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T’was the night before Christmas, in the Square named Dewey,Gathered graying old hippies, and a crowd quite screwy.There were losers from Cambridge, and morons from Maine,There were idiots from Arlington, and dopes from J.-Plain.

The taxpayers had had it, with the sound of the drum,The beating of bongos, and the smell of the bum.While dopes in their knit caps tried to tell us their cause,None of them knew what it wasn’t……or what it was.

Then out on the street, there arose such a clatter,We ran from our cruisers, to see what was the matter.When what to our wondering eyes should we see,But a sexual offender classified “level three”.

Then came yuppies from Brookline, and rich brats from Dover,And students from Wellesley for whom college was over.Then Governor Patrick arrived in his sleigh,(and as soon as he came, could he please go away?)

“I’m here to support you, so stay in your tent,I’ll give free electricity and even free rent”.He brought them free food, free clothing, free stuff.Then in front of the cameras spouted liberal fluff.

“They’re fighting for freedom, or maybe free speech”,(But they’re not sure themselves whom they’re trying to reach?)“Bostonians must tolerate their hollerin’ and hootin’,But keep them away from Brookline or Newton.”

Then out of a tent there emerged a new bum,Who smelled like a sewer and was covered with scum.“I’ll come home with you and live in your house,”Said the scumbum to little Governor Mouse.

“We’re free-loading bums who just need a new reason,To screw up the rest of the Holiday season.We demand free stuff and we want you to pay,And as long as you give it, we’ll stay here till May”.

Next on the scene was Judge Fran McIntyre,Which quickly provoked the Governor’s ire,“It took me four weeks to decide what to say,But my decision is… Occupiers must go away!”

So Governor Mousey got back in his sleigh,and quickly proceeded to fly far away.“On Prancer and Dancer, to my mansion in Milton”,While “Occupy’s” leaders went back to the Hilton.

And the cops who were there could just give a laugh,And continue to make money at time and one-half.The winter’s been warm and most days have been sunny,And the bums have provided us overtime money,I suppose it’s not bad to make Christmastimeº coin,But if we can’t beat the bums, then…hell…let’s join!

The Night Before Occupied ChristmasBy James Carnell, Pax Centurion Editor

SAVE THE OCCUPATION! FIGHT THE POWER!SUPPORT UNDERPAID COPS WITHOUT A CONTRACT!

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE PAX STAFFAND THE BPPA!

SAVE THE OCCUPATION! FIGHT THE POWER!SUPPORT UNDERPAID COPS WITHOUT A CONTRACT!

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE PAX STAFFAND THE BPPA!

Meet the(Ex-)occupiers

(The“one-thirders,”

not the “99%”…)

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(The“one-thirders,”

not the “99%”…)

Meet the(Ex-)occupiers

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Thomas J. Nee, PresidentRonald MacGillivray, Vice President

Patrick M. Rose, SecretaryThomas Pratt, Treasurer

BOARD OF EDITORSJames Carnell, Managing Editor

Mark Bruno, Pat Rose,Assistant Managing Editors

James Orsino, PresidentRobert Morley, Vice President

EMS OfficersJohn Bilotas, Secretary

Anthony O’Brien, TreasurerLen Shubitowski, Chief Steward

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Unity & Strength

Union Printworks

AREA ABrian Reaney • John Bates

Jimmy Carnell • Michael LearyWilliam Cullinane • Bob LuongoRichard Estrella • Matthew Carey

Patrick McDonough

AREA BDavid Fitzgerald • Michael Sullivan

Richard McCormackSteve Parham • John McDonald

Vinnie Stephens

AREA CMark Bruno • Chuck Kelley

Robert Young • Paul ChevretteSean Sullivan • Jimmy LaCroix

AREA DScott Yanovitch • Robert Butler

Greg Lynch • Tom BarrettChristopher Broderick

James Clark

AREA EPaul Nee • Lawrence CalderoneGerald Rautenberg • Arthur McCarthyAngel Figueroa • James Morrissey

Chris Morgan • Daniel ByrneHenry Pereira

AREA FIDENT. UNIT – Michael Griffin

DRUG UNIT – Paul QuinnYVSF – Emanuel Canuto

Robert Griffin

M.O.P.Otis HarewoodLarry Johnson

RADIO SHOPJohn Kundy

TURRETJohn Conway • Curtis Carroll

Horace Kincade

ACADEMY / RANGEEVIDENCE MANAGEMENT

HARBORJeff Tobin

E.S.U.Hector Cabrera • Francis Deary

HEADQUARTERS

AWARDSBob Butler • Gerald Rautenberg • Pat Rose

GRIEVANCEBob Butler • Jim Carnell • Brian ReaneyMike Leary • Tom Pratt • Dave Fitzgerald

BUILDINGTom Nee

BARGAININGTom Nee • Ron MacGillivray • Tom Pratt

Dave Fitzgerald • Michael Leary

LEGISLATIVEJim Barry

MassPULLJim Barry

K-9Robert Colburn

MASTER AT ARMSRobert Lundbohm • Mike Murphy

John Rogers

Eric Hardin

PUBLIC RELATIONSJim Barry

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BYLAWSTom Nee

HEALTH and SAFETY / LABOR MANAGEMENTJohn Kundy

ELECTIONSDave Fitzgerald

EDUCATIONTom Nee

DETAILS / OVERTIMEPatrick Rose

RETIRED PATROLMEN’S DIV.Billy Flippin

William Shaw

PAID DETAILSJoseph Ruka

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From the President: Thomas J. Nee

Wrapping it upAs the year draws to a close and the holi-

days are fast upon us, it is hard to be-lieve that this year has actually come andgone. As I take this opportunity to reflecton the events that have taken place over thecourse of the past year, we have had mo-ments and opportunitiesthat have defined ourcharacter, professional-ism, values and ourprinciples. The commit-ment to duty, honor, loy-alty, and self-sacrificedistinguishes you as aperson and as a memberof the BPPA.

During the past year,as I’m sure there will be in the future, wehave been called upon many times to takemoral and principled stands. For those ef-forts sometimes we received praise, othertimes scorn, ridicule and criticism. Some-times difficult choices were made and lineshad to be drawn in the sand. We stand asthe thin blue line together as we define anddistinguish whowe are aspeople and asan organiza-tion. We havegrown to under-stand thatsometimes youhave to standthere and takethe hits, if youbelieve in whatyou are doing.You don’t haveto defend it;you just have tobelieve in it andsometimes justbecause it’s the right thing to do. Where wego, depends on where we have been, wherewe are and how much we are willing to in-vest and sacrifice to achieve our desired goalas an organization. With the bargaining pro-cess in full swing and the threat of valuablebenefits being lost either legislatively orthrough the collective bargaining process,many public employee unions look to theBPPA to lead the way. It has been said manytimes that it is the great ones that can digdown and summons some-

thing special in theirgame, something dif-ferent than the others, something that trulydistinguishes them from the rest. That is adefining characteristic of a BPPA member.I’m so very proud to be a BPPA member

and a member of yourleadership team; thereare many who wishthat they were. Again,the challenging daysof the past were defin-ing moments, lookingforward we havemany challenges fac-ing us in the New Year2012 and beyond.

Working together as we have, we can de-fend against the threats. A great differencewill be our experience and especially theknowledge that the only thing that we con-trol is the effort that we put into the thingsthat we do, take that away and you get whatyou get. And as if things were not alreadybad enough, we will be measured and chal-

lenged like neverbefore in 2012,but we will be upto the challenge.

In closing, theBPPA is morethan just an asso-ciation of workingpeople; it is a fam-ily. Like a family,there is a specialbond that binds ustogether. It is aninvisible bond thatis unspoken,forged within thespirit of unity,shared values and

sacrifices. It is seemingly stronger than anyother force and it has never more evident tome that during this time. In Unity there isstrength from strength comes honor.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidaysto all, and especially, to every family whohas experienced the loss of a loved one, orexperiencing illness or injury please knowthat you remain in our thoughts and prayers.God bless you all, and keep safe.

Fraternally,Tom Nee

The commitment toduty, honor, loyalty,and self-sacrificedistinguishes you as aperson and as amember of the BPPA.

I’m so very proud to be aBPPA member and amember of your leadershipteam; there are many whowish that they were. Again,the challenging days of thepast were defining moments,looking forward we havemany challenges facing usin the New Year 2012 andbeyond.

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Message from the Vice President: Ronald MacGillivray

Soon to be Detective Tom PrattTom entered Detective training at the end

of November awaiting the inevitablecall. Our Treasurer will be sorely missedbut more importantly Tom’s time spentworking the phones to help members on aday-to-day basis will be the toughest roleto replace. Tom’s overall presence and yearsof experience with grievances and bargain-ing is often taken for granted but it is thetime in practice and the familiarity with is-sues that is the irreplaceable skill we lose.Good luck to a good friend and thanks formaking the job of delivering services to ourmembership that much easier during yourtenure.

Compensatory Timehas Equitable Value

There have been a lot of questions re-garding comp time and changes made

to time off and work in forms. Most of thesechanges were the product of a Request forInformation in July by the BPPA that soughtthe granting of time off in lieu of overtimepay records along with the accrual and theactual availability of taking the time off. Inrequesting this information, the Depart-ment/City came to realize that some of theircurrent practices violate the Fair Labor Stan-dards Act. A compensatory time agreementmust be in place if the Department is to use“comp time” at all. For arguments sake,comp time banks exist in the Departmentwith recipients of training days, the CSO/YSO/Senior Responders and clerks beingthe greatest beneficiaries of accumulatingtime off. The BPPA would argue that thereisn’t a formal, all-encompassing agreementin place and that the Department has beenin non-compliance for years. A comprehen-sive and detailed understanding is neededfor both parties going forward. There willbe growing pains directly related to the fo-cused attention needed to gain such com-pliance. In some districts, correspondingrecords are lacking which has led the De-partment to issue a Commissioner’s Spe-cial Order (SO 11-033) for all officers torespond regarding the accuracy of their cur-rent “comp time” and to validate such onthe BPD Homepage. FLSA adjustmentswill go back to July 7, 2008, three yearsfrom the date of the Request for Informa-tion.

The Department instituted some changesin late October without notice. The BPPAbelieves the changes should have been col-lectively deliberated before enacted becausethere still is no mutually agreed upon FLSA“compensatory time” procedure in effect.This has generated violations of routinepractice. If we look at MOP over the last 3years, most if not all of their “training” timeshould have been banked at 1.5 hours perhour. Changes regarding compensation forfuneral escorts or the Honor Guard shouldhave been discussed before commanded tohour for hour. The Bomb Disposal Unithas accrued compensatory days for annual

training over the last 3 years…that compen-sation is being stripped from their currenttraining compensation. Clerks are beingforced to take “comp time” where the con-tract is clear in that employees shall not berequired to accept compensatory time off

in lieu of monetary compensation for over-time service. Just as important as any changeis both limitations on using the “comp time”and being told when to take it.

“Comp time” is treated entirely differ-ent on the BPD based on assignment. If anofficer answers radio calls and is tied tomanning levels and the request triggers re-placement overtime…the officer is rou-tinely denied the use of “comp time”. If anofficer is in a Unit that has greater flexibil-ity and importantly, the officer’s non-pres-ence does not create the necessity for over-time, the “comp time” is granted. Courtshave found that as long as the compensa-tory time does not “unduly disrupt” theagency’s operations, the request shall behonored. On the present record nothing in-dicates to pay one or more officers over-time in cash, to permit another officer totake compensatory time would affect thepolice department’s “ability to provide ser-vices of acceptable quality and quantity.”The DOL (Department of Labor) concursin this reading of the statute and applicableregulation.

For officers who have performed workoutside of their regularly scheduled shiftsand received time off instead of overtimepay…that “comp time” should be earnedat the rate of 1.5 hours for each hourworked as opposed to “an hour earned foran hour worked”. Though an officer com-pleting the self-initiated W/I (working in)and the W/O (working out) within the same7-day window (Saturday at 8:00 a.m. to thefollowing Saturday at 7:59 a.m.) would bean exclusion because the time was recon-ciled within the 7-day pay period. The pa-trol force is currently on a preferred 7-day,40 hour cycle that was awarded in the mostrecent FLSA win. Usually law enforcementemployees must work more than 171 hoursduring a 28-day work period to trigger theovertime premium. No doubt the 7-day, 40hour cycle will be at the top of theDepartment’s take-away, wish list whenformal discussions over the “comp time”begin.

Any officer of any rank should be awareof the equitable value of this time no mat-ter if retirement is close or far away. Thistime should not be used frivolously becauseyou do not lose it at the end of the year or atthe end of your career. This is an unwritten

check that has a monetary value for an of-ficer at retirement. As of this writing, allofficers have used this time in the waningdays leading up to retirement that we areaware of. This will no doubt change.

Under FLSA guidelines each individualis allowed to accrue a maximum of 480hours. This number of hours (480) wouldbe another example of an issue that theDepartment/City would want to whittledown in the formal, forthcoming “comptime” agreement as opposed to the current“keep the meter running” concept. Thegrievance process is always available butmutual agreement is preferable. Here aresome questions that have come through theoffice…and please contact your Rep andkeep them coming:

Question: Do Captain’s Clerks (or anyclerks) have to accept compensatory time.

Answer: No. Under CBA Article 9, Sec-tion 4B, Employees shall not be required toaccept compensatory time off in lieu ofmonetary compensation for overtime com-pensation.

Exception: Inresponse to a griev-ance filed in the mid-nineties, a settlementagreement followed that allowed for CSO’s,Youth Officers, Juvenile Officers and Se-nior Responders to receive an out-of-turntour of duty as compensation for attendinga community meeting/event.

Our position regarding the additionalofficers (i.e. Safe Street Teams) attendingthe community meetings and/or events inthe District is that the “comp time”/over-time should be posted and distributed on afair and equitable basis. There is no specialskillset required for attendance and “comptime” has an equitable value.

Question: Who has to fill out the paper-work? Why the change?

