs aside to help out others.It is a selfless act that at some point inour lives may come full circle.

This past year we have had a numberof tragedies for our members and theirfamilies. Insurance does not always coverthe loss or incapacitation of a loved one.Some of us are too proud to ask for helpand we try to weather the storm. We areonly human, and we all have our break-ing point. Sometimes it takes a closefriend to realize that help is needed. Wehave all been good friends at one time oranother. We don’t ask why, we just do. Itis this generosity that all of you haveshown throughout the year. Your unwa-vering support to your fellow officers hasnot gone unnoticed.

All those who have been helped arevery grateful for the support they havebeen given. It is through your kind sup-port that some one’s life has been made alittle easier. You were there for those intheir most dire moments. Your kind gen-erosity for giving to those in need willalways be appreciated.

By Kevin Doogan

Liberals worldwide are scratchingtheir heads, I see them staggering

around like a duck that has gottenconked on the head.

How could this happen? A Repub-lican elected to the Liberal Lion’s seat?What the? Who the? How can this be?

As liberal America reels from thisstunning loss, fingers are flying in theblame game. What these bleedinghearts don’t realize is that Massachu-setts has always led the way. From co-lonial days where civilians becamerevolutionaries and patriots, throughslavery where citizens became abolitionistsin the cause of freedom right up to today,Massachusetts bends but never breaks.

The silent majority has for too long saton their hands allowing these elitist do-gooders dictate what we can and cannot do.

Our elected politicians refused to let usvote on gay marriage. They refuse to let usvote on abortion. Any hot button topic likethe death penalty, health care, term limitsand the like, our so called public servantsrefuse to let us vote on these subjects.

Clearly our politicians think they knowwhat’s best for us and thus are saving usfrom ourselves. These complicated subjectsare just too taxing for us to understand.

But again, as in days of yore, Massachu-

News Brieflets…News Brieflets…Complied by Patrick Carnell,

graduate, Canisius College, Buffalo, NY“In his 2009 film “Capitalism: A Love Story,” Michigan native Michael Moorewent to Wall Street with a request to corporate officials whose companies re-ceived bailout money from the federal government… Moore was criticizing aneconomic system he calls “legalized greed,” but the Mackinac Center has dis-covered that Moore’s movie qualified for a windfall – at the expense of Michi-gan taxpayers. That windfall would come from Michigan’s refundable tax creditprogram for the film industry, a program that allows movie producers to applyfor a tax refund of up to 42 percent of their spending in Michigan.”

– Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 1/29/10.

Back in the fall, multimillionaire Moore told CSN News that capitalism neverdid anything for him. This would be a patently false statement if the box officereturns for each of his films since 2002 didn’t prove that capitalism is, in fact,doing less and less for him with each new “documentary” he puts out.

� � � � �“Al Jazeera has learned that a plan is being considered to pay up to $1B toTaliban fighters to persuade them to lay down their arms. In advance of aninternational conference in London to discuss Afghanistan’s future on Thurs-day, Japan, the United States and Britain are said to be leading the proposal.”

– Al Jazeera, 1/27/10.

Say, you know what’s never been tried before? Appeasement. Let’s give that ago and see how it turns out.

� � � � �“A man tried to board a commercial airliner in Mogadishu last month carryingpowdered chemicals, liquid and a syringe that could have caused an explosionin a case bearing chilling similarities to the terrorist plot to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner, officials told the Associated Press on Wednesday. The Somaliman – whose name has not yet been released – was arrested by African Unionpeacekeeping troops before the Nov. 13 Daallo Airlines flight took off. It hadbeen scheduled to travel from Mogadishu to the northern Somali city of Hargeisa,then to Djibouti and Dubai. A Somali police spokesman, Abdulahi Hassan Barise,said the suspect is in Somali custody.” – Associated Press, 12/30/09.

So airport security in Mogadishu is better than in Amsterdam? That’s a comfort-ing thought. Oh well, just another isolated extremist who posed no threat toanyone. More proof that “the system worked,” let’s get back to focus on theREAL crisis: healthcare.

� � � � �“Two of the four leaders allegedly behind the alQaeda plot to blow up a North-west Airlines passenger jet over Detroit were released by the U.S. from theGuantanamo prison in November, 2007, according to American officials andDepartment of Defense documents. Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the North-west bombing in a Monday statement that vowed more attacks on Americans.American officials agreed to send the two terrorists from Guantanamo to SaudiArabia where they entered into an “art therapy rehabilitation program” andwere set free, according to U.S. and Saudi officials.” – ABC, 12/28/09.

I suppose “art therapy” consists of them randomly hurling paint at a canvas andselling it to wealthy leftists for obscene amounts of money, who are humbled toown such raw manifestations of anti-imperialist, anti-Zionist rage. But if arttherapy cannot stop terrorism, nothing can. And speaking of Guantanamo Bay…

� � � � �“An Algerian man once labeled a suspected terrorist could be getting a newhome in Newton. Abdul Aziz Naji, 34, spent nearly eight years behind bars inGuantanamo Bay. He was held as an enemy combatant and was finally clearedfor release in May 2009. The US bans former detainees from entering the coun-try, but members of Newton’s Board of Aldermen want to change that. They’reproposing a resolution to Congress to allow cleared detainees into the US. Sup-porters of Naji said he never committed a crime and should be allowed to enjoya normal life.” – WHDH-TV, 1/13/10.

If the guys in the previous news bit are the kind we let go, what sort of men arestill at Guantanamo Bay that Newton wants to play host to? This is industrialstrength stupidity on a level comparable to keeping a raptor as a pet or shovingboth hands into the garbage disposal. Perhaps a wall can be erected aroundNewton with the Gitmo detainees inside, throw some knives, Kalashnikovs, andKorans over, and watch the results on TV, and call it Survivor: Jihad.

The sleeping giant hasawoken

setts comes to the rescue. That historic vote onJanuary 19, 2010, where the choice could havenot been any clearer, the silent majority, thedreaded Independent voter, answered the call.

A vote for Martha was a vote for the left-wing socialist agenda being rammed downour throats by Washington. A vote for Scottwas a vote to stop that socialistic agendaand get back to sanity. Sanity won the day!

Over two million voters came out andhad their say and with one clear united over-whelming voice Massachusetts said STOP.This is like the shot heard around the world,Massachusetts again sets the pace and isgiving notice to all politicians all across thisgreat country. Shape up or you will getshipped out come November.

Liberals around the country are askinghow in the world did a Republicansteal Ted Kennedy’s seat?


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From the point of view of your unionrepresentatives and attorneys, the hard-

est thing to defend is a lie. When an officerengages in misconduct and lies when con-fronted or questioned about it, either orallyor in writing, or leaves damaging facts outof a report in a situation when they normallyshould be recorded, the officer has madethe job of the union rep and lawyer manytimes more difficult and has jeopardized hisjob security that much more. It is alwayseasier to defend the misconduct than to de-fend the officer’s decision to lie about it.Many arbitrators agree with the oft-repeatedrefrain of management that a police officer’scredibility is essential to his ability to dohis job, which involves testifying in court.So, while arbitrators may apply normal prin-ciples of progressive discipline and dispar-ate treatment to most misconduct cases, theyare more likely to treat a police untruthful-ness case with a higher standard.

If anyone doubted that untruthfulnesscould lead to serious discipline, they shouldhave been persuaded by a 2005 decision ofthe Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Courtthat says an arbitrator could not put a po-lice officer who was found to have lied backon the job. (The case is City of Boston v.Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, 443Mass. 813 (2005).) In the case, the BostonPolice Department fired an officer for al-leged misconduct during an encounter withtwo citizens who were in a double-parkedcar. The union grieved the discipline andtook it to arbitration. The arbitrator decidedthat the officer lied about what happenedwhen he wrote his police report, when hefiled for criminal charges against the citi-zens, when he spoke to internal affairs in-vestigators, when he testified at a Depart-mental hearing and when he testified at thearbitration. But the arbitrator ordered theofficer reinstated with a one-year suspen-sion, primarily because there was evidenceof disparate treatment: other officers hadcommitted similar or worse misconduct andhad received only suspensions. The Cityappealed the decision to court – the Supe-rior Court and Appeals Court upheld the ar-bitrator, but the Supreme Judicial Courtoverruled the lower courts and overturnedthe arbitrator’s award. The SJC found thatit violated public policy to force the City toreinstate this officer, after the arbitratorfound that he misused his official positionto file false police reports and take out falsecriminal charges against innocent civiliansand then told his false version of the storyagain and again to investigators, hearingofficers and the arbitrator herself. The courtnoted that lying on a police report, filingcriminal charges and lying under oath areall felonies and there is a law saying con-victed felons cannot be police officers. So,even though the officer was never chargedwith any felony, the court said that reinstat-ing him would violate a public policyagainst allowing someone who commits

The courts take on police untruthfulnessthese kinds of acts from working as a po-lice officer. The disparate treatment evi-dence was irrelevant in this kind of a case,the court said. Unless you have evidencethat the Department discriminated againstthe officer because of his race or sex or someother protected category, you could bringin evidence of two dozen other cases ofmore lenient discipline, or non-enforcementof the rules against other officers and itwould not make a difference. Cases likethese, the court said, are evaluated on theirown and without regard to what happenedto other officers in the past.

The case was shocking to many becausecourts so rarely overturn arbitrator’s disci-pline awards. Most observers agree thatwhat so angered the court was the fact thatthe case involved an untruthful police of-ficer. It would be wrong to generalize toomuch from the case – it does not mean thatevery termination for untruthfulness will beupheld on appeal, nor does it mean that ev-ery allegation of acts that could be the basisfor a felony charge will lead to a discharge(although a more recent case, also involv-ing a Boston police officer, came close tosaying just that, see City of Boston v. Bos-ton Police Patrolmen’s Association, 74Mass. App. Ct. 379 (2009)). But the casedoes mean that when a police officer is dis-ciplined for misconduct that involves un-truthfulness, arbitrators and courts are go-ing to be much more likely to uphold thediscipline. So if it was hard to defend a liebefore this case, now it is even harder.

The court’s obsession with police anduntruthfulness did not start with the casedescribed above. For years, courts and agen-cies such as the Civil Service Commissionhave held police to a higher standard thanother public employees when it comes totelling the truth. The Massachusetts AppealsCourt tried to explain this double standardin City of Cambridge v. Civil Service Com-mission, 43 Mass. App. Ct. 300 (1997). Thecase involved a police officer candidate whowas bypassed for hiring because of a 10-year-old conviction on a weapons charge.The candidate admitted that she had liedwhen she confessed to firing the gun in or-der to protect her boyfriend. The Civil Ser-vice Commission found that the past mis-conduct was stale and outweighed by thecandidate’s subsequent good behavior. Thecourt disagreed, stating:

The city [was being reasonable] when itheld that a demonstrated willingness tofudge the truth in exigent circumstances wasa doubtful characteristic for a police officer.Police work frequently calls upon officersto speak the truth when doing so might putin question a stop or a search or might em-barrass a fellow officer. It requires nostrength of character to speak the truth whenit does not hurt.

The court’s rationale is interesting. Nor-mally employers state that police officeruntruthfulness damages the officer’s abil-

ity to testify in court because they will besubject to cross-examination on their prioruntruthfulness. In the City of Cambridgecase, the court is saying that an officer proneto lying in difficult situations is less likelyto admit facts that may hurt the prosecutionand this will hurt the administration of jus-tice.

Psychologists tell us that everybody lies.But most of the lying we do falls into thecategory of ‘white lies.’ Charles V. Ford, Ph.D., an expert on lying, describes five cat-egories of lies:

(1) White lies are used to make socialinteractions more comfortable. Theyinclude self-protective lies (“Sorry,I can’t go to the party, I don’t feelwell”) and altruistic lies (“That’s abeautiful dress.”; “You’ll be fine.”)

(2) Humorous lies are harmless exag-gerations used to embellish a storyor joke. In these cases, what mattersisn’t the truth, but whether the storyis funny or not.

(3) Defensive lies are the most danger-ous lies and are almost never harm-less. “I didn’t do it.” “I wasn’t there.”“I didn’t see anything.”