All sworn personnel requesting time offor “working in” will have to fill out the pa-perwork. There have been many claims forhundreds of hours that can’t be confirmedor denied. The current form is a compila-tion of clerks’ handiwork over time fromacross the city clearly meant to be the “beall end all” verification of time.

The dramatic change came about be-cause of poor record keeping in certain lo-cations and need to comply with FLSAguidelines.

Question: What happens when 2 offic-ers work out a mutual “swap” of tours ofduty…does it have any effect on the over-time calculation.

No…the hours worked by the substitut-ing employee shall be excluded from anyovertime calculation long as it is voluntar-ily undertaken and agreed to solely by theemployees and approved by the employer.

Question: Are all ranks entitled to “comptime”.

This question is better suited for DeputySuperintendent Al Andres who has beendesignated with the thankless job of field-ing Q and A at roll calls.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

In August, Det. Cecil Jones and P.O. John Newman held a Pistol Challengecalled, “Shooting For A Cure,” and raised $10,000.00 for Cops For KidsWith Cancer. In photo above, P.O. John Newman and P.O. Mike Spenceand presenting the $10.000.00 check to Bob Faherty.

For arguments sake, comp time banks exist in theDepartment with recipients of training days, theCSO/YSO/Senior Responders and clerks being thegreatest beneficiaries of accumulating time off.The BPPA would argue that there isn’t a formal,all-encompassing agreement in place and thatthe Department has been in non-compliance foryears. A comprehensive and detailed understand-ing is needed for both parties going forward.


Treasury Notes: Thomas Pratt, BPPA Treasurer

The reasons why I have chosen not to runfor another term as Treasurer

As always, I hope to find everyone doing well. The first order of business I

would like to discuss is my recent decisionnot to seek another term as your Union Trea-surer. I chose not to run because I could notpromise, you, the Membership a full term.Currently, I am sitting as number four onthe new detectives list. It is not fair to you,the Membership, for me to promise com-mitment, service and access knowing verywell, if called, I would take the rating as adetective and leave this Association.

Since being elected on December 08,2006, it has been a privilege serving you.We, as an Association, have had some highsand lows over the past five years. After be-ing elected as your Treasurer, I was told byVice President Ron McGillivray that con-stituent service is one of the main focusesas a member of the leadership team. I alsowas taught it by former Secretary JayBroderick, no problem is too small or toobig and everyone deserves a call back. Ihope I kept true to the advice and the teach-ing. The BPPA, as an organization, is a teameffort. From the top being the leadership,to our eyes and ears, the district representa-tives, to our dedicated office support staffAnnie Parolin and Annmarie Daly and ourtwo legal teams, Sandulli Grace and Byrne& Dreschler, all working for you, the dues-paying membership of this Association.There is no “I” in team!

In the past you have probably read someof my PAX articles on casino jurisdictionand Massport concurrent jurisdiction. Theseare two topics that the Membership werevery vocal about and wanted the Leader-ship to act on. I can honestly tell you that inthe last year Tommy Nee, RonnieMcGillivray, Pat Rose, Jimmy Barry andI have worked very hard on achieving thesegoals. We collectively have won somebattles on these two topics. The war is not

over and we have had an ally against thecampaign of expansionism by the Mass.State Police, that ally is Mayor ThomasMenino. His Honor directed his lobbyistto assist the BPPA in its efforts of gaininglanguage that gave the BPD concurrent ju-risdiction at a casino gaming site. Both par-ties worked tirelessly to attain that commongoal of concurrent jurisdiction with theMass State Police. If Suffolk Downs wins

a bid for one of these licenses, we as a po-lice department will be included in supply-ing public safety to its patrons. I would liketo recognize the Speaker of the House Rob-ert DeLeo for listening and RepresentativeBrian Dempsey for a last minute assist ona technical correction to the law. I wouldalso like to thank Senator Jack Hart ofSouth Boston for his help on the Senate sideof the Legislature.

As far as the Massport problem goes, wewill also need the assistance of the Mayorand his lobbying efforts. He has committedto helping us in acquiring concurrent juris-diction in the Seaport district. He has rec-ognized a potential problem of liability andit is not good government.

We, as an Association have had somedisagreements in the past with the Mayorand will probably have some more in thefuture, but there has never been any hiddenball tricks. Mayor Menino has a job to doand so does the BPPA. But the trick of it isnot making it personal. In my opinion, noone has done this. Hopefully in the nearfuture all of Beacon Hill will recognize thatno one state police agency should have solesuper jurisdiction post 9-11! That leaves the

host city or town police department out ofthe public safety equation.

The fact that this area is a neighborhoodin the City of Boston, whose ambulance andfire services are provided by the City ofBoston, whose residents vote in local elec-tions for Mayor and City Council, is proofthat the Boston Police Department shouldhave the right of arrest and patrol in thatneighborhood. Also, City Council President

Steve Murphy along with most of his col-leagues have been very vocal and stand be-hind us on this ongoing endeavor. Also theother police associations (Superior Officerand Detective Benevolent) within our De-partment deserve recognition on these is-sues. They also have been lobbying hardwith us.

While I am still on a roll about the Mass.State Police, I have one critique in regardto investigating our own problems and theuse of the word transparency.

Why as a police department do we callin the State Police to investigate our prob-lems? Our agency, the BPD has an anti-cor-ruption unit and an internal affairs unit.These two units are absolutely capable ofdoing a fair and impartial investigation ofeither an allegation of corruption or ruleviolation. For our department to farm outthis unsavory task to an outside police agen-cies (MSP) is demeaning to its membersand to those superior officers who are as-signed to the above two units. When a prob-lem exists in the State Police, do they callus? No they don’t, they handle it them-selves! Being a city resident, I have full faithin the resources of this department. Exceptwhen it comes to the duties of a mountedhorse unit, we gave our horses away!

I would like to recognize SuperintendentWilliam Evans and Traffic and ParkingCommissioner Tom Tinlin for fighting withthe State over MassHighway constructionsjobs (details). Both Superintendent Evansand Commissioner Tinlin have continuallyargued with the state for the Department’sability to assign police officers to road sideconstruction sites since the new state detailregulations came into effect. Also, Commis-sioner Ed Davis and Chief Daniel Linskeyand Deputy Darrin Greeley thank you forthe returning phone calls when I had a ques-tion or concern. You all did an impressivejob at the city council hearing this past sum-mer on the concurrent jurisdiction issue.

As far as the finances of the Association,we are on solid ground. Your money is be-ing held at the Mt. Washington Bank. I havealways stated my door was always open forany member to ask questions or review ourbooks. It is your money, ask questions. My

job was made much easier by our accoun-tant, Bill Louthan who was there for mewhen I had money questions or a problemthat needed working out in regards to ourfinances.

I will miss my weekly debates with Sec-retary Pat Rose, Chris Broderick, MikeLeary and Brian Reaney on a myriad oftopics. I will also miss my game of devil’s-advocate with Ronnie Mac. Whenever anissue needed to be vetted out, Ronnie and Itook turns on being management.

To Arthur McCarthy of District 5, youhave been loyal friend since the academy. Idid not have to ask twice for your supportwhen I became involved in this Associa-tion. To my buddy, Hector Cabrera, I willmiss my impromptu Spanish lessons andyour sincerity. Paul Quinn and MattCarey, your humor and honest concern foryour constituent’s wellbeing, should be rec-ognized. Last, but not the least, Mark (TheSizzler) Bruno you always put a smile on myface when things were going “not so good.”

In closing, I would just like to apologizein advance, if I forgot to mention anyone,because I know I did. I also didn’t want mylast Pax to sound like an obituary.

Over the years there have been so manyfriends and co-workers who have helped meout and I do not have enough room to putthem all in this article, you know who youare!

To the membership, remember to askquestions and be involved this is your As-sociation. As always watch each other’sbacks and keep your guard up.

And if you need help coping with a per-sonal problem or you just need to talk tosomeone contact the Peer Support Unit, theyare here to help. The name of the game is togo home at the end of your tour of duty.

Please remember the men and womenwho serve in the military in your prayersduring this holiday season. THANK YOUfor a great five year tour of duty!!

PS, if you see Detective Timmy Stantonout and about, have him tell you the SNICK-ERS story! And PSS, and to the current sit-ting Secretary Mr. Patrick Rose, thankyou!

★ ★ ★ ★ ★Brian Fahey, currently assigned to the

Explosive Ordinance Unit, has been a prac-ticing attorney since 2006. He is currentlyaffiliated with the law firm of EdwardHintlian, P.C., specializing in Real Estatetransactions. Brian is an approved closingattorney for a local banking institutionwhich has branches in several Boston neigh-borhoods and has a close working relation-ship with the BPPA and the local commu-nity. Very competitive rates are offered forboth home loans and refinancing. Everycourtesy will be extended to BPPA mem-bers and their families. Any questions orinquiries please contact: [email protected]

To the membership, remember to ask questionsand be involved this is your Association. As alwayswatch each other’s backs and keep your guard up.

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Secretary Spread: Patrick M. Rose, BPPA Secretary

Thanks Tommy Pratt, for being therewhen needed!

By the time you are reading this article,my friend Tommy Pratt will be into

his third week of Detective training at theacademy. As you are all aware, Tommy hasdecided to give up his position of Treasurerof the BPPA, after five years, He has de-cided to change gears and concentrate moreof his efforts on his police career. Tommyhas done a terrific job as our Treasurer anda member of your leadership team. Tommyhas always been there when needed and wasalways willing to go the extra mile for themembership.

I have been lucky to work along side ofhim for the past eighteen months. I will misshis wit and day to day counsel. I can onlyhope that his replacement, the member-ship’s choice, (who ever that might be) willserve with the same integrity and dedica-tion that Tom Pratt has. Regardless of whoyou choose, they will have big shoes to fill.Tommy, I wish you and Janet well, in all ofyour future endeavors.

Tommy’s departure not only creates atemporary void within the ranks of the lead-ership, it also leaves a vacant spot in yournegotiating team otherwise known as thebargaining committee. The bargaining com-mittee, by contract and the Union By-Laws,is composed of the President and Vice Presi-dent along with three other members of theHouse of Representatives, for a total of five.With Tommy Pratt leaving, that will leaveDavid Fitzgerald (B-2) and Mike Leary(A-7) on the committee with a big vacancy.It is no secret that we, as a Union, are in thefight of our lives to bring back a contractthat fits the needs of our membership. Asof this writing, we are patiently awaiting aresponse from the Massachusetts SJC con-cerning the Quinn benefits that were un-justly taken away. We are eighteen monthswithout a contract. We are approximatelysixteen ($16,000) Thousand Dollars a year,in base pay, behind the Boston Fire Depart-ment and twenty five ($25,000) ThousandDollars a year, behind the MassachusettsState Police. Over 50% of our members ei-ther don’t have the Quinn or cannot achievethe Quinn under the current state law andthose of you with an Associate’s Degree arebetter off under longevity. Not to mentionthe current FLSA debacle along with its’effects on so called ‘comp time’, there areliterally dozens of other ongoing issues thatneed to be resolved by the bargaining com-mittee. Now is not the time to be a personshort on the committee. I will be request-ing, at the December House of Rep’s meet-ing, that we have a vote by the House toreplace Tommy on the committee at theJanuary meeting. I would highly suggestthat you inform your area and district rep-resentatives to choose wisely. One of thechief complaints that I have heard of lateis; members don’t believe that their voicesare being heard at the Union. Take controlof your own destiny and direct your repre-

sentatives to pick and vote for the right can-didate for the bargaining committee, a can-didate that has your best interest at heartand will do what is right for you! Remem-ber we, your representatives, work for you.

With that being said, I’m sure you haveall seen the letters to the department from

our attorneys, putting the city on notice, thatwe will no longer ‘play their game’ insofaras all of the crap that they have been at-tempting to dish out on us. We are demand-ing that they bring it to the table and bar-gain all of these changes. If necessary wewill not only file grievances, we will fileunfair labor practices. Apparently, unless thecity is forced to pay out damages, theydon’t get the fact that they have to bar-gain changes with us. One would think,after paying out what they have had topay out over the past few years, theywould start to work with us and not fightus at every single turn! We realize thatthe current debacle that the city createdover W/O’s & W/I’s is taking its toll andcreating inconveniences to our members,to say the least. However, it is our beliefthat when all is said and done and the cityis finally forced to sit down and bargain alegitimate compensatory time agreementwith us, that you will appreciate the angstwe have gone through and be properlycompensated for your time. One wouldthink that with the constant haranguing andattacks that our members are subjected toon a day to day basis from every corner ofsociety, that the management of this depart-ment would step up and attempt to workwith the membership, speak up in supportof the work we do and fight back againstthe political hacks that keep trying to takeanything and everything we have workedfor, away. I am hard pressed to understandwhy the management of this department orthe City of Boston for that matter, would inany way believe that their constant harass-ment, (by way of implementing change af-ter change without bargaining the impacton us), of working Police Officers, is goingto in any way what so ever improve moraleor productivity? We are attacked on a dailybasis in the media; we have been fodder forinept politicians that have convinced aweakened society that we, the public ser-

vant are the enemy. Instead of jumping onthe bandwagon, and attempting to take backwhatever they can, the city should be dis-cussing ways to close the massive payrollgap between us and the fire department. Weshow a good faith effort by separating healthcare and assume a larger portion of the cost,

what do we get for it? One day of thanks inthe media and then back to ‘Let’s see whatelse we can take away from them’! We arewilling to bargain a comprehensive ‘comp’time agreement and are met with stall tac-tics. Instead of discussing how to bridge thegap in our lost wages that the State stolefrom us, the city spends time and effort to

fight us in court. Enough is enough, as Isaid earlier, if they will only listen to us orbargain with us after they lose and have topay out damages, then so be it. We will bemonitoring every single aspect of the CBAand keeping our attorneys and the City’sattorneys very busy in the near future. We’rejust going to play by their rules.