(4) Aggressive lies are the stuff ofrumormongers and bad guys in themovies – you’re not just defendingyourself, you’re attacking someoneelse. “I saw him do it.” “Did youknow that he is a [fill in the blank].”

(5) Pathological lies are those told forno rational purpose, but just becausethe person can’t seem to stop him-self. “They’re going to build a movietheater in that lot – sometime nextsummer.”

There is a sixth category – lies of omis-sion.Although the experts don’t like to callthese lies technically, they are just as dan-gerous for your job. When you have an ob-ligation to speak up and you remain silent,that is a type of untruthfulness. These canbe divided into at least two categories – si-lence on your own behalf (you did it butyou aren’t admitting it) and on behalf ofsomeone else (you know who did it but youwon’t say). Both types of silent lies can sub-ject you to disciplinary action.

Note that lies thatseem harmless in some contexts can turnserious when told in an employment con-text. “I can’t go to the party because I’msick” may be a white lie, but “I can’t cometo work because I’m sick” (when you’regoing to Fenway Park) can subject the of-ficer to disciplinary action. Exaggerationswhen you’re describing the fish that gotaway are fine, but work-related exaggera-tions or downplaying can lead to discipline(“he was yelling at the top of his lungs” “shehit me several times” “the car was goingabout 90 miles an hour” “I barely touchedit” “I did not raise my voice”).

The time to stop the lying is at the be-ginning, because the more you lie about themisconduct, the harder it is to tell the truthabout it. The psychologists tell us that liarsare often trying to convince themselves thatthey did not commit the misconduct – it ismuch easier to lie convincingly to others ifyou’ve already convinced yourself that thelie is true. According to Doctor Ford, “thelie facilitates self-deception; people lie toothers in order to lie to themselves.” If youfind yourself telling people, “I know it’shard to believe, but …” take a step backand ask if maybe it’s hard to believe be-cause it’s not true. Don’t become the vic-tim of your own deception.

Knowing that many of us have a ten-dency to lie in our own defense when wedo something wrong is not an excuse. In-stead, it should put us on notice that, whenwe engage in misconduct, the temptationto lie will be strong. We should be preparedto fight it. Remember: almost no one whotells a lie believes that they will be caught,yet think of how many lies are exposed ona regular basis. Knowing the wrongdoershave a tendency to lie in their own defensealso means that those investigating the mis-conduct will be looking for signs of lyingand self-deception, just as you do when in-vestigating crimes. So, if you screw up, ‘fessup. You may take a hit, but your union andyour union attorneys will do our best to seethat you get a fair shake. If you screw upand lie about it too, you’re not avoiding thepain, you’re only postponing it, while mak-ing it much harder for us to defend you.

in the face from Patrick and Murray.I’m particularly calling out Lt. Gover-

nor Tim Murray for his continuing to hidein the shadows as his political partner, DevalPatrick screws the local police. TimMurray’s help for local police officers isinvisible and voice is unheard during thelast three years of the Patrick Administra-tion.

Tim Murray and the rest of the hangers-

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Gov. Patrick and Lt. Gov. Murray are screwinglocal police officers

on in the Patrick administration should beashamed of themselves to be continuing tosupport this Governor’s attacks on collec-tive bargaining and local police officers.

If they do this to us today, nobody is safetomorrow. Call your local State Represen-tative and Senator tell them restore and fullyfund the Educational Incentive for local po-lice officers. State House telephone 617-722-2000.


As cop’s pay is cut, Obama’s illegal-alien auntgets free housing, benefits

Now multiply “Aunt Zeituni” by millions: what do you have?By Patrick James Carnell

Recently, Governor Deval Patrick cutthe pay and benefits of thousands of

hard-working municipal police officers, cit-ing the need to “save taxpayer money”. Buton February 3rd, 2010, literally just a fewdays after police officers received their firstchecks with the cut in pay, appeared an ar-ticle and photo in the Boston Herald (page3). The photo was of a smartly dressedwoman known as President Obama’s cher-ished “Aunt Zeituni, Polly Onyango” whowas prominently mentioned in his bestsell-ing book “Dreams of my Father” (Ahmm-yes, the same “Father” who abandonedObama’s mother shortly after Barack’s birthand never paid a dime’s worth of child sup-port and left her parents to raise littleObama, but I digress, that’s another story…)

Auntie Zeituni, dressed to the nines (seethe photo from February 3rd, page 3, if youdoubt me) and wheeled into US immigra-tion court “in a wheelchair”, has becomefamous because she is an illegal (for thoseof you who read the Globe regularly andnever see this word, I’ll repeat it) ILLE-GAL – THAT’S ILLEGAL – immigrantwho was ordered deported many years agobut simply ignored the court’s order and isnow safely ensconced in taxpayer-providedpublic housing on Flaherty Way in South

Aunt Zeituni, Polly Onyango– Photo by John Wilcox, Boston Herald

Boston. It simply boggles the mind how anILLEGAL IMMIGRANT from Kenyawho ignores a deportation order can get freepublic housing while U.S. military veter-ans live in a homeless shelter on CourtStreet, but that’s a fact.

Aunt Zeituni, it was reported, also waspicked up and dropped off at federal courtfor her hearing by “a black Chevy Tahoewith New York plates”. (As we all know,luxury SUV’s are provided free of chargefor all illegal aliens attending their federalhearings.) Upon leaving the CLOSEDhearing (that’s CLOSED HEARING againfor you Obama voters who still believe theline o’ crap about “the most transparent gov-ernment in history”), Auntie Zeituni had amiraculous recovery and discarded herwheelchair, obviously locating a spare vialof Lourdes holy water while at the JFK fed-eralbuilding(…uhhmm, the Kennedy build-ing… perhaps it was holy water fromChappaquiddick, but again, I digress, that’sanother story…) because the Herald re-ported that Auntie Zeituni “…glided out onfoot to the tapping beat of a cane…and sim-ply smiled…”. Sort of like Jimmy Cagneyin “Yankee Doodle Dandy”, I surmise?

Auntie Zeituni claims to suffer from ahost of maladies, including an autoimmunedisorder known as Guillain-Barre syn-

drome, and accompanying her to her hear-ing were her “…two doctors: David Stoneand Robert Weiss…”.

So, let’s get this straight: an ILLEGALALIEN who has ignored one deportationorder and who lives in free, taxpayer-fundedpublic housing appears in court driven by aluxury SUV with New York plates in awheelchair with two taxpayer-funded doc-tors, and then leaves court “tapping hercane… without the wheelchair…smiling”and refusing to answer questions. She justhappens to be related to our President, Bar-rack Hussein Obama, who, according tothe White House, had absolutely nothing

to do with the hearing and did not intervenein any way on his Aunt’s behalf.

Geez, do you think Auntie Zeituni willget to stay in America? If not, then I have abridge in Brooklyn for you to buy. But thepoint is this: As Governor Patrick cuts thepay of police officers, he had nothing – that’sNOTHING – to say about his friendObama’s illegal Kenyan Aunt living off thetaxpayers in public housing supplied withtaxpayer-funded doctors and taxpayer-funded livery service. (And can we guesshow many other government checks AuntZeituni must be getting? Welfare? EBTcard? SSDI? Food Stamps? etc. etc.?) AndAunt Zeituni is NOT alone, she’s merelythe most highly-public example of ONE ofthe millions of parasitic leeches who cometo this country ILLEGALLY and live offof the few remaining American taxpayerswho pay the freight.

Yes, multiply Aunt Zeituni times 20 mil-lion or so, and you will see why this coun-try is heading for bankruptcy and destruc-tion. Governor Patrick says he’s “savingtaxpayer money” by cutting the pay forpolice officers, which represents about two-tenths of one percent of the state budget,while THOUSANDS upon THOU-SANDS of parasites from foreign countrieswho are here illegally wait for the stupidAmerican taxpayer to send them anothermonthly check as they laugh the day awayin taxpayer-funded public housing and eatup medical and educational resources.

Auntie Zeituni isn’t crazy, not at all. Weare.

Thank God for theLove Ranger!

By P.O. Galeazzo Mumiliano,Recently Retired

Iwas quite surprised when I got an invita-tion for a party in the Media Room at

Headquarters. A connected classmate ofmine, assigned to Internal Affairs, was re-tiring and IAD along with the CommandStaff, other department notables and somemajor players from City Hall were throw-ing a farewell party. I had some doubts aboutattending since I knew that I would be theonly patrolman there. But since my friendwas considerate enough to think of me, Idecided to go.

I never considered myself a moralist, buteven I, a police officer, who had seen themost depraved haunts of infamy and vice,was shocked when I entered the MediaRoom. It was obvious that the theme of theparty was not to bid farewell to a retiringcomrade but rather to gratify the sensualappetites of all present, many of whom, itseemed, possessed a sensuality exceedingwhatever the most vivid imagination couldconceive. Enflamed with concoctions ofJagermeister and Red Bull the partygoers

of both sexes were throwing off their outergarments as they engaged in a lasciviousdance. Finally, maddened by their passions,the dancers removed the last vestiges of theirclothing and plunged without restraint intoa demonstration of the utmost debauchery.Since I was not partaking in the festivities,a high-ranking official appointed me thedesignated driver for the party.

When I got home the next day I was quitestressed out and decided to call the LoveRanger for some emergency peer counsel-ing. 1 explained to him my shock and dis-may. He told me that I was being too judg-mental and concluded with a poem fromthe ancient Egyptian “Book of Love”:

Bedeck the body of thy beloved with gar-lands and lotus flowers

As she sitteth beside thee.Let marvelous music charm thy ears.Cast all cares and worries behind thee

and bethink thee of joy,Until that day cometh when one reacheth portIn the the land that loveth silence.Thanks to the Love Ranger I am now

looking forward to my own retirement party.


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Pardon Me While I Gloat…By Jay Moccia

Happy New Year! Congratulations toMassachusetts’ newest Senator: Scott

Brown (R-Mass). Even an openly Repub-lican man like me can admit it looks funny.Senator Brown led a classic campaign, lotsof miles and lots of handshakes across theState. Two notable moments that I think ledto his victory; during a debate, Brown wasasked by Moderator David Gergen aboutfilling Ted Kennedy’s seat, Brown “cor-rected” him, by reminding him, it’s notKennedys’ seat, or the Democrats’ seat, it’sthe Peoples’ seat! The second point wasprovided by Martha Coakley when shesnubbed the electorate by implying she wasabove “retail” Politics and didn’t need tostand outside Fenway Park, in the cold, andshake hands. Truth be told, she ran a greatcampaign against Capuano, then took us(Voters) for granted.

Another Coakley gaff that angered me:Our own Kenny Conley, after a car chase,foot chase, scaling a fence in the dark, andcapturing a felon, was convicted of seeingsomething that happened BEHIND him.YET here is our Attorney General, Stateleader of Law Enforcement PHOTO-GRAPHED watching one of her “aides”shove a pesky reporter to the ground. Notonly does she take no action, she claims sheDIDN’T EVEN SEE IT! And the main-stream media gives her a free pass againstone of their own, probably because he writes

for a more Conservative outlet.A word of advice for Sen. Brown (R-

Mass.) {tingle} the only time you shouldreach across the aisle with a smile on yourface is your Wedding Day!

Have you ever noticed when you useplastic wrap on food it sticks to everythingbut what you’re trying to put it on?

I have figured out why this administra-tion is more concerned with the so called“Right Wing Extremists”. It’s because at

some point most of us swore an oath (fullyunderstanding the concepts of honor andduty) to…”protect the United States againstall enemies both FOREIGN AND DO-MESTIC!”

On top of fees for baggage, drinks, se-curity, etc. some Airlines are no longer serv-ing the passengers free peanuts, because ofthe potential danger to other passengers.Maybe those passengers with allergiesshould wait outside while I get my snack!

Poor Tiger Woods caught stepping outand publicly humiliated for his indiscre-tions. So far, fourteen women have admit-ted to taking Tiger by the tail. That meansthere’s four more out there because weknow he usually plays a round with 18.

America’s Funniest Videos offers proofthat seeing some poor guy getting struck inthe family jewels by any means is ALWAYSfunny!

Watch out for the Twinkie Tax! FirstLady Michelle Obama is using her bully-pulpit to declare war on obesity. After see-ing how these folks operate over the lastyear, I’m betting on more “bully” less “pul-pit”!