Some good news for a change, the ‘Ca-sino Bill’ has finally passed muster at theHouse and State Senate. Included in the leg-islation is language that protects the localPolice Department’s rights to actually po-lice the Casino or slot parlor. The so calledmaster ‘MOU’ that has to be developed forany Casino or slot parlor is between theGaming Commission and the host City orTown. That means that the jobs are ours.The State Police will continue to claim vic-tory in their attempt to block us out, but thebottom line is we, The Boston Police willpolice any Casino or slot parlor that mightpop up in Boston over the next few years.What does that mean? More jobs for Bos-ton Police Officers. As far as the SouthBoston waterfront, we are still in an uphillfight to be granted the authority to Policeour own city. The South Boston waterfrontis currently undergoing a rapid expansion.

Hello to all –I have just recently joined the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association in the role

of Director of Advertising Sponsorships, and I am delighted to represent this greatorganization of dedicated law enforcement and emergency medical professionals.

On behalf of the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, I extend a sincere thankyou to our Corporate Sponsors for your generous support of the PAX CENTURIONduring 2011.

Thanks to you, we offered the families of Patrolmen and EMTs 40 educationscholarships and supported other important endeavors of the Boston PolicePatrolmen’s Association.

Your generosity is deeply appreciated by those men and women who dedicatetheir lives to protecting our communities and the communities you do business in.

I hope we can count on your continued support in 2012.To renew your sponsorship ad, please call Marie Richards at 617-989-2772 or

email: [email protected] you and have a wonderful, safe holiday season.

– Marie RichardsDirector of Advertising Sponsorships,

Boston Police Patrolmen’s AssociationThis year’s scholarship recipients are:Francis Armstrong Richard Harrington Ruby QuintilianiGregory DeYoung Brendan Deary Colleen McGrathSydney McMorrow Victoria Cullinane Reina BlasStephanie Howard Molly Fleming Kaeleigh AhernTimothy Chevrette Devyn Bilotas Maired BakerSimone Connolly Emerson Teehan Michelle HarrisAidan Jones Meaghan Lee Evan CasaliCatherine Hurley Robert Stearns Daniel MurphyMoses Reid Myasia Lopez Olivia CadoganRyan Green Jillian Berte Angela HyslipAshley Yaffe Christopher Calisi Tracee GearyEmma Peterson Madeline Doyle Mariah CarrGabrielle Sullivan Patrick Doyle Cesar Abreau, Jr

Gianni Hendricks

Thanks to our Corporate Sponsors forsupporting our scholarship efforts

I’m sure you have all seen the letters to thedepartment from our attorneys, putting the cityon notice, that we will no longer ‘play theirgame’ insofar as all of the crap that they havebeen attempting to dish out on us. We aredemanding that they bring it to the table andbargain all of these changes. If necessary we willnot only file grievances, we will file unfair laborpractices.



Making aDifference


Meet the (Ex-) occupiers…(The “one-thirders,” not the “99%”…)

By Jim Carnell, Pax Centurion Editor

For those who might not have had per-sonal contact with the so-called “occu-

piers”, you may be under the false, naïveimpression that these people are some sortof working-class heroes fighting the poweron behalf of the working class. Once youknow the facts, nothing could be furtherfrom the truth…

Having been assigned to the “OccupyBoston” site several times, let me assure youthat the place is filled with fakes, frauds,phonies and nitwits from affluent commu-nities such as Dover, Hamilton andWellesley. These people have, for the mostpart, never worked a day in their privilegedlives. For them, “Occupy Boston” is achance to “play protester”, to assuage theirliberal guilt, to act upon the theories andideologies in which their radical professorsindoctrinated them while at Harvard, Smith,and Gordon colleges. They rememberMommy and Daddy, now an accountant anda lawyer for major corporations, sittingaround the fireplace in Dover with wine andbrie re-living their glory days from the 60’s,fighting the man in Harvard Square, pro-testing against this, that or the other thing…and now it’s their chance.

If you actually stop and talk to thesedopes, you will quickly realize that theydon’t know what they’re protesting. Theytalk in circles while trying to explain whatit is they’re doing, using 50-cent words theypicked up in English Lit 101at Emerson.All of their fractured sentences contain 20or 30 “like…you know” modifiers, as theysearch around trying to explain the reasonthey’re there (or by the time the DecemberPax is printed, were there.

Need proof? The Globe of December 8th,2011 page A-13, last paragraph: “…Duncan McKenna, an unemployed collegegraduate from Hamilton…”. Ahhm, as akid who grew up in Mattapan, hung aroundat the corner of Blue Hill Av and RexfordSt., and worked two and three jobs whilegoing to school, I never knew whereHamilton, Mass. was, but I do now. It’s anamazingly wealthy town known for its horsefarms and bucolic settings. Little Duncanis but another pantywaist from a rich townplaying protester and throwing tantrums athis parents because he is obviously a spoiled

trust-fund kid. I guarantee you, there are nopoor or oppressed children in Hamilton,Mass.

More proof? Let’s meet another of theoccupiers whom I’ll simply call “Muffyfrom Medfield”. Yes, Muffy was “downwith the man” at Occupy Boston, helpingto fight the power, end racism and policebrutality, smash capitalism, etc. etc., yadda,yadda, yadda. There are photos of Muffyscreaming at the top of her lungs, carryingprotest signs, marching down Boston’sstreets demanding an end to corporategreed. But Muffy is from MEDFIELD, andas anyone who knows Medfield can tell you,most of the palatial estates in that wealthytown can’t even be seen from the windingcountry roads. Not only that, but Muffy is…an equestrian. That’s right, her friends haveforwarded photos of little Miss Revolution-ary on horseback, jumping over fences.(OH, the horror! What will the animal rightskooks say?) The photo is at the upper rightfor your enjoyment…

Recently two little misfits, a 13-year-oldgirl and 14-year-old boy ran away fromhome. Where were they from? Manches-ter-by-the-sea and Wenham, also exclusive,rich suburbs. And where did they find them?At Occupy Newark in New Jersey, no doubtfighting imperialism and corporate greed.Thank God the cops found them before onethe occupiers “invited” the young girl (orboy) into their tent for a cup of cocoa…

Of course, they’re not ALL rich kids atOccupy Boston. Only about one-third arespoiled, rich trustafarians. Another one-thirdof the losers there are…losers. That’s right,anarchists, socialists, communists, grayinghippies, level-three sex offenders, paroledcriminals, and other assorted get-a-liferswho have homes (albeit in their Mother’sbasements) to go to but consider OccupyBoston as an avenue to get up on a soapboxand scream to a bunch of other idiots abouthow life has screwed them. They are pro-fessional victims in search of a cause, andthey’ve found it.

The other third are the real professionalbums. They are there to steal from the othertwo-thirds while they’re up on their soap-boxes proclaiming victimhood. You reallycan’t blame this third of the losers. In fact,you sort of have to admire them. They see a

Muffy from Medfield, one of the oppressed ex-occupiers.

One of the many glassy-eyedex-occupiers.

free meal and a dumb-liberal sucker offer-ing something-for-nothing, and they’re go-ing to take full advantage, just like a seagullor a pigeon. Free food, free clothes, free stuffbeing dropped off by suburban idiots inVolvos and BMW’s, and free rich, liberalcollege girls who are willing to … well…“assuage their guilt” by offering “benefits”to the poor and downtrodden.

Recently, as the anecdotal story goes, anitwit from Maine was reported to have ar-rived with his girlfriend and set up a tent.He invited some of the professional home-less in for a visit. He left for a short whileand upon return, the homeless guyhad…ahm… “introduced himself” to thegirlfriend… in flagrante delicto. The guycomplained to police. But the girlfrienddid not. No harm, no foul.

Recently on a Sunday, I watched as about30 liberal idiots showed up on a sunny af-ternoon and placed a boombox on a pickledrum. I knew immediately that they all camefrom Cambridge, Newton, Arlington, Ja-maica Plain, and other places where insanepeople reside. Soon, some sort of strangeNative American or Indian music began tofill the air. The assembled idiots began ahuge circle dance, back and forth for hourson end. Unfortunately, there were severalyoung children with them, who were also

forced to dance with the graying hippies.Those kids represent the next generation ofidiot liberals, (they all looked like littleElizabeth Warrens, for some reason) andwill be screwed up for life, or attendHarvard. (That’s redundant, isn’t it?)

And to think I actually submitted an over-time slip. For the entertainment alone, Ishould have paid the city….


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is the season . . . I couldn’t help butnotice, as I’m sure many of you

have, the scene from the University of Cali-fornia Davis last week where officers werescorned on national T.V. for their use ofpepper spray on “occupy” demonstrators atthat university. As I don’t know all of thefacts and we only saw a short clip, I am notin a position to comment on the use of thepepper spray or to argue about the circum-stances of its use. However, what I do knowis that there was more than just one policeofficer present when the spraying occurred.You could see many officers lingering inthe background, and I’m sure repeated ver-bal commands had been given and ignored.I cannot help but think that there were alsolots of supervisors available to witness anddirect this event. With all of those supervi-sors present, I know who will take the fall:undoubtedly some low level patrol officer.

“T It’s the same old story, the bosses, if theyget in trouble at all, will undoubtedly havetheir “time in” and ride off into the sunsetinto retirement while the patrol officer takesthe brunt of the criticism and the harshestdiscipline. Ah . . . a tale probably as old asthe Christmas story itself.

I raise this issue because when the orderis given to clear Occupy Boston, an inci-dent which may have occurred by the timeyou read this article, I urge you to makesure that the orders are clear and that theycome from the highest level of supervisionin the command staff. Make sure you havea Union Rep present when you are directedto take certain actions and document thosedirectives as soon as possible after the inci-dent. Brace yourself for the reality that ev-ery act you take will be videotaped. Let’sface it, it never looks pretty on T.V. whenpolice officers have to forcibly remove un-

cooperative individuals. The T.V. camerassensationalize the events as they did atRoxbury Community College a year ago,and they never tell the rest of the story re-garding the training the officers received andthe fact that several officers can arrest orremove someone more safely than one of-ficer. And they’ll never tell their viewers orreaders that when force is appropriate, of-ficers are mandated to utilize the trainingthey received from the police department.

We all know that whenever this inevi-table removal occurs, every media outlet,college professor, and lawyer who isfriendly with the editorial board of a majornewspaper will get into the act and criticizewhatever it is that the officers do. Unfortu-nately, political leaders sometimes wait tosee which way the wind blows before theydecide whether to back the officers or not.Again, you need only harken back to theincident at Roxbury Community Collegewhere several political figures made hastyand often uninformed remarks critical of theofficers without really knowing the facts andwhat their training required.

What about Occupy Boston? If thosesame people camped out on the lawns ofprominent politicians or college professors,I bet you they would call the police to evictthem very swiftly. I recently read about onedemonstrator in the Herald who was upsetbecause he quit his job to go get a master’sdegree in “puppeteering” and now couldn’t

get a job in puppeteering. He is outragedbecause he couldn’t get such a job! Unfor-tunately he doesn’t know anyone in thepuppeteering bureau who will give him ajob as a puppeteering administrator. The in-justice of it all! In a feeble attempt at holi-day humor, I offer the following version ofO Christmas Tree.

Oh Occupy, oh Occupy,the Greenway now is one pigsty.The odor it offends our nose.In autumn rains, the sewage flows,Oh Occupy, oh Occupy,how lovely is your encampment.

Oh Occupy, oh Occupy,you use South Station bathrooms free.You think that dough grows on a tree,and in your tent your rent is free.Oh occupy, oh occupy,you gather there but can’t say why.

Oh occupy, oh occupy,throughout your site the rodents ply.The court has said police stand by.The city waits ‘til orders fly.Oh occupy, oh occupy,It’s time to tell these clowns good-bye.

From all of us here at Byrne &Drechsler, we wish you the safest andhappiest Holiday Season. We, as always,appreciate the honor and privilege ofserving your needs.

Badge Returned To Grateful FamilyRecently I had the honor of returning deceased BostonPolice Officer John McDonald’s badge to his son, JohnMcDonald, and daughter Ellen Quirk McDonald. Their fatherserved on the Boston Police from 1944 until 1977. Both Johnand Ellen related to me how proud they were of theirfather’s service to the city of Boston and how much heenjoyed working his various assignments. He passed away in1981. They were both very appreciative that a long lostfamily keepsake had been returned and looked forward toshowing it off to the rest of the family.

– Det. Mike Kane

We would like to thank all the Men and Women in the Boston Police Departmentwho donated items to this year’s Troop effort. The items that you donated, were

sent over to Boston Police Officers and one of your 9-1-1 Dispatchers, who are currentlyserving overseas. This is our sixth year doing the BPD Troops effort, and this was by farour most successful to date.

The amount of items were not only incredible, but, it was the quality of the items thatyou donated. It was obvious to us, that some of you really went above and beyond thisyear.

We met at the Emerald Society in Roslindale, recently, we had about forty volunteerswho helped us sort, pack and wrap. Because of the generosity of so many people, wewere able to get all the gift packs boxed up in a fraction of the time and shipped out.

Some of the Districts opted to send us cash donations, we received close to $1,000.00in cash, and P.O. Chris Colby of Area C-11 has graciously offered to take a ride topurchase P.X. cards for us. The cards will be sent to the Officers at a later date.

Among this years volunteers were Officers David Santosuosso, Area B-2 and JoeAbasciano, Area C-11, who received gift packs of their own last year. They both came tohelp us with this year’s effort, but, also wanted to thank all of you who have made theTroop effort possible.

They told us that there are some soldiers who do not receive many gift packs, so someof their Platoon members were very grateful for the donations that all of you made. Thegift packs that we send also helps boost morale as well as lift their spirits during theChristmas season. Your support is very much appreciated, please continue to keep ourBPD Officers and the Troops in your thoughts and prayers.

We would like to thank some of the people, who made the BPD Troop effort 2011possible.