Homeland Security is lauding their suc-cess with released Gitmo Detainees. 1 in 5has returned home and found gainful em-ployment. So what it’s with the Al-QaedaTerrorist Organization, in this economy, ajob’s a job.

The Commissioner has issued his “new”Lying Policy. While I agree in principle, thatwe (Cops) shouldn’t lie, let’s look at otheroccupations and their adherence to truth-fulness and the punishments they face.Criminals routinely lie, and are given sev-eral chances before wrapping up a bunchof cases with one sentence. Terrorists arenow being given Miranda Rights and treatedwith kid gloves. Politicians, let’s look at afew…Bill Clinton did not have “sex” with

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Ihave been approached by many peoplewho have told me that they enjoyed my

articles. I have been praised for keeping mysubjects light and fun. To those people, Ithank you for those compliments, and Iapologize for what I am about to do. Thefollowing article is not light and fun. It iskind of angry.

I promise not to make a habit out of it.On November 29, 2009, four Lakewood

police officers were ambushed and brutallymurdered in a coffee shop in Lakewood,Washington. The murderer, MauriceClemmons, escaped, wounded by gunfirereturned from a dying officer. He managedto travel over 33 miles to Seattle where heencountered another police officer. Thistime, Clemmons was not so lucky; beforehe could murder that officer, his threat wasended. I caught several blurbs about thistragedy on a handful of news stations, butthis sad story seemed to take a backseat toanother story …

On November 27, 2009, professionalgolfer Tiger Woods was in a car accident.And he was apparently cheating on his wife.

Woods’ accident was the first domino totumble in the fall from grace of this profes-sional athlete, a fall that included a seriesof extramarital affairs. So, instead of re-ceiving information from the variousnews outlets about the tragedy of fourmurdered police officers, I instead got ablow by blow account of a two-timingmillionaire athlete’s escapades. What is thiscountry coming to?

All you God-fearing folk beware! Ap-parently the golden calf has returned, and ithas multiplied many times over. GoldenTiger. Golden Brad and Golden Angelina.Golden Simon Cowell. Even the GoldenKardashians. Our planet is inhabited by arace of god-like beings who are worshippedthrough movie screens, televisions, and ra-dios. They are just celebrities, yet they froliclike Greek gods. These foolish, frivolous

An angry articlepeople waltz about the world, showing offand playing, while the real, hardworkingpeople of Earth toil away for a day’s pay.

These celebrities get paid millions ofdollars to pretend to be other people. To playsports. To sing and play instruments. Theyeven get paid millions to be videotapedwhile they simply live their privileged lives.They serve no purpose but to entertain us.They do entertain us and we pay them todo so, but things are getting out of hand. Inthe days of Shakespeare, actors and enter-tainers were treated like the hired help thatthey were. They had to enter and leavethrough the backdoors of the theatres theyplayed at, because the real people, the pay-

ing, working people, were using the frontdoors. Now, times have changed. The me-dia has overwhelmed the working publicwith information about these would be gods.More people knew the details surroundingTiger Woods’ incident than knew the de-tails surrounding the four murdered Lake-wood police officers. The news does notcare to show us that New York StateTrooper Jill Mattice was killed in the lineof duty on January 20, 2010, but they willfill in their viewership when Khloe andKourtney Kardashian do something fool-ish.

The ultimate solution would be for theworking public to revolt and stop buying

CDs and iTunes cards and movie tickets andsports jerseys, but that is unrealistic. I willstill go to the movies. I will still listen tomusic. You will not, however, ever catch measking one of these fools for their auto-graphs. They are people like the rest of us.And always remember, Tom Cruise mayrun around with a gun on the big screen,but he would never be able to search a housefor a suspect after a real break-in.

Sergeant Mark Renninger, OfficerRonald Owens, Officer Tina Griswold,Officer Greg Richards… and all other of-ficers who have died in the line of duty…thank you for your service… and may yourest in peace.

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Now is it just me…Are both of them as

dumb as they appear??…I guess this could havebeen taken in a mirror

which would screw it up,or maybe it is authentic.

I would not doubt itbeing authentic!!!!

Note both have ringson their ring finger and

most likely ontheir left hand.I think they are

truly clueless!!!!His suit coat is buttoned

correctly, so it is not amirror image.

These people are soclueless. Are they really

Americans?????

Americans?!? Are they really?!?

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Why is it?Mayor Menino continues to want to

hurt city workers? In a Boston Her-ald editorial on January 25th concerningpending legislation the Herald writes,“Meanwhile Mayor Menino has made apitch to allow cities and towns to make cer-tain changes to municipal health insuranceplans without having to go through collec-tive bargaining” Yup, those pesky collec-tive bargaining procedures that so manypoliticians now want to get rid of… but theystill want the support of unions!

� � � � �The United States relief effort to Haiti isnow being criticized by Italy’s civil protec-tion chief Guido Bertolaso? (Boston Her-ald 01-25-10). He states that the US re-sponse is “a well meaning but ineffectiveUS run military operation”. Hey earth toGuido… earth to Guido… How’s this? Nexttime the US won’t show up at one of thesedisasters and we’ll all see how badly every-thing goes. And don’t think that the Ameri-can citizens realize what happens when theUS suffers a disaster… no one comes toOUR aid!

� � � � �The possible breakup of Angelina Jolie andBrad Pitt is actual news? Why are theybreaking up? Fight over the make-up?

� � � � �The United Nations is removing the namesof several senior Taliban leaders from theUN list of terrorists? What next? Full mem-bership to the UN? Probably, don’t forgetthey let that moron from Iran join.

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There’s so much talk of making laws to stopkids from bullying smaller kids in school?Isn’t it a parental problem?

� � � � �The Bruins look like they’re going down inflames this season?

� � � � �Anyone would watch 1,000 ways to die?It’s so depressing.

� � � � �I got the impression that Martha Coakleywas just too smug and condescending in hercampaign ads? Oh, that’s right because shewas!

� � � � �Schools make kids sell everything frommagazines to candles to sweatshirts?Enough already.

� � � � �PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment ofAnimals) now wants to replace Punxsut-awney Phil with a robotic version becauseit’s cruel? These whackos have lost theirminds!

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My GPS system calls a “rotary” a “round-about”? I feel like I’m driving in London…weird.

� � � � �Deval Patrick will still believe he can getre-elected? (See above info about Coakley).

� � � � �Venezuela President Hugo Chavez is noton serious medication and placed in a pad-ded cell? He recently stated in the mediathat the US actually CAUSED the earth-quake in Haiti by using a new “Earthquakeweapon”. This guy sounds like Doctor Evildoesn’t he?

� � � � �I just know that AFTER all the hard workis completed in Haiti… the French will wantall the contracts for rebuilding the country?

� � � � �The Obama administration continues totreat enemies of this country like commoncriminals? Can this president do anythingright?

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No Democrat in their right mind runningfor re-election would have Obama come totown to help drum up support? I thoughteveryone loved this guy?

� � � � �All the Democrats hate Rush Limbaughso much? Maybe because they realize he isthe voice of a large majority of Americansthat won’t vote for them!

� � � � �Lost drivers in heavy traffic wait until theyget the green light to stop in the lane andstart looking for signs? Pull over…

� � � � �Every time I take my car to get a “free” oilchange at the dealership, they want to re-place a half dozen or so parts in my car be-cause they’re worn down? The car is fouryears old!! What a bunch of bull!

� � � � �Cities and towns tell us that their snow re-moval budget is depleted after just two orthree storms?

� � � � �I just know that negotiating for our nextcontract with the city is going to be one hugebattle? Get ready I’m sure the media in thiscity is going to immediately side with theMayor and his frauds that are supposed toNEGOTIATE with us. They’ll call us ev-ery name in the book. Start printing the signsand finding out where the Mayor will beeveryday because we are going to have tofight for everything we deserve.

Stay Safe,PO Mike Kane, District 18

that woman… hero to the Libs, DevalPatrick, promised property tax relief and athousand cops… my real estate taxes wentup and he cut my pay… running for re-elec-tion… Barney Frank claimed Fannie andFreddie were sound, pressured them to giveloans to people who couldn’t afford themand hastened our economic woes… re-elected by a landslide… George Bushraised the rate of taxes on overtime and loos-ened banking oversight… re-elected andblamed for everything from the economyto 9/11.Funny thing is NOT ONE OFTHEM WAS FIRED!

My favorite reaction when making apoint is what I refer to as “the Guppy”.That’s when your opponent’s mouth opensand closes and no sounds come out.

In a curious disagreement with PresidentObama, Homeland Security Chief, JanetNapolitano claimed the “system worked”regarding the now infamous Christmas Day“Undie Bomber”. Let’s take a closer lookto see how true this is:

A well respected Nigerian banker callsthe U.S. Embassy and tells them HIS OWNson has been travelling to Yemen, and isplanning on participating in some form ofterror act against the U.S. (Thanks for thecall!)

The Undie Bomber appears on the Eu-

ropean No Fly List but somehow doesn’tmake it onto ours. (Must have been a com-puter glitch.)

He pays cash for a one-way ticket (Iguess Al-Qaeda doesn’t issue Islamic Ex-press Cards)

He has no luggage (This one I get, whypay extra for a bag you won’t need)

He is allowed to board a plane with nopassport (and I have to practically strip downto MY boxers and carry my ID in mymouth)

He is travelling to Detroit, Michigan, onChristmas Day with NO Coat. (Well Glo-bal Warming is real according to Obamaand Osama)

The only reason this savage was caught,was an alert passenger, and an inept bombmaker. But for this, that plane is going downin flames, over a major U.S. city, on Christ-mas Day. Great job, Janet, don’t hurt yourarm patting yourself on the back. The evenbigger crime was what happened when theylanded. Instead of allowing the passengersto beat him to death, he is arrested, read hisMiranda Rights (WTF?) and treated like ashoplifter not a terrorist. Americans betterwake up and realize these people want tokill us. PERIOD! They do not deserve theprotection of OUR CONSTITUTION. Weshould take off the gloves quick, and give

them a healthy dose of U.S. Firepower.A historical reference to the above…in

the early days of WWII, a German U-Boatlanded 8 spies on our shores. They werecaptured, and two of them testified againstthe other six. They were executed within 3months of capture. Keep in mind they com-mitted no overt acts against the UnitedStates other than being enemy combatantsthat landed in our country. Also, their mili-tary tribunal took place under a DemocratPresident (FDR). Boy have the Dems fallenfast and hard!

I’m having some trouble understandingwhy the Government is upset with the co-ziness of Treasury Secretary Geithner,Paulson, Greenspan, et al with execs fromAIG, Goldman Sachs, etc. They went to thesame schools, travel in the same circles,have the same interests, and tend to look atthings the same way. Much like the rest ofus, who hang around and socialize withpeople who share our opinions. It’s noth-ing more than basic human nature. Theproblems occur when they use their posi-tion to ruin the rest of us. Fetch the pitch-forks and light them with our 401K State-ments!

John Edwards, former VP and Presiden-tial candidate, Senator, and AmbulanceChasing lawyer, has come clean to an af-

fair and fathering a child out of wedlock(see item above on LYING) What ascumbag! If he cheated on his sick wife,what would he have done to us if he gotinto office? Most likely the same thing. Asbig a jerk as this guy is, the bigger Villain ishis supposed friend who penned the tell-all. When you lie down with dogs, you getfleas, when you lie down with liars, you getlies!

If there is anything more annoying thanthe 1-877 Kars for Kids jingle on the radio,I haven’t heard it!

Funny how Obama and the Demswanted to push through Health Care as TedKennedy’s legacy, something he fought foruntil the end. Even funnier are their plansto go ahead with Cape Wind, a project hefought against until the end. Oh Death,where is thy sting?

And in conclusion, I offer an insightknown to all married men, there is no stat-ute of limitations on stupid things you havedone. This would include but is not limitedto dating, early child rearing, forgottenevents, etc. Your spouse is free to bring themup at any time and in any company for alaugh. And while it may seem tempting, thisbenefit is not extended to the male of thespecies. Forewarned is forearmed! Keepsafe.