OPC - BPPA - BPSOF - EMERALD SOCIETYJohn Dineen – Mike Leary – Dave and Jane Santosuosso – John and Kara Quinn

Adrian Troy – Timmy Torigian – Annie Wilcox – Joe Murray – Richie MedinaGail DeCoste – Dennis Crowley –Al & Michael Terestre – Captain Paul Ivens

Brendan England – Ryan Cunningham – Joe Gillespie – Kenny KellyJeff Firnstein – Chris Morgan – Marty Brooks – Mike Casinelli – Mary McInness

Patti Eager – Neil O’Leary – Emily English – Heidi Peterson – Jack CroninJohn McManus – Chief Daniel Linskey & Family – Tommy Foley – T.J. Foley

Yola Cabrillana – Mike McDonough – Eileen Hansford – Billy CarrollThe BPD Troop effort would not be possible without the generous financial support

that we receive to cover the costs of shipping. We would like to thank the following fortheir generosity.

B.P.P.A. – BPSOF – Stephen Charbonnier /Charbonnier Memorial FundChief Robert Faherty – Bill Stoddard – Ryan Mason

and Elliot Feldman of the P.A.L. programOn behalf of the BPD Troops effort – we would like to wish all of you a Merry Christ-

mas and a Happy New Year.– Danny Adams and Rita Foley

Thanks to all who helped theBPD Troop effort


Dollars for detailsNo savings realized using flaggers on Cape Cod

As a matter of fact the complex on North-ern Ave that is currently under constructionis the largest single privately funded con-struction site in the United States today. Thissite is still within our jurisdiction, probablybecause it will soon house businesses andresidential, however the planned sites downthe street are not. It’s absolutely amazes me,that in these fiscally austere times, the Statefeels it is justified in spending State Taxesby employing State Troopers to police theSouth Boston waterfront for no other rea-son than to increase their opportunities towork paid details in this new restaurant andclub district. They are more than willing topolice hotels, nightclubs and restaurants thatMass Port puts the ‘arm’ on to hire paiddetails, but if there’s a 209A, please don’tbother the Troopers, they are far too busyto deal with that. Sorry, I digress, eventhough the City has held hearings and theState has held hearings over the question ofjurisdiction with our own city, no one seemsto want to bring the question to fruition. Ihave no problem with the Troopers work-ing with us or assisting us, but we are theprimary Police force in this city. We do notneed an occupying force that doesn’t re-spond to the community. We are a city ofcitizens that believe in community policingand the Boston Police have made it a prior-ity to respond to community requests. TheState Police are not trained to respond tothe needs of the community or are equippedfor it. Their mission statement itself is evi-dence of that. So it’s time for the State of

Massachusetts to step up to the plate andcurtail Mass Port from their ‘landlord’ sta-tus and reign the State Police back in.

I am happy to report that I have finallybeen given the authority to rebuild and re-launch the BPPA web site. My plan is tolaunch the all new web site on January 3,2012. I have been working with the design-ers for a while and believe that this new website and its’ design will allow me to forwardinformation to you in a more timely fash-ion. The links that we have built in will al-low you to navigate to additional sites thatare important to you, sites that will be in-formative and up to date. The new designwill allow me to update information in realtime, thus keeping you, the member in-formed. In addition to the new design thenew site is more secure and up to date. Oncelaunched, I will be looking for your inputand constructive criticism so we can have asite that will always meet our needs. I havebeen asked repeatedly about the recent‘hacking’ of our existing site, please be ad-vised that your personal information to in-clude your personal e-mail addresses aresecure and will never be stored on our pub-lic site.

Well, the holiday season is upon us. Iwant to wish you one and all, a Very MerryChristmas or a Happy Chanukah and aHappy New Year. May the New Year bringyou good health and prosperity! Please becareful out there. Back each other up andmost importantly get home to your familysafe and sound!

Secretary’s Spread…(continued from page A5)

By George Brennan

SANDWICH — When reconstruction ofthe Route 130-Exit 2 interchange be-

gan late last month, the contractor was us-ing only civilian flaggers to keep trafficflowing.

But after Sandwich Police Chief PeterWack raised safety concerns about what hasbeen a notoriously dangerous intersection,two police officers — one local and one state— have been added to direct traffic for theproject.

The use of flaggers on constructionprojects has been touted as a less expensivealternative to police details, but that is nottrue for the Sandwich project.

The $1.8 million contract for the project,awarded to LAL Construction of Fall River,calls for the company to provide flaggers ata rate of $49 per hour. That includes theirwages of $32 to $36 per hour, as set underthe state’s prevailing wage guidelines, aswell as their benefits. The state pays a Sand-wich police officer working the same detail$41 per hour, the amount negotiated in thetown’s union contract for traffic details. Thatrate does not include benefits.

Officials from LAL Construction did notreturn two calls asking how much of the$49 the flaggers actually receive in wages,what benefits the company provides or why

they chose to go with civilian flaggers onthis project. Under state law, flaggers areallowed in areas where the speed limit isunder 45 mph.

As the low bidder, LAL Construction ofFall River is providing overall savings,Michael Verseckes, a spokesman for thestate Department of Transportation, said.“While more money may be spent onflaggers (than police), they’re not spendingit elsewhere,” he said.

Savings vs. risk

The use of civilian flaggers has been pro-moted by Gov. Deval Patrick as a cost-

saving measure.At a press conference at Woods Hole

Oceanographic Institution last week, Patricksaid he was not familiar with the Sandwichproject, but defended the use of flaggersinstead of police.

“Flaggers saved (the state) $10 millionin the first year,” he said.

In September, the New England Centerfor Investigative Reporting reported in theTimes that the state claims it has saved $23million by using civilian flaggers since 2008,but police officials dispute the cost savings.

Not only is there no savings in the Sand-wich project, but using flaggers exclusivelycould have put drivers at risk, Wack said.

While officers are trained in directingtraffic and can enforce motor vehicle laws,flaggers are allowed only to stop or slowcars, he said.

Under state law, flaggers are required tomeet standards under the National SafetyCouncil Highway Flagger Training Pro-gram or an equivalent program. They arealso required to know first aid or CPR.

That level of training doesn’t comparewith a police officer who is better-suited tohandle the combination of all the off-rampsand on-ramps, the nearby entrance to thetown’s transfer station and the steep gradeleading into the intersection, Wack said.

The Exit 2-Route 130 intersection is con-sidered one of the most dangerous in town

and was the scene of one of the town’s mosthorrific fatalities — an Easter Sunday 2000crash that killed the parents of two youngchildren who survived the impact.

‘Why are we doing this?’y interest isn’t in giving police of-ficers work or flaggers work; my

interest is in the public safety of those whotravel through Sandwich,” Wack said.

“If we were working on a straightawaysection of Route 130 where there are nointersections of roads, no curves, a reason-ably straight way, I could understand onlyhaving flaggers and not having police of-ficers. This clearly dictates a need for a po-lice officer who is trained and knows thearea.”

State Rep. Randy Hunt, R-Sandwich,said safety concerns prompted him to fa-cilitate a meeting between Wack and statehighway officials, but he was surprised tolearn the state isn’t saving any money byhaving flaggers at that site.

“Why are we doing this when it is clearlycheaper and more effective in the case ofan emergency to have a police officer onsite?” Hunt said.

The project is scheduled to continue overthe next year and a half.

It calls for installing traffic signals andreconstruction of the ramps to improvesafety and traffic flow, Verseckes said.

Crews are now installing drainage, hesaid.

The project will shut down for the win-ter and next spring work will begin on thetraffic signals.

The project will include stops and startsagain for summer and winter, with an over-all completion date expected in May 2013,Verseckes said.

(Reprinted from the Cape Cod Times,October 17, 2011.)

Civilian flagger Chad Santos directs traffic at the reconstruction of the Route 130-Route 6 interchange inSandwich, for which contractor LAL Construction of Fall River paid $49 an hour per worker. When the workbegan in September, only civilian flaggers were being used, in accordance with a statewide money-savingstrategy. But Sandwich’s police chief has added police officers, at $41 an hour, out of concern for safety.

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Dollars for detailsNo savings realized using flaggers on Cape Cod

As a matter of fact the complex on North-ern Ave that is currently under constructionis the largest single privately funded con-struction site in the United States today. Thissite is still within our jurisdiction, probablybecause it will soon house businesses andresidential, however the planned sites downthe street are not. It’s absolutely amazes me,that in these fiscally austere times, the Statefeels it is justified in spending State Taxesby employing State Troopers to police theSouth Boston waterfront for no other rea-son than to increase their opportunities towork paid details in this new restaurant andclub district. They are more than willing topolice hotels, nightclubs and restaurants thatMass Port puts the ‘arm’ on to hire paiddetails, but if there’s a 209A, please don’tbother the Troopers, they are far too busyto deal with that. Sorry, I digress, eventhough the City has held hearings and theState has held hearings over the question ofjurisdiction with our own city, no one seemsto want to bring the question to fruition. Ihave no problem with the Troopers work-ing with us or assisting us, but we are theprimary Police force in this city. We do notneed an occupying force that doesn’t re-spond to the community. We are a city ofcitizens that believe in community policingand the Boston Police have made it a prior-ity to respond to community requests. TheState Police are not trained to respond tothe needs of the community or are equippedfor it. Their mission statement itself is evi-dence of that. So it’s time for the State of

Massachusetts to step up to the plate andcurtail Mass Port from their ‘landlord’ sta-tus and reign the State Police back in.

I am happy to report that I have finallybeen given the authority to rebuild and re-launch the BPPA web site. My plan is tolaunch the all new web site on January 3,2012. I have been working with the design-ers for a while and believe that this new website and its’ design will allow me to forwardinformation to you in a more timely fash-ion. The links that we have built in will al-low you to navigate to additional sites thatare important to you, sites that will be in-formative and up to date. The new designwill allow me to update information in realtime, thus keeping you, the member in-formed. In addition to the new design thenew site is more secure and up to date. Oncelaunched, I will be looking for your inputand constructive criticism so we can have asite that will always meet our needs. I havebeen asked repeatedly about the recent‘hacking’ of our existing site, please be ad-vised that your personal information to in-clude your personal e-mail addresses aresecure and will never be stored on our pub-lic site.

Well, the holiday season is upon us. Iwant to wish you one and all, a Very MerryChristmas or a Happy Chanukah and aHappy New Year. May the New Year bringyou good health and prosperity! Please becareful out there. Back each other up andmost importantly get home to your familysafe and sound!

Secretary’s Spread…(continued from page A5)

By George Brennan

SANDWICH — When reconstruction ofthe Route 130-Exit 2 interchange be-

gan late last month, the contractor was us-ing only civilian flaggers to keep trafficflowing.

But after Sandwich Police Chief PeterWack raised safety concerns about what hasbeen a notoriously dangerous intersection,two police officers — one local and one state— have been added to direct traffic for theproject.

The use of flaggers on constructionprojects has been touted as a less expensivealternative to police details, but that is nottrue for the Sandwich project.

The $1.8 million contract for the project,awarded to LAL Construction of Fall River,calls for the company to provide flaggers ata rate of $49 per hour. That includes theirwages of $32 to $36 per hour, as set underthe state’s prevailing wage guidelines, aswell as their benefits. The state pays a Sand-wich police officer working the same detail$41 per hour, the amount negotiated in thetown’s union contract for traffic details. Thatrate does not include benefits.

Officials from LAL Construction did notreturn two calls asking how much of the$49 the flaggers actually receive in wages,what benefits the company provides or why

they chose to go with civilian flaggers onthis project. Under state law, flaggers areallowed in areas where the speed limit isunder 45 mph.

As the low bidder, LAL Construction ofFall River is providing overall savings,Michael Verseckes, a spokesman for thestate Department of Transportation, said.“While more money may be spent onflaggers (than police), they’re not spendingit elsewhere,” he said.

Savings vs. risk

The use of civilian flaggers has been pro-moted by Gov. Deval Patrick as a cost-

saving measure.At a press conference at Woods Hole

Oceanographic Institution last week, Patricksaid he was not familiar with the Sandwichproject, but defended the use of flaggersinstead of police.

“Flaggers saved (the state) $10 millionin the first year,” he said.

In September, the New England Centerfor Investigative Reporting reported in theTimes that the state claims it has saved $23million by using civilian flaggers since 2008,but police officials dispute the cost savings.

Not only is there no savings in the Sand-wich project, but using flaggers exclusivelycould have put drivers at risk, Wack said.

While officers are trained in directingtraffic and can enforce motor vehicle laws,flaggers are allowed only to stop or slowcars, he said.

Under state law, flaggers are required tomeet standards under the National SafetyCouncil Highway Flagger Training Pro-gram or an equivalent program. They arealso required to know first aid or CPR.

That level of training doesn’t comparewith a police officer who is better-suited tohandle the combination of all the off-rampsand on-ramps, the nearby entrance to thetown’s transfer station and the steep gradeleading into the intersection, Wack said.

The Exit 2-Route 130 intersection is con-sidered one of the most dangerous in town

and was the scene of one of the town’s mosthorrific fatalities — an Easter Sunday 2000crash that killed the parents of two youngchildren who survived the impact.

‘Why are we doing this?’y interest isn’t in giving police of-ficers work or flaggers work; my

interest is in the public safety of those whotravel through Sandwich,” Wack said.

“If we were working on a straightawaysection of Route 130 where there are nointersections of roads, no curves, a reason-ably straight way, I could understand onlyhaving flaggers and not having police of-ficers. This clearly dictates a need for a po-lice officer who is trained and knows thearea.”

State Rep. Randy Hunt, R-Sandwich,said safety concerns prompted him to fa-cilitate a meeting between Wack and statehighway officials, but he was surprised tolearn the state isn’t saving any money byhaving flaggers at that site.

“Why are we doing this when it is clearlycheaper and more effective in the case ofan emergency to have a police officer onsite?” Hunt said.

The project is scheduled to continue overthe next year and a half.

It calls for installing traffic signals andreconstruction of the ramps to improvesafety and traffic flow, Verseckes said.

Crews are now installing drainage, hesaid.

The project will shut down for the win-ter and next spring work will begin on thetraffic signals.

The project will include stops and startsagain for summer and winter, with an over-all completion date expected in May 2013,Verseckes said.

(Reprinted from the Cape Cod Times,October 17, 2011.)

Civilian flagger Chad Santos directs traffic at the reconstruction of the Route 130-Route 6 interchange inSandwich, for which contractor LAL Construction of Fall River paid $49 an hour per worker. When the workbegan in September, only civilian flaggers were being used, in accordance with a statewide money-savingstrategy. But Sandwich’s police chief has added police officers, at $41 an hour, out of concern for safety.

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RECENT CASE SUMMARYFACTS: Officer injured on-duty when police vehicle struck by suspect avoiding arrest.Officer was disabled and collected IOD pay and medical bills were paid under c.41 s.111F.Officer recovered and returned to full duty.

CASE: Officer sought free legal consultation and pursued claims against the vehicle operatorand owner – and under his personal auto policy – for lost detail and overtime pay, andcompensation for pain and suffering.

OUTCOME: Officer received gross recovery of: $8,000 in Personal Injury Protection and$10,000 in additional medical payment benefits, $20,000 insurance policy limits for thedefendant operator and owner, and $80,000 in Underinsured Motorist benefits.

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Sandulli Grace, P.C., Counsel to Members of the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association

Hostile work environment:It’s not what you think

The concept of a hostile work environ-ment is one with which many employ-

ees are familiar, but what some do not real-ize is that the concept arose from anti-dis-crimination law and that most legal claimsbased on hostile work environment must begrounded in a claim of discrimination. Thisarticle attempts to set out the basic principlesof hostile work environment and what youcan do if you believe you are being harassedat work.

The legal claim of hostile work environ-ment grew out of anti-discrimination law,particularly the laws regarding sex discrimi-nation. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of1964 forbids workplace discrimination onthe basis of race, sex, religion and a num-ber of other categories. Typical discrimina-tion cases involved an employer taking adiscrete adverse action against an employee(such as discipline, discharge, or failure topromote) and there was either direct or cir-cumstantial evidence that the real reason forthe action was the employee’s race, sex, etc.These are disparate treatment cases. But insome cases, particularly involving discrimi-nation against women because of their sex,the actions taken against the employee con-

sisted not of one discrete action but a pat-tern of actions by the employer and some-times by other employees, with the tacitapproval of management. Often these actstook the form of sexual harassment. Basedon these situations, the courts developed theconcept of hostile work environment. Ac-cording to the Massachusetts Supreme Ju-dicial Court, a hostile work environment isone that is “pervaded by harassment orabuse, with the resulting intimidation, hu-miliation, and stigmatization, [and that]poses a formidable barrier to the full par-ticipation of an individual in the workplace.”College-Town, Div. of Interco, Inc. v. Mas-sachusetts Comm’n Against Discrimina-tion, 400 Mass. 156, 162 (1987).

Since the development of the hostilework environment concept, courts have ap-plied it to discrimination claims based onrace, sex, sexual orientation and other pro-tected categories. In each successful case,the court has found that an employee hasbeen subjected to pervasive harassment andabuse because of his or her membership inthe protected category (race, ethnicity, sex,sexual orientation, etc.). For an example ofa hostile environment claim based on an

African-American employee’s race, seeClifton v. Massachusetts Bay Transp. Au-thority, 445 Mass. 611 (2005). For a case inwhich a homosexual employee was drivento attempt suicide by harassment, see Salviv. Suffolk County Sheriff’s Dept., 67 Mass.App. Ct. 596 (2006).

In order to prevail in a claim of hostileworking environment, then, an employeemust show that he or she was subjected topervasive harassment and abuse by the em-ployer and the employer was motivated bythe employee’s membership in a protectedcategory such as race, sex, age, etc. In aunionized environment, employees mayalso allege that they have been subject to ahostile work environment on the basis oftheir union activity – holding elected office,for example, or pursuing a grievance. Sucha claim would fit within Section 10(a)(3)of Chapter 150E, which prohibits discrimi-nation against employees on the basis oftheir union activities.

Contrary to popular belief, there is nohostile work environment claim that doesnot require a claim of discrimination on thebasis of a protected category. While it maybe true that employees are subjected to per-

vasive abuse and harassment at work forvarious other reasons, that does not createan actionable legal claim. For example, ifan employee is subject to abuse and harass-ment because his supervisor does not likehim, there is probably no legal claim to helphim. If an employee is experiencing a hos-tile work environment because of person-ality conflicts with one or more co-work-ers, that, too, is probably not the basis for alegal claim. As the mother once told her son,who complained that something wasn’t fair,“Life isn’t fair.”

I said “probably” no legal claim abovebecause there is an exception: just cause. Ifyou are subjected to discipline or termina-tion, or a denial of benefits, and appealthrough either a grievance or civil service,the employer has to prove it had just causefor the action. Evidence of a hostile workenvironment – even when not accompaniedby discrimination on the basis of a protectedcategory – can be strong evidence that youare being treated differently for no legiti-mate reason, and that may show lack of justcause. The just cause requirement does re-store a little bit of fairness to life.

By P.O. Robert Anthony,Chronologist, BPD

Patrolman Edwin Piper of the BostonPolice Department started on the job

in April 23, 1873 and retired on a half-paypension in 1915 after 41 years of service.

Patrolman Piper started out in Division11 and retired out of the same district 41years later. He was one time a Sergeant buthe and a Lieutenant, who afterward wentinsane, had a little misunderstanding, as aresult of which Sergeant Piper became a pa-trolman.

Before Civil Service Days it was simplya matter of fate in those days and it didn’ttake so very much of a “pull” to get on theforce. You were ushered into a room in CityHall with other candidates for admission,and the Mayor and Chief of Police BostonHad a Chief of police in those days came inand had a chat with you and gave you acritical size-up. If you “looked good” tothem that was all there was to it.

Edwin Piper, Lawrence Cain (who be-came a Deputy superintendent) and OrrinHanscom passed muster on the same day.Edwin Piper had a slight advantage. He hadbeen a special policeman the year before atthe peace jubilee; and curiously enough, itwas thee that he learned or got his fist les-sons, in the very thing which distinguishedhim later as a policeman how to handle acrowd how to deal with a mass of peoplewho were intent on going either one or twoways. For Boston had never seen such

The first of the “gum shoe officers”crowds as attended the peace jubilee backof Dartmouth St. in June and July of 1872.It lasted several weeks and one of the daysinternational day the receipts amounted to$71,000.00.

Boston never suffered a greater loss thanit did that same year, for that was also theyear of the “Big Fire” which broke out Nov.9, 1872, and destroyed 1,000 stores andwarehouse. The loss was about$80,000,000.00. “We had three pretty badfires right after the big one”. Said Mr. Piper,On the 18th of November there was a fire inthe Sate Street Block, with a loss of$200,000.00: on the 20th, a fire broke out inthe Rand & Avery’s printing office and therewas a loss of $100,000.00, and after he wason about a month on the force there was afire that started in Haley, Morse and Co’sfurniture store and burned over two acres,taking in the old Globe Theater. The losswas estimated at $2,000,000.00.

Patrolman Piper was assigned to Divi-sion 8 on the water front for six years. Thewater front was a little worse in those daysbecause of the lighting of the area. It was prettydark at night around the wharves and a police-man never knew who was liable to pop out ofa dark corner at him. “And besides that wehad no telephones system, and no call wag-ons, or any of the modern conveniences. Ifyou arrest a man you had to walk him oftena mile or more, to the station.”

It was while serving in their district thateven Piper got the sobriquets of the “Gum-

shoe-cop” He was the first man in Boston,and perhaps in the United States to wearrubber heels on his shoes. He found he madea lot of noise when he was walking his beatin the stiffness of the night, and he foundthat the noise all came from his heels. Of-ten he found that his heels “gave him away.”So he conceived the idea of cutting up apiece of rubber hose and putting rubber liftson his heels. Then there was confusionalong the water, for the “Gum-shoe-Cop”would appear out of the darkness when hewas least expected by people who did notdesire his company at the moment. Piperwishes he had patented that idea.

During one of the nights on Sept. 18,1874, a dark, rainy night when he and Pa-trolman James M. Ellis jumped into a row-boat and started out into the dark harbor aftertwo thieves who had considerable start ofthem in another boat.” It was an excitingchase,” said Piper, “but we began to over-haul them and when we shouted to them tosurrender, they threw the stolen goods over-board, and hoisted a sail.” “Then it was nipand tuck down the harbor, but we graduallyoverhauled them and finally captured themsomewhere down near Thompson’s Island,and we didn’t fire a shot at them.” “Did youever find it necessary to club men very muchwhen you were making arrest?” “No, I neverclubbed but one man in my life, and I made791 arrests in the six years I was at Station8. The man I clubbed was a prizefighter,who had broken his wife jaw, and when I

went to arrest him in a salon he was drunkhe went from me and I had to club him.” Igot him though.” “I was one of 40 men senton a steamer to Long Island in June, 1873to quell a riot. It didn’t amount to much af-ter we got there, and I don’t remember thatthere was any clubbing.”

One thing that made it harder along thewaterfront at the time was that the policehad nothing but a sailboat. They got thesteamer Protector in 1875. Boston at thattime was a city of less than 300,000 in 1873and in 1915 it had grown to 730,000. Upuntil 1878 Police carried canes and umbrel-las, in addition to short clubs, revolvers andcatgut twisters. “The long canes were use-ful in a way. You could throw them after aman who was running and trip him up.Some of the men were skillful at that.” “Thechange came in 1878, under Mayor Prince,when a Police Commission was appointedwith Col. Russell at the head of it. He hadthe uniforms changed and the canes andumbrellas were abolished. He introducedbuck gloves also.”

“Another bad thing in those days wasthere was only one Municipal Court. Wherethe City Hall Annex stood, Policemen mak-ing arrests at night had to stay up most ofthe day to attend court, and then go on dutyagain. All East Boston and South Bostoncase were tried in thaat court then so therewere pretty long sessions. So PatrolmanEdwin Piper Invented the rubber shoe.

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Mom forgives cops who beat sonBy Colneth Smiley, Jr.

The mother of a 16-year-old whose ar-rest last year on the grounds of Roxbury

Community College caused a YouTube sen-sation says she forgives the officers who hither son.

“This sudden verdict can through andopened the wound,” the mother said at arally to oppose District Attorney Daniel F.Conley’s finding last week that police didnot use excessive force. “I say this from myheart – I forgive those officers.”

The mother declined to provide her nameto protect her son’s identity.

Dozens of supporters, including Sen. BillOwens, Nation of Islam Minister RodneyMuhammad, Sarah Wunsch of the ACLUand numerous Boston City Council candi-

dates attended the rally.Community members decried police

brutality and said they were “shocked butnot surprised” by the DA’s findings.

Jamarhl Crawford, a Roxbury activistand publisher of the Blackstonian who co-organized the rally, said supporters want tosee a state commission on police miscon-duct established.

“We don’t have faith in the DA’s abilityto investigate the Boston Police Department.We have absolutely zero faith in the BostonPolice Department’s ability to investigatethemselves through their internal affairsunit,” Crawford said.

(Reprinted from tthe Boston Herald, Sep-tember 22, 2011.)

Editorial reply to the Boston HeraldArticle (9-22-11):

“Mom forgives cops who beat son”

Activist Jamarhl Crawford, right, introduces the woman who videotapedthe police beating of a teen at Roxbury Community College last year ata rally held recently in East Boston.

Dear Editor,In response to the article entitled “Mom

forgives cops who beat son”, (9-22-11) byHerald reporter Colneth Smiley Jr., pleasebe informed that on behalf of the police of-ficers involved in the incident, no forgive-ness or apologies are needed or accepted.The juvenile criminal who violently resistedarrest and caused the incident (who is nowan adult criminal) has since been re-arrested

for dealing drugs in the Mission Hill neigh-borhood of his good friend and supporter,Councilor Mike Ross (please refer to Bos-ton Police CC# 11045828, dated 8-24-11).Councilor Ross, you may remember, exco-riated and condemned the officers two daysafter the incident, pandering to the lowestcommon political denominator.

But even more importantly, reporterColneth Smiley, Jr. describes the “event

organizer”, Jamarhl Crawford, as a simple“community activist”. In fact, JamarhlCrawford is the leader of the local chapterof the New Black Panther Party, (easilyfound on the web by typing in “New BlackPanther Party Boston chapter”) a racist or-ganization famous for brandishing weap-ons outside a Philadelphia polling locationto prevent white voters from entering. (At-torney General Eric Holder declined to pur-sue charges). If the leader of the local chap-

ter of the Ku Klux Klan organized a mediadog-and-pony show disguising himself asa “community activist”, I would want toknow that. Kindly inform your reporter,Colneth Smiley Jr., that editorializing isdifferent than reporting facts.

Thank you. On behalf of the officers in-volved…

– James W. CarnellEditor, Pax Centurion

Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association

Another brilliant idea by idiot liberals: ‘City to provide housing to pregnant women’

By Jim Carnell, Pax Centurion

The marvelous headline above is NOT– repeat – NOT – my opinion. It is the

actual headline from the Boston Globe, Page1, Nov. 4th, 2011. In the article, it is reportedthat a “pilot program” (real-life translation:

permanent, self-perpetuating, taxpayer-funded program) “will initially make 75BHA apartments available for little or nocharge to women living in the streets, shel-ters, or sleeping on couches and floors offamily and friends. Those facing eviction or

domestic violence may also qualify”.The article goes on to say that “The pro-

gram will provide counseling and support(translation: WIC vouchers, EBT cards, freedaycare, free medical, free utilities, freehousehold appliances, free clothing, freeEVERYTHING) for the first 18 monthsafter a woman gives birth, while the publichousing placement will be permanent.(Geez, what did I just say in the precedingparagraph about it being in actuality a “per-manent, self-perpetuating program? I mustbe Karnak the Magnificent).

Once again, we see liberal stupidity inaction, exacerbating the very problem theypretend to be solving. There exists a veri-table plethora of young, stupid, teenagestrumpets who currently live in their dead-beat-parent (notice I didn’t use the plural“parents”, for good reason) taxpayer-sub-sidized apartment who would love nothingmore than to have their own taxpayer-sub-sidized apartment complete with free ap-pliances, a free TV, an EBT card, a WICvoucher, etc. etc. ad nauseum as previouslymentioned. There, they could entertain theirfellow teenage deadbeats who have beenbrought up to believe that the governmentnot only supplies them with everything, butowes it to them as an entitlement. Workand responsibility…is for taxpaying suck-ers. And now the city, in its infinite wis-dom, will be acting to enable these little trol-

lops to have exactly what they want simplyby getting knocked up and making sure thatthe father (I apologize – “father” is such anold term) er… the “babydaddy” – doesn’ttake any responsibility for the child. Yes, Ican see it now: from the Bunker Hill projectsin Charlestown to Beech St. in Roslindale,an army of pre-pubescent harlots demand-ing their own domicile supplied courtesyof you and I, the taxpayers, along with allthe fixins’. And then, to keep the gravy-trainrolling, have yet another baby, and another,and another – all on the taxpayer’s dime!What a novel idea! (Ahmmm… but didn’tthey try this same stupid program back inthe 60’s when the welfare state was firststarting down the tracks… or am I wrong?Did it work then? Yeah, I didn’t think so…

If the city really wanted to help theseteenage victims of oppression, then givethem $10 worth of birth-control pills everymonth, or long-term Norplant birth control,or perhaps tell them to go after father (sorryagain) babbydaddy for financial support.Now wouldn’t that be a novel idea!

(And please – no comparisons from lib-erals to the birth of Jesus because this is theChristmas issue. First of all, Mary was avirgin, these trollops are not. The Romansdid not provide EBT cards or project apart-ments. And Joseph stuck around, unliketoday’s “babydaddies”. So thanks but nothanks.)

Now up third…Babe Ruth in a Different Lineup!


By Robert Anthony, Chronologist,Boston Police Department

The Boston Police Department is an his-toric police organization as the nation’s

First Police Department. In 1838, BostonPolice Department held the title as the Firstin the United States, New York City fol-lowed suit in 1844.

Deputy Thomas Lee, the commanderof Special Operations requested thatwe research our records to find outwhen our historic departmentMotorcycle Unit was estab-lished. The Answer was1912 when two of-ficers from Dis-trict 4 started touse motorcycleson their tours ofduty.

The Commissioner sawsuch a great advantage to thesemotorcycles that he ordered six moreto be purchased. The Indian Motorcycle wasthe first motorcycle used and the picturesbelow will show the officers on duty.

These machines were able to get to thescene faster than an automobile could, get-ting in and around traffic. The ability to con-trol demonstrations was a great advantageto the Boston Police Department. The De-partment ordered more motorcycles andthen switched over to the Harley DavidsonMotorcycle which is used today and the unitwas increased to 60 officers.

This unit was recognized as the “Best inthe State” (other departments copied theBoston Police Special Operations plan toestablish their motorcycle units). The menand women selected are a rare type of of-ficer.

The Tactical Patrol Force (T.P.F.) broughttogether some of the finest Police Officersin our Department. These officers created abond with each other that lasts long after

Boston Police Motorcycle Unit 1912-2012they retired from this job.

Each of these officers weretrained in the Operation of theBoston Police Motorcycle, Spe-cial Tactics and crowd control thatthey used during the Vietnam Pro-test and the busing era of 1975.

They worked long hours. Yes,you might say they were paid for

those hours, but thetime away from theirfamilies could neverbe recouped.

The name hasc h a n g e dover theyears from T.P.F.to M.O.P. toS.O.D., but thejob and the offic-

ers who replaced our veteranswere given the same training to

succeed in their jobs.The Motorcycle unit is going to cel-

ebrate their 100 year birthday in thespring. Deputy Lee along with Com-missioner Davis and I are planning onhaving a very special event.

At the same time we will be hav-ing a dedication of a memorial to oursix motorcycle officers killed in theline of duty; Patrolman Ward M.Bray, End of Watch, April 14, 1921;Patrolman Peter Paul Oginskis, Endof Watch, May 5, 1923; PatrolmanHerbert D. Allen, End of Watch, De-cember 25, 1927; Patrolman WilliamL. Abbott, End of Watch, November28, 1931; Patrolman Daniel A.McCallum, End of Watch, May 12,1935; and Patrolman Michael J.Crowley, End of Watch, May 12,1961. Plans are underway to make thisa great event.

1919

1921

At Braves Field

Today

On Boston Common - 1913

1918

1926

Attention Family, Friends and Brother Officers:

I am looking into obtaining any Items of our PoliceDepartment to be put into a Museum for the Dept.

Anything you would like to donate for this projectwould be grateful. I would include your informationonto the items to give credit to your family and lovedones.

As we move forward, a lot of our history is slowlydisappearing and I would love to be able to obtainitems for our future officers to enjoy and understandour great history.

Please contact me at [email protected] phone number is 617-343-5388 if you have anything,I will make arrangements to come pick them up.

Thank you and be safe.

– P.O. Robert E. AnthonyChronologist, Boston Police Dept.

No item is too small about our Department. You canview photographs online at www.bpdnews.com andclick on About, then History. The Department has beenposting many older photos to keep everyone informedof the great dedication of our officers from the past.


PATROLMAN Michael J. CrowleyFriday, May 12, 1961Patrolman Crowley was killed when his motorcycle struck a hole inthe roadway, causing the Motorcycle to go out of control and hittingutility pole and Throwing Officer Crowley 30’ into a stone wall.Wife Catherine Crowley 4 sons Edward 6, Kevin 9, Michael Jr; 13,Daniel 11, and Daughter Kathleen 5, that was also became a BostonPolice Officer.DISTIRCT 11 – AMERICAN LEGION HWYBuried: New Calvary Cemetery, Mattapan, MANational Law Enforcement Memorial Washington D.C., Panel 48, West Line 2

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Boston Police MotorcycleOfficers Killed in the Line of Duty

PATROLMAN Ward M. BrayThursday, April 14, 1921Patrolman Bray was killed when his police motorcycle was struck by acommercial vehicle while he was on patrol. He had been with the agencyfor two years.Wife Marion Bray and no childrenDISTRICT 17 – CENTRE STBuried: Acorn Cemetery, Rockland, MENational Law Enforcement Memorial, Washington D.C.,Panel 27, West Line 10

PATROLMAN Peter Paul OginskisSaturday, May 5, 1923Patrolman Oginskis died as result of an automobile accident in adepartment Motorcycle Officer was hit head on by a Motor Vehicle.Appointed to the BPD on March 16, 1921 Badge # 1369.UnmarriedDISTRICT 13 – ARBORWAY/POND STPatrolman Oginskis had been with the agency for two years.Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Hudson, NH.National Law Enforcement Memorial, Washington D.C.,Panel 34, West Line 6

PATROLMAN Herbert D. AllenSunday, December 25, 1927Patrolman Allen died of head injuries he received in a motorcycleaccident. While patrolling the street of Brighton on Christmas at 12:50am, Officer Allen was driving his motorcycle Chief V Indian Motorcycle#18 when the kickstand fell free from its holding clip and caused themotorcycle to wobble. Officer Allen tried to maintain control but theMotorcycle strikes a Pole Officer Allen is thrown to the cold hardpavement. Officer Allen died at 1:20 am on Christmas morning.Wife Wilhelmina and two young sons Kenneth and Harold

DISTRICT 14 – WASHINGTON ST/FAIRBANKS STBuried: Green Street Cemetery, Marblehead, MA/ Brown Family TombNational Law Enforcement Memorial Washington D.C., Panel 2, East Line 13

PATROLMAN William L. AbbottSaturday, November 28, 1931Patrolman William Abbott was killed when his police motorcyclestruck a traffic pole while he was pursuing a stolen automobile.Patrolman Abbott had served with the agency for 10 years.Assigned to West Roxbury and then transferred to the Back Bay forTraffic Duty.Wife and 5 ChildrenDISTRICT 04 – RIVERWAY/BROOKLINE AVBuried: St. Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury, MANational Law Enforcement Memorial Washington D.C., Panel 42, West Line 14

PATROLMAN Daniel A. McCallumSunday, May 12, 1935Patrolman McCallum was killed in a motorcycle accident whileescorting Governor Curley’s motorcade. He swerved to avoid strikinga car on a winding road and instead struck a tree.Survived by his brother, also a member of the agency.Buried: Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, MADISTRICT 16National Law Enforcement Memorial Washington D.C.,Panel 11, East Line 14


They Served WithDignity and Honor

We Shall Not Forget Them

We apologize for any errors or omissions.

Police OfficerVictor W. Everett

Active – September 24, 2011

Police SergeantSulwynne Felton

September 16, 2011

Police OfficerMitchell S. Matyka

September 20, 2011

Police OfficerAlexander J. Alexander

September 21, 2011

Police Sergeant DetectiveWalter L. Canney

September 24, 2011

Police OfficerMario M. FerroSeptember 26, 2011

Police OfficerJames H. Hathaway

September 30, 2011

Police OfficerJoseph P. Masucci

September 30, 2011

Police OfficerRobert A. Regan

October 2, 2011





Police LieutenantEdward J. Keating

October 17, 2011

Police OfficerWilliam F. Sullivan

October 18, 2011

Police DetectiveFrancis W. Callahan

October 24, 2011

Police CaptainJames M. McDonald

November 5, 2011

Police OfficerJames F. Gorman

October 6, 2011

Police OfficerRobert E. Federico

October 13, 2011

Police OfficerDonald J. TiceOctober 15, 2011

Police OfficerThomas V. Ranucci

October 20, 2011

Police OfficerBernard J. Kearney

October 17, 2011

Police Sergeant DetectiveFrancis L. Evans

December 6, 2011





Police LieutenantEdward J. Keating

October 17, 2011

Police OfficerWilliam F. Sullivan

October 18, 2011

Police DetectiveFrancis W. Callahan

October 24, 2011

Police CaptainJames M. McDonald

November 5, 2011

Police OfficerJames F. Gorman

October 6, 2011

Police OfficerRobert E. Federico

October 13, 2011

Police OfficerDonald J. TiceOctober 15, 2011

Police OfficerThomas V. Ranucci

October 20, 2011

Police OfficerBernard J. Kearney

October 17, 2011

Police Sergeant DetectiveFrancis L. Evans

December 6, 2011


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Dates to savePut these important milestones on your

financial planning calendar

BPPA Retired Patrolmen’s Division News Directors of theRetired

Patrolmen’sDivision of the

BPPA:John MurphyDavid MackinJoe VannelliJoe O’MalleyBilly FlippinBy Lynn Asinof, Boston Globe

If you’re the type of person who stoppedcelebrating your birthday at age 49, you

may be missing some important financialmilestones. The period between ages 50 and70 includes several critical birthdays whenkey financial rules change or important de-cisions need to be made.

“You have to pay attention because youcould be leaving money on the table, ” saysDana Levit, a fee-only financial plannerwith Paragon Financial Advisors in New-ton. In some case, you could even get hitwith penalties.

Some of those birthdays come with re-minders. At 50, chances are good thatAARP will start soliciting you for mem-bership, and if you qualify for Social Secu-rity you’ll likely get a reminder just beforeyour 65th birthday to sign up for Medicare.But most of these birthdays arrive unher-alded. So here’s a quick rundown of theimportant years that should be on everyone’sfinancial planning calendar.

50After your fifth decade, Uncle Sam will

let you tuck extra funds into your tax-advantaged retirement plans. You can con-

tribute an extra $1,000 a year – for a totalof $6,000 – to either your traditional IRAor your Roth IRA. And you can put an ad-ditional $5,500 in your company 401(k)plan. Indexed to inflation, these amountsmay be adjusted in future years.

55If you’ve been laid off or taken a buyout,

you can now take money out of your com-pany retirement plan without early with-drawal penalty, as long as you’ve left thecompany. That’s one reason people sepa-rated from their employer may want to keeptheir retirement money in the company plan,at least until they turn 59.5.

59.5On this half birthday, you can finally take

money out of your tax-advantaged retire-ment plans without incurring an early with-drawal penalty. That doesn’t mean youshould, tax advisors say. But these fundsare now available without penalty in caseof an emergency.

62You can now claim Social Security. If

you do, however, your benefits will only be7.5 percent of what you could collect at fullretirement age. Deciding when to take ben-efits is complicated, particularly if both youand your spouse are eligible. You have tobalance the income that will be lost by wait-ing against the hefty increase in annual ben-efits that comes from holding out until your66th or perhaps your 70th birthday.

62In Massachusetts, anyone 62 or older can

file for additional homestead protection ontheir home, doubling to the amount of eq-uity that a couple can protect from credi-tors to a total of $1 million. If you’ve al-ready filed a homestead exemption, youneed to re-file to be eligible for the higherlevels, says Levit. Each person must fileindividually when he or she turns 62 in or-der to qualify.

65You are now eligible for Medicare, but

you have to enroll and the choices can becomplicated. Those who don’t sign up forMedicare B – the basic medical insuranceplan – during the three months immediately

before or after their 65th can get hit withpermanently higher premiums. A good ad-visor can help navigate the choices both nowand during subsequent open enrollmentperiods, says Christine Fahlund, a seniorfinancial planner with the investment man-agement firm T. Rowe Price. “This shouldbe the beginning of an annual review pro-cess.”

66If you were born between 1943 and

1954, you’ve now reached “full” retirementage and thus qualify for full Social Secu-rity benefits. For those born in subsequentyears, full retirement age gradually stretchesuntil it hits 67 for those born in 1960 or later.

70If you waited to take your Social Secu-

rity benefits, you now qualify for the maxi-mum annual benefit. That’s 32 percent morethan your “full benefits” or 76 percent morethan your benefit at age 62.



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Dates to save:Put these important milestones on yourfinancial planning calendar…(continued from page A21)

70.5This half birthday signals the start of

annual required minimum distributionsfrom your IRAs and 401(k)s. Calculated onlife expectancy and retirement account bal-ances, the first RMD must be taken by the

April 1 of the year following this half birth-day. If not, there’s a whopping 50 percentpenalty.

(Reprinted from the Boston Globe, No-vember 6, 2011.)

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BPD honors first Italian-American BFD Officer

Killed in the Line of Duty

The Tale of Two Cities – Massport

The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) operates Boston Logan Interna-tional Airport, the Port of Boston, Tobin Memorial Bridge, Hanscom Field and

Worcester Regional Airport. Massport is a financially self-sustaining public author-ity whose premier transportation facilities generate more than $8 billion every yearand enhance and enable economic growth and vitality in New England.

This above description of Massport glaringly leaves out the morphed-out realestate development conglomerate Massport has become in the Boston area.

You see, Massport is a separate governmental authority that answers only to itsboard and not the taxpaying public. Massport spends freely with little to no outsideoversight. Massport has launched a city within the City of Boston. As state govern-ment calls for sacrifice and cuts in every facet of state and local spending. Teachers,EMTs, fire and police personnel have all taken their hits and layoffs. Public institu-tions for healthcare, education and elderly services have all been cut back to thebone. Our local bridges and roads are crumbling.

Everyone except Massport has taken the cuts,and made the sacrifice. Massport isway beyond its charter. Under the guise of operating the airport and container ser-vices... Massport has stealthy generated billions of dollars into its real estate portfo-lio No pun intended, Massport is well below the radar.

Should government be in business or is that better left to the private sector? Thestate government does not question any of this, even as the most vulnerable are beingcut. Billions of tax dollars could be returned to local and state governments by sellingMassport public residential properties to private developers. Billions of dollars couldbe brought into the state’s revenues.

Massport makes a fortune because it answers to no one. It has no section 8 tenantsdown in Massport properties. No elderly Southie residents. No affordable living apart-ments. Massport property is a dormitory for Fidelity investments. Nobody questionsthis? This is wrong on so many levels.

If state government won’t look at the budget of Massport, then the BPPA shall.

Local Government to Control Casinos

Casino legislation is done. We started from a point with the original legislation being driven by the state police. They originally had exclusive jurisdiction on

everything in and out of all the casinos.In the version that passed and signed into law, the jurisdictional components have

been changed dramatically in favor of the local police department.In the law, the state police do not have exclusive jurisdiction of any casino.The local police and state police have concurrent jurisdiction. As with every other

part of the state with the exception of Massport. (Massport is a totally ridiculousstory of duplication of services and pissing away taxpayer money. I’ll get to that indetail a little later.)

First responders to the casino such as police, fire and EMS services, will be deter-mined between the local government and the Gaming Commission. The state policewill have an advisory role, for the gaming commission, but are no longer driving thebus.

The state police gaming unit will have exclusive jurisdiction with regard to “gam-ing crimes,” examples; card counting, skimming, etc.

Yet for the first time, the local hosting police will be now be assigned to that statepolice unit.

By James Barry, BPPA Legislative Agent

HEARD ON THE HILLHEARD ON THE HILL

The Boston Police Department dedicateda Memorial to its First Italian Born

Boston Police Officer and First Italian Bos-ton Police officer Killed in the Line of Duty– Patrolman Andrew B. Cuneo. Theweather was in the 70s as the Mayor, Po-lice Commissioner, Chief, family members,Police Unions and Friends dedicated a His-toric Memorial to one of our Heroes – Pa-trolman Andrew B. Cuneo.

When a Police Officer goes to work, theyare immediately stripped of any prejudicesthat befell them. They are no longer de-scribed according to their ethnic back-ground, religious beliefs, or political affili-ation, Instead, they are left with the title of“Police Officer”. I cannot think of any morehonorable distinction that this. Were I adoctor, a lawyer, or an astronaut, all thesechildhood dreams would fall far short of thehonor that a Boston Police Of-ficer in uniform carries. Thisrespect is earned through themeaning that the uniformholds. It isn’t simply for show,to decorate with pretty ribbonsand sashes. Instead, it is toshow that person’s dedicationand willingness to serve. Theyserve each and every one of usby defending the communityand City in which we live to-day. Before donning this uni-form, we all must swear anoath to protect the Constitution,the land, and the people ofAmerica from any and all en-emies. To uphold this oath, we

Barbara Cuneo O’Donnell attends cenermony honoringfallen BFD Officer Andrew B. Cuneo, the first Italian-Ameri-can Officer Killed in the Line of Duty.

will protect it with our lives.Patrolman Andrew B. Cuneo did just

that, along with 69 of our Brother BostonPolice Officers and two Watch Officer’swho have made that ultimate sacrifice.

For more than 379 years the BostonWatch & Ward and the Boston Police De-partment has provide a stronghold. In thattime, our world has changed and our PoliceForces have changed with it, but the valor,dignity, and courage of the men and womenin uniform remain the same. So, we choseto remember the past because the paymentfor forgetfulness is dear – sacrifice, service,duty and many times, injury and death paidby gallant, heroic men and women of theBoston Police Department. Only foolswould elect to forget so expensive a lesson.It is our sacred duty to keep the legacy of

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our fallen Boston Police Officers’ foreverfresh in the memories of future generations.We are bound by honor to do so and I amproud to say that our Mayor, Police Com-missioner, Chief, command staff, our Po-lice Unions and the men and women of theBoston Police will see that it is done. Thefoundations of our noteworthy history havebeen laid with sacrifice, honor and integrity.

Patrolman Andrew B. Cuneo was ap-pointed to the Boston Police Departmenton May 9, 1906 serving in Division 3, 6and Division 1. Patrolman Cuneo was bornin Genoa, Italy and was working in theNorth End of Boston in familiar territory.The morning of August 13, 1921 was a typi-cal day of duty for Patrolman Cuneo, Hehad left his home in Dorchester and kisshis wife goodbye; little did he know it wouldbe the last time he would see his wifeWinifred, his nine children Harold,Edmund, Winifred, Mary Louise, AndrewJr, John, Eleanor, Henry and Dennis. Of-ficer Cuneo also lost two children in infancywhile a member of the Boston Police De-partment, Joseph and Rita.

About noon on August 13, 1921, a sus-pect had stolen a gun out of a pawn shop onHanover Street, loaded it with cartridges thathe removed from his pocket and was on hisway up to the State House to kill people – aconfession by his own words. A civilian Mr.Sliver ran to Division 1, located on HanoverStreet and told Duty Supervisor SgtCorcoran of what he observed, Patrolman

Cuneo who was in the guard room of theHanover Station said he would investigatethe incident. Patrolman Cuneo observed aman with a gun running towards him, thesuspect then raised his weapon towards Pa-trolman Cuneo, Patrolman Cuneo was ableto grab the suspect, which resulted in astruggle for control of the weapon. Theyboth fell to the ground. The suspect thenfired two shots into Patrolman Cuneo whofell to the ground mortally wounded. Thesuspect then turned his weapon to the on-coming officers and fired two more shotsmissing their intended targets. PatrolmanDeyer then drew his service revolver andfired four shots at the suspect, one shotgrazed the suspect’s head, Officer Stengelthen fired five more shots at the suspect hit-ting him in the leg, the suspect fell to theground and attempted to reload his pistolbut was arrested by the officers. OfficerAndrew Cuneo was rushed to the Hospitalwhere he became the 19th Boston PoliceOfficer to be killed in the line of duty. Tothe family of Patrolman Andrew B.Cuneo… words can’t adequately expressour sympathy, or the respect we hold forour heroes. In closing, I leave you with aspecial saying ”They say it takes a minuteto find a special person, an hour to appreci-ate them, a day to love them, but then anentire life to forget them”. As with all ourOfficers filled in the line of duty, the Bos-ton Police and the City of Boston do not for-get. God bless each of you and Thank you.

By Kevin Doogan

History continues to repeat itself. The government’s self-made budget crisis thatalmost forced a shutdown of government agencies and threw the world finan-

cial markets into chaos was predictable and unnecessary. In the end, it was much adoabout nothing, the media fanned the flames of chaos and the rich just got richer. Whyis it that when cuts have to be made to force the government to live within its meansit falls on the backs of senior citizens, the military, public safety and the truly handi-capped?

If this country is in a financial crisis why in God’s name are we sending ten centsto any foreign country anywhere?

Look, if we’re broke, we’re broke. Send a sorry note to all those in need and tellthem the well has run dry and give them China’s contact information.

This country of ours pretty much feeds and protects the world, why are we bor-rowing anything from anybody? How can we solve the world’s problems if we can’tlive within our own means? It’s time for the fiscal foolishness to stop.

Let’s do some real screening as to who is really deserving of Social Security &Welfare and who has made it a career choice. Not only a career choice but passed itdown generation after generation. Not every discipline problem deserves an SSI checkbecause their single parent got some bleeding heart quack to throw a three or fourletter diagnosis on a kid so the parent could cash in on top of the free rent, free food,free cell phone, free education and free cash that is deposited on their governmentATM card.

Of course, once Junior figures out by spitting out their own brood from differentdonors, they too can reap what the government has sown. The circle of life in aWelfare State, isn’t it grand?

Next up let’s get serious with the flooding of illegals streaming into our Countrybleeding us dry. It’s time to batten down the hatches and tell Congress to put away themonopoly money. This isn’t a game, they’re using our real money! Those crooks andtheir freebies are croaking the middle class and fostering a two-tier nation of rich andpoor.

All I can suggest is come election day, our battle cry should be Vote the Bums out!

BPD honors first Italian-American OfficerKilled in the Line of Duty…(continued from page B1)

The final standBy Mark A. Bruno

Itip my hat to Ohioans for fighting back,and defeating a ballot question that would

have stripped public employees of all theirbargaining rights. In other words, publicemployee unions would no longer be rec-ognized. I have been critical in the past ofsome of our current political leaders in thisstate for their fickle stance on publicunions. Let me say now before we go anyfurther that I will support any politicianthat supports my union. I care not if he isa democrat, republican, independent orwhatever. With all the posturing and shift-ing that goes on in our state house, youwould think we are in Chicago. When thewind blows and the Globe cries, our polsseem to cave in. So far I have beenstripped of half my Quinn Bill, and myright to bargain for my healthcare. I sup-pose this is supposed to make me happythat the state has taken literally ten-thou-sand plus dollars out of my family’s pocket.

What really gets my blood boiling is see-ing waste in the form of tax-dollars goingto methadone clinics. I don’t mind helpingthose who can’t help themselves, but please,can someone tell me where it said I had tosupport these Methadonians for life? I ap-plaud those individuals who wean them-selves off of the drug, and eventually getjobs and become productive members ofsociety. Unfortunately, most of these indi-viduals are on SSI as a result of beinghooked. They get section-eight housing,food-stamps, and free rides via vouchers,to the clinic every day. I condemn all those

pols who saw fit to cut my pay and increasemy healthcare cost, all while supporting theMethadonians. Pretty soon my middle-classstatus will be like that of the Methadonians,which is low-class or no-class.

There are many programs that my hard-earned tax dollars support. Penalizing themiddle-class, and blaming unions for theshortfall in the coffers, is not going to solvethe problems facing this state and our na-tion, is it? How we got to this point is be-yond me. The democrats blame the repub-licans, the republicans blame the democrats,the right blames the left and so on it goes.The tea party blames the democrats, andrepublicans, and occupy America blamesthem all. The only people suffering here arethe working stiffs who support the estab-lishment and all its programs. All I know ismy light at the end of the tunnel is growingdimmer. As retirement approaches, I findthat enjoying it may cost me dearly. Imag-ine working all these years to have the rugpulled out from underneath you. Thirty plusyears of being spit on, beat up, and calledeverything under the sun. We chose to do ajob that most would not want to do. Wetested, trained, and further educated our-selves in the hopes that our hard earned ef-forts would be respected. Instead we findourselves spat on, disrespected, and madeto pay more in order to support the estab-lishment and its programs. All this lovecomes from our politicians, the Globe, andall the bleeding heart liberals. It’s time wetake a stand!

You’re Getting Towed,You’re Getting Towed,

You’re Getting Towed...**to the tune of “Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow”

By W.A. Moshezart

Oh the weather outside is frightfuland you’re parking spot’s delightfulbut if you don’t move it broyou’re getting towed you’re getting towed you’re getting towed

An emergency’s been declaredthough you may not be awarebut if you won’t brave the snowyou’re getting towed you’re getting towed you’re getting towed

Well the city can use the doughas the meter maids hit the streetand if you don’t move you’re caryou’ll be travelling on your feet

You’re anger is on the riseas the sleet’s stinging in you’re eyesthe tow truck is on the goyou’re getting towedyou’re getting towedyou’re getting towed


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News Brieflets…Compiled and commented upon by Patrick Carnell

News Brieflets…“Virginia Democratic Rep. Jim Moran told The Daily Caller on Thursday evening

that President Obama should “refinance every home mortgage” without congres-sional approval in order to “reset the economy.” “Absolutely, I think [Obama] shoulddo that but there are not a lot of places where he can act unilaterally,” Moran toldTheDC during Conservation International’s Oct. 20 dinner in Washington, D.C.”

– Daily Caller, 10/22/11Yes! Giving the president the powers of a dictator to expand government largesse

would be the best possible thing for the economy! Every single other plan the admin-istration has come up with has worked perfectly, right?

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★“A San Jose man was stunned to see what a previous owner of his minivan appar-

ently left behind: $500,000 worth of cocaine jammed in the door panels.”– CBS San Francisco, 11/14/11

Well, it’s certainly better than finding a wasp nest or dead squirrel somewhere inthe car.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★“Brussels bureaucrats were ridiculed yesterday after banning drink manufactur-

ers from claiming that water can prevent dehydration. EU officials concluded that,following a three-year investigation, there was no evidence to prove the previouslyundisputed fact.” – The Telegraph, 11/18/11

Things must be going very well in Europe if the EU has the time and money topour into such an “investigation.” Next on the list is a five-year study to determinewhether eating food can prevent starvation, whether pain is a bad thing and should beavoided, and whether the EU is competent or not.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★“Santa Claus doesn’t just drop off presents for kids – he also encourages the soul-

crushing of generation after generation of Christmas-reveling children. Or says oneauthor, at least. Appearing on Fox News, author and special ed professor GeorgeGiuliani asserted that St. Nick’s behavior in the classic stop motion cartoon, “Rudolphthe Red-Nosed Reindeer” is tantamount to bullying, and sends a wrong message tochildren watching the family favorite.” – Huffington Post, 12/5/11

Indeed. Rankin-Bass Christmas specials have psychologically scarred millions ofchildren over the decades. It’s a miracle millions of children don’t kill themselvesevery December when they hear the names Rudolph was called.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★“One of the zany experiments staged by the “Mythbusters” television show nearly

turned into a suburban tragedy Tuesday afternoon in Dublin when the crew fired ahomemade cannon toward huge containers of water at the Alameda County Sheriff’sDepartment bomb disposal range.” – Houston Chronicle, 12/7/11

Apparently they were trying to prove or disprove the idea that firing objects otherthan cannonballs out of a cannon can cause damage, and were using a real cannonballas a comparison. Really? Did anyone actually doubt that objects fired at high speedcan damage or injure something?

From the July 1970 Life Magazine: Officers Richard MacEachern (left) andRobert Flaven, president and secretary respectively of the NationalPatrolmen’s Association, fete their mascot Fuzzy with a cup of champagne.


Welcome to the circus that never leaves town

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By P.O. Jay Moccia

During a recent speech, PresidentObama remarked about the shabby

condition of the building he was in. He citeddrab chipped paint, leaky roof, falling ceil-ing tiles. The building he was in was aschool housed in a Civil War era structure...Ithought he was at the new B-2. Speaking ofwhich I think the reason City Officials re-fer to D-4 and B-2 as “Green Buildings” isbecause we have to keep spending all kindsof money to fix them!

Everyone enjoys that late fall warmweather we tend to have here in New En-gland. But, are we still allowed to refer to itas “Indian Summer”?

The Red Sox crashed and burned in Sep-tember, missing out on a Wild Card berthwith a loss to the lowly Baltimore Oriolesin the last game of the season. In what is atrue definition of Irony; the last thing RedSox Nation did this year was root for theYankees...wait til next year!

Gay Marriage advocates are pressuringthe Children’s Television Network to holda wedding of long time Sesame Streetroomies Bert and Ernie. After over thirtyyears together, do they really need a pieceof paper?

With more and more Illegal Alien fel-ons making the news, and our spaghetti-spine Governor refusing to address the is-sue, isn’t it time for the victims and/or theirsurvivors to file a class action suit againsthim for malfeasance? And another thing,defenders of these scumbags whine thatwhen they do get deported we’re separat-ing them from their families. Last time Ichecked, they’re free to go with them if theylove them that much. Don’t let the door hityou in the culo on the way out!

When did the number sign a/k/a thepound sign (#) change its name to the “hashtag”? Can someone tweet me?

Attorney General Eric Holder finds him-self in hot water with Congress, after(ahem!) “Misremembering” when he firstlearned of the botched ATF “Fast and Furi-ous” gun running scheme. It seems over twothousand guns walked across the borderwith Mexico under ATF supervision andsupposedly no one knew until recently. TheAG claims he was notified during the sum-mer, but memos have been uncovered show-ing he has known about this operation sinceJuly 2010. A reporter investigating the casehas been met with outright hostility fromboth the AG’s, ATF’s offices as well as theWhite House. These guns have been usedto commit crimes on both sides of the bor-der including the shooting death of a U.S.Border Patrol Agent. If this plot reaches theWhite House look for Holder to fall on hissword.

Do rookies still fall for the upside downcollar brass trick?

On a beautiful fall day I was on my wayto work. I got stuck behind a school busthat stopped 3 times ON THE SAMEBLOCK to drop off kids that were 10-12years old! No wonder our kids are fat.

Does anybody else use roadside radardetectors to check the accuracy of theirspeedometer?

By the time this article goes to print,many city buildings and city workers willhave had their right to choose a snack madeby whom I now refer to as the “Candy Ma-chine Commies”. I am a grown man, and ifI want a candy bar while I’m at work, Ishouldn’t have to venture far afield to getone. Ditto for a tonic (soda for you preten-tious phonies) with sugar in it. I carry a gunwith the implied directive that I may take alife if necessary in the performance of myduties, yet my superiors feel it reasonableto refuse me a choice when it comes to myown lunch? Will future drug tests include asuspension for high fructose corn syrup?These guys are reading Marx all wrong,even the commies behind the iron curtainkept cigarettes and booze cheap. It makes iteasier to get one over on a population that’sin a stupor AND stupid. Also, since a cruiseris city property, will City Health Inspectorsbe setting up Sugar check points to makesure I’m only drinking black coffee or wa-ter when I’m behind the wheel? I am nowgoing “Pro-Choice” though only in the junkfood category. Just because certain peopleover indulge in sweet snacks, why shouldthe rest of us suffer, oh yeah it’s easier toregulate people who play by the rules thanit is to address a problem. They should haveincluded a position response on the BPPAquestionnaire for politicians seeking ourendorsement on this issue, it would say alot about a candidate who’s willing to sac-rifice freedom of choice for the sake of con-trol.

When completing an FIO or OrdinanceViolation I usually have to stifle a laughwhen the homeless bum whispers his SSN,so only I can (barely) hear it. What do theythink, someone’s going to overhear it andrun out to get a mortgage or credit cardwith that info?

Sen. Scott Brown (R) has found himselfunder fire for responding to a jab by poten-tial opponent Elizabeth (Carpetbagger)Warren. It seems during the Dem’s debate,she was asked how she paid for college, towhich she replied “I kept my clothes on”referring to our Junior Senator’s Cosmospread during his college years. Brown, notto be outdone quipped “Thank God” whenasked about it on a local radio show the nextday. Women’s Organizations, Mass Demo-crats, and the Media quickly ganged up onBrown, demanding explanations and apolo-gies blindly ignoring the FACT that MissPrairie Dog threw first! Comedy Writers arealso mad they didn’t come up with that gag.

Looks like Uncle Omar will be joiningAuntie Zietuni as a welcomed guest of thetaxpayers, after he was released on bail af-ter his OUI arrest. He also quietly returnedto his job at a Framingham Packie, despitethe fact that he is here ILLEGALLY! Whyhasn’t anyone FINED this place for know-ingly employing an Illegal Alien?

The 405 Interstate Bridge in Los Ange-les was completed in 53 hours, despite be-ing billed as “Carmegeddon”. Can anyoneexplain to me why a project of that magni-tude can be completed in just over a week-end, YET the bridge on American LegionHighway has been under construction for

so long, an entire village of homes has beenbuilt around it.

It seems the Nightmare Factory, and theWitches’ Mansion (two Salem, MA-basedhunted attractions) are involved in a turfwar after a female Nightmare costumedcharacter was assaulted while giving outdiscount coupons in front of the rival screamshack. When word got back to the Factory,a much larger male character was assigned,who turned the tables on his attackers, hipchecking one to the ground. The owner ofthe Nightmare factory claims he’ll bury hiscompetitor. Salem Police have sent out acall for Van Helsing to respond and dealwith these out of control vampires, witches,demons, ghosts and zombies. I hope no onefrom the methadone clinic is injured by mis-take…

If the Mass Port Authority has jurisdic-tion of the Seaport area, and it’s patrolledby the Mass State Police, why did the Cityof Boston pay out hundreds of thousandsfor clearer signage?

Speaking of our wasted tax dollars, it’stime to address the issue of Occupy Wall St/Boston. Once again the great unwashed (lit-erally!) have taken to the streets of Boston,trespassing or should I say camping with-out permission on the Rose KennedyGreenway in Dewey Square in order tospread their message. What is their mes-sage? Depends on who you ask, or as I seeit: you can’t get a concrete answer from abunch of cement heads. These are the left-over 60’s radicals, children of privilege (sev-

eral Harvard students have been arrested);anarchists, liberals, peaceniks and otherassorted ne’er do wells. The college kidswhine about big money college loans andlack of jobs (most are seeking six figuremiddle management positions- after all theywent to college) They are against wealth,success, business, banks, and personal hy-giene. The mayor, who, by the way, chargedthe Tea Party for services, and made themget a permit, has allowed this group to notonly trespass, steal electricity, and disruptthe TAXPAYING citizens by marchingagainst traffic in the downtown areas be-cause he is sympathetic to their message.Even the ultimate anti Americans, the ACLUhas condemned this “courtesy” stating itsets a dangerous precedent to allow anyorganization to ignore the rules of assem-bly. Now, gentle reader I know you may ask,isn’t our First Amendment “Freedom ofSpeech and assembly”? I will stipulate tothat fact, and agree in principle to the pro-testers having that Right. My problem iswith the fact that they are allowed to do thisat the expense of law abiding citizens. It isthe duty of the government, in this case thecity of Boston, to protect the rights of ALLcitizens, not just the ones approved by theWhite House. This shantytown on publicproperty and its denizens are on the vergeof costing this city, its residents, and itsMANDATED BY CONTARACT CAP-TIVES (that’s city employees like us!) about3 million. Message to the protesters: Wall

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St ain’t paying for this, I am, and so is ev-ery other hard-working taxpayer in this citywhose daily routines YOU are interferingwith. The BPPA in particular and its mem-bership should be outraged by the supportour Democratic leaders are showing thisband of thugs. We were not given these cour-tesies when we protested the DNC. We werethreatened by our Democratic leaders witharrest at the hands of the US Marshall Ser-vice (hmmm I recall a certain charismatickeynote speaker at that event). We were bul-lied by these politicians who openly violatedour Right to Free Speech and Assembly, yethave the gall to walk among these bums,that includes YOU: Gov. Patrick! Let mesolve this dilemma for you jellyfish, since itis clear you don’t possess even a pebbles’worth of the stones necessary to disbandthis group. Shut off the water and electric-ity (THAT WE PAY FOR), stop removingthe trash (THAT WE PAY FOR) pick upall the rat traps (THAT WE PAY FOR),then donate several cases of peanut butterto the protesters to sustain them. MotherNature, through vermin and cold weatherwill do what you are unwilling to do.

A Somerville school principal is takingthe heat after trashing Columbus Day andThanksgiving. She also nixed costumes forHalloween this year. Claiming that sheserves a diverse student body, and somecultures are offended by these celebrations,the Principal opted out. Rather than use theopportunity as a teachable moment and ex-pose the students to other customs, shechose the easy way out and punted. Now inmy humble opinion, without Columbus,America would have remained the domainof a stone aged primitive culture where themen did nothing but hunt, fish and procre-ate, and women did all the work… why thatno good $#%@&% Columbus!

An Ohio man took his own life aftermonths of litigation, complaints, and dis-putes with his neighbors and local govern-ment over his wild life refuge. But, beforehe did, he opened the cages, releasing li-ons, tigers, bears, cougars and several otherdangerous animals into his suburban com-munity. Officers first on the scene found thebody of Terry Thompson surrounded by li-ons. Local Law Enforcement was forced tohunt down and destroy the carnivores in-cluding 18 rare endangered Bengal Tigers.Wow! What an opportunity-if that happenedhere, I think I’d give it an 8B; I just don’tthink my Glock is capable of putting downWinnie the Pooh, let alone Tony the Tiger.Now if I had a patrol rifle or a shotgun, youcould call me “Bwana” and the safariwould be ON!

What’s wrong with this picture? A neigh-borhood junkie, known to be armed at alltimes, breaks into a car, and is confrontedby the (angry) owner who proceeds to de-fend/secure HIS property. An altercationensued, and the owner subdued the junkiewho suffered a broken jaw for his misguidedchoice. While the property owner was oth-erwise engaged, his wife phoned the Po-lice. On arrival, the junkie was placed un-der arrest, and disarmed, being in posses-

sion of both a knife and a club. Case closed,right? Nope, get this, the property ownerwas also charged! It seems the local con-stabulary frowns on citizens taking actionon their own. This is an OUTRAGE! Thecops should be patting this guy on the back,maybe give him a medal, not charging him.By the time he fights this with a lawyer,and lost work time, the GPS, and ashtraychange will be a pittance. What these copsare telling their citizens is “be a sheep andgive it up for the scumbag”. The SSI orwelfare check they get isn’t enough forthem, so they are allowed by the Police tosteal from you to make up the difference.Face it boys and girls, we (police) take farmore reports for B&E auto than we catchbums breaking into cars in the act. Thistown, I’ll spare them the embarrassment ofnaming them, should really re-think theirpolicies in regards to situations like this. Toquote the President: “Just plain stupid!”

A Danvers family phoned local policeafter becoming lost in a corn maze. It seemsthe couple and their two children gave in tocomplete and utter panic after becomingdisoriented during their trip into the stalks.The distraught father (a male in name onlyAND Mensa member!?!) wanted searchteams, K-9’s, and the National Guard mo-bilized to get him out of the field. Did I men-tion it was broad daylight? The 9-1-1 callsare hilarious, featuring screaming, crying,begging, etc. The next search this sissy or-ganizes should be for his manhood.

Why is it, every time Obama eats whathe wants (ribs, wings, ice cream, etc.) whilevisiting some place he ALWAYS whispersto reporters “Don’t tell Michelle” as hestuffs his face.

People who display “I Love Jesus” (orsimilar religious themed messages) alwaysdrive like they’re going to meet Him rightnow!

Republican candidate Herman Cain re-leased his tax plan of 9-9-9, too bad themedia is treating him like it’s 6-6-6!

Call me paranoid, but the more bicyclesI see, and the Government promoting theiruse, I can’t help but wonder: Will this makethe Chinese takeover easier?

Muslims attending Catholic Universityin Washington D.C. are upset that they areexposed to crucifixes, statues of saints, etc.when they recite their daily prayers inschool…they did know they enrolled atCATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, right?

Why is it that city/police officials engagein vigorous back slapping when they bullya business into limiting sales of certain items,or locking their doors early to deter a prob-lem, INSTEAD of solving the problem?

If you apply the Law of UnintendedConsequences to the current Occupy Bos-ton situation, we may find ourselves deal-ing with “hate groups” like the Neo-Nazis,Black Panthers, or KKK showing up for aparade up Boylston St. If one group is al-lowed