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The media has long hidden and dismissedthe unethical sleazy practices of our

Governor. Shrouded against the light of dayby fears of being labeled as racist I don’tremember any of Deval Patrick’s under-handed dealings with workers being publi-cized during his election. Pro-Democraticunions filed lockstep behind Patrick, cata-pulting him into office while lookingthrough rose colored glasses. The stunningattack on unions and workers in general hasbewildered us until you look past the smilesand suits to see the real man behind the big-gest attack on workers since the inceptionof Unionism.

Deval Patrick amassed his own fortuneon the backs of foreign workers laboringfor companies like Coca Cola. With DevalPatrick at the helm, it is reported that, and Iquote “As Coca Cola’s General Counsel/Executive VP/Corporate Secretary/Consult-ant from 2001 to 2005, he raked in millions,including 10.7 million in compensation forjust nine months’ work in 2001 and 3.1million on 2005. He tolerated and defendedCoke’s Columbian bottlers who conspiredwith paramilitary thugs to kidnap, tortureand kill union leaders (notably Isidro Gil in1996 and Aldolfo de Jesus Munera in2002).” This article further states that Devalworked for Texaco. And I again quote fromthe article, “Patrick worked for Texaco,where he opposed efforts on behalf of30,000 impoverished Indians and settlers inEcuador to make the company clean up

massive environmental damage and com-pensate victims. Until recently Patrick hasworked for Ameriquest, a finance companyaccused of predatory lending practices thatbilked many Massachusetts residents andfinally agreed to a $325 million nationwidesettlement.”

Clearly this fraud has been anti-union allalong and shame on the MassachusettsDemocratic Party for embracing this pieceof garbage, and selling us down the river.We are just as much to blame for buyinginto the fanfare and media circus that sur-rounded this fraud. He is walking, talkingproof you can’t trust the media and its spindoctors. It’s time to run/vote this grinning,backstabbing, money-grubbing crook out oftown, and most certainly out of office. Tick,tick, tick you snake in the grass, your timeis running out and so is the time of yourpromoters! I personally can’t wait for thatleft wing rag, the Globe, to sound its owndeath bell and crawl back under that rockthey slithered out from.

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Do you know whichmovies are the greatest?

American Movie Classics Trivia: Bill Carroll?

In 1998, the American Film Institute compiled their listof the 100 greatest American Movies made between 1896and 1996. The following questions will deal with that listand some of the actors that starred in them.

� � � � � 1. What Western was considered the greatest ever by the

American Film Institute?2. What Sports movie was considered the greatest by the American Film Institute?3. Who starred in two of the top ten Epic category films rated the greatest ever by the

American Film Institute?4. Who starred in three of the top ten Gangster category films rated the greatest by the

American Film Institute?5. Who starred in three of the top ten Western category films rated the greatest by the

American Film Institute?

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The January 6th election of AndreDawson to the Baseball Hall of Fame

created a lot of buzz for Dawson becausehe got in, but also those who didn’t. In thedays and weeks since the election, muchdebate.

Has been raised about the failed chancesof Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar,plus the admission of Mark McGwire thathe took steroids during his playing career!

Congratulations to Andre Dawson forhis election, well deserved and overdue.Dawson comments upon election were bothhumble and grateful. He’ll join umpireDoug Harvey and Manager WhiteyHerzog for induction ceremonies in lateJuly.

MLB Network for the second consecu-tive year announced the HOF selections live.I sat in the NESN Newsroom with two othercolleagues confidently telling them, ‘defi-nitely Alomar, maybe Dawson.’

When Hall President Jeff Idelson said‘we welcome our newest member’, I turnedto my co-workers, threw up my arms andquietly replied ‘Alomar’. But no! Our jawscollectively hit the floorwhen only Dawson’sname was called.

When the final votetally shed that Blylevenwas five aching votes shyand Alomar a stunningeight short of induction,it set into motion thatboth will probably beelected next year. I don’tknow what the writerswere thinking withAlomar and thankfully Blyleven’s post-election comments were rather sedate forhim. In years past, his frustration would airwith some rather barbed comments for thosein the Fourth Estate. Bide your time boysand prepare your speeches for 2011!

The big names on the ballot for 2011include Jeff Bagwell, Kevin Brown, JohnFranco, Juan Gonzalez, John Olerud,Rafael Palmeiro and Larry Walker. I’llwithhold judgment on these fellows, but youcan be sure the electorate has questions andthey may not like the answers that they seek!

And now a few weeks ago, MarkMcGwire admitted using steroids duringhis playing career including his record set-ting homerun binge in 1998. He apologizedfor his transgression and seemed sincere.However, he totally lost me when he saidhis homerun totals had nothing to with ste-roids, something about eye and hand coor-dination. Let’s see, from 1996 to 1999 hehit 245 homeruns, 42% of his career totalof 583.

Babe Ruth’s best four season total forhomeruns was 207 from 1926-29. HenryAaron’s was 163 from 1960-63. WillieMays’ was 186 from 1962-65. Interesting.You wonder what Henry Aaron, Frank

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Robinson and Harmon Killebrew mightsay about all this if we locked them in aroom to share their thoughts. I left out WillieMays, because he’s Barry Bonds’ Godfa-ther, so I would spare him the conversation.

I have not supported McGwire’s candi-dacy for the Hall in the past and I certainlywould not now, there are writers who havesaid they will vote for players from the ste-roid era. They claim that can’t discern shortof admission, who used and who didn’t.They’ll vote like nothing happened at all.

But something did hap-pen. We have these gro-tesque offensive numbersthat even blow away thehigh offensive numbersfrom the 1930’s whenowners had the ball juiceddue to the depression, giv-ing us a bunch of overatedHall of Famers like HackWilson, Chuck Klein andChick Hafey.

I will be waiting for awriter who holds the ballot in his/her handand will directly talk to a player and bluntlyask; Did you use performance enhancingdrugs while playing?’

What can the writers do but base theirselections on gut feelings, observations, oreven second and third hand information?Short of asking a suspected player, this isthe chore that the baseball writers are fac-ing specifically in the next five years.

509 writers cast a ballot in the 2010 elec-tion. I’m sure 509 modes of research weredone. Perhaps researching books, theinternet, talking to other writers. Some mayhave filled the ballot out in one minute. Howmany will ask ‘did he use steroids?’

How important is this to the bloc of writ-ers themselves? In the old days, it was aboutwins, strikeouts, homeruns, stolen bases &batting average… Now, it’s about PED’s.

I look at my old stat books from 1996to 2004. I was totally fooled and taken inby it all. Steroids never dawned on me. IfI had a vote, I would not vote for thosewho used.

It has skewered the game’s statisticsterribly. To take a page from Warren G.Harding, I hope baseball can have a ‘Re-turn to ‘normalcy’, if that is even possible.

2010 Baseball Hall of FameInductee Andre Dawson


2010 Spring Training Sites(see questions on page C13)

American Movie Classics(see questions on page C13)

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TEAMSSITES1.Cleveland Indians..................................Goodyear, Arizona2.Philadelphia Phillies...............................Clearwater, Florida3.Kansas City Royals................................Surprise, Arizona4.Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim............Tempe, Arizona5.Boston Red Sox.....................................Ft. Myers, Florida6.TampaBayRays....................................Port Charlotte, Florida7.Pittsburgh Pirates...................................Bradenton, Florida8.Florida Marlins......................................Jupiter, Florida9.Chicago White Sox................................Tuscon, Arizona10.Cincinnati Reds.....................................Goodyear, Arizona11.Baltimore Orioles...................................Sarasota, Florida12.MilwaukeeBrewers...............................Maryvale, Arizona13.NewYorkMets......................................Port St. Lucie, Florida14.Houston Astros......................................Kissimmee, Florida15.Toronto Blue Jays..................................Dunedin, Florida16.Seattle Mariners.....................................Peoria, Arizona17.Washington Nationals............................Viera, Florida18.NewYorkYankees.................................Tampa, Florida19.Los Angeles Dodgers.............................Glendale, Arizona20.Oakland Athletics...................................Phoenix, Arizona21.Colorado Rockies..................................Tuscon, Arizona22.Chicago Cubs........................................Mesa, Arizona23.Arizona Diamondbacks..........................Tuscon, Arizona24.St. Louis Cardinals.................................Jupiter, Florida25.San Diego Padres...................................Peoria, Arizona26.Minnesota Twins....................................Ft. Myers, Florida27.Atlanta Braves.......................................Orlando, Florida28.San Francisco Giants.............................Scottsdale, Arizona29.Texas Rangers........................................Surprise, Arizona30.Detroit Tigers.........................................Lakeland, Florida

1.The Western voted the greatest by the American Film Institute was the 1956 classicThe Searchers starring John Wayne.

2.Raging Bull, released in 1980 and starring Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci was votedthe greatest Sports movie of all time by the American Film Institute.

3.Charlton Heston starred in two of the top ten as voted by the American Film InstituteEpic Category films, #2 Ben Hur released in 1959 and The Ten Commandmentsreleased in 1956.

4.Three of the top ten Gangster Category films as voted by the American Film Instituteare The Godfather – 1972, The Godfather Part II – 1974, and Scarface – 1983 with allthree starring Al Pacino.

5.Three of the top ten Western Category films as voted by the American Film Instituteare #1- The Searchers – 1956, #5- Red River – 1948, and #9- Stagecoach -1939 allstarring “The Duke” John Wayne.

By Mark A. Bruno

I’m not sure how this inept snake-oil-sales-man got elected, but the writing is on the

wall. Get rid of him! I hope all my fellowofficers got to hear the State-of-the-Stateaddress. Once again with a deceptivesmile on his face he comes out with cutsthat will affect everyunion in the state. Heis no better than athief or a pickpocket.It is obviously anelection year andGovernor DevalPatrick is about tohave that smug smilewiped off his face.That “let them eatcake” attitude is notcutting it anymore.The Governor alongwith the Globe and the Herald, and allthe liberal think tanks can kiss my….(Seeing this is a family paper, I’ll keep itclean.)

As usual, the Governor has decided tocome after the remaining funds of theQuinn Bill. This is the equivalent of theDutch boy sticking his finger in the diketo stop the leaking. How insignificant theremaining funds are that the newspapersconstantly have to point it out. Slow newsday I guess? They make it sound like thebudget will level out once we cut the

greedy cops incentive pay. We are theroots of all evil. We should be tarred andfeathered for our avarious behavior. Whydon’t I just stand here and let you allpunch me silly till you get tired? The bot-tom line from the Governor on down isthat one-by-one every single politician

will have his headhanded to them on a sil-ver platter. I don’t careif these politicians havea D, an I, an R or a Tnext to their name,there all dirt bags. Thegeneral populous hashad enough of thebullsh*t. I’ll pull the le-ver for whatever politi-cian is in favor of re-storing my Quinn Billbenefits, securing de-

tails, and keeping my retirement optionsin tact.

The latest pension reform includescapping retirement benefits at a maximumof eighty-five-thousand dollars. How ri-diculous is that? Taking a promotionalexam would mean nothing toward retire-ment. You would always stay under the85k cap for the rest of your career. Youcould still have a home and a car with afew kids, but chances are you will haveto go on a diet of cat food. Imagine work-ing all those years toward retirement, then

I’ve just about had enough of this Governorhaving the rug pulled out from underneathyou?

Next up is to raise the retirement agefrom 55 to 57. Hello jackass, do you think Iwant to work any longer than I have to? Canyou imagine our members in one of the mostdangerous jobs having to endure extrayears? Those who retire from the police al-ready have a short life span as a result ofthis job. How about giving us a bonus forlasting this long? Why don’t you pols andhigh earning administrators cap your ownpay and leave the rest of us alone?

Changing the formula from your bestthree years to five years is also beinglooked at as part of the pension reformproposals. You can take this proposal andstick it in your...... ear. (Remember the

families, please.) With an 85k cap andyour five best years, chances are you havereached your max after ten years. If thatis the case why not give us 25 years and75%? Think of the turnaround you wouldget? Officers coming on the job now arejust about funding their retirement at closeto 100%.

Luckily for those of us in the systemalready, the high court has ruled that cur-rent employees will be exempt from thesechanges. Like Caesar with his fellow Sen-ate members, all of our elected politiciansshould step lightly. The winds of changeare upon us, and anyone can fall in thishostile climate. It is time to step up orstep off, but make no mistake the Ides ofMarch are upon you.

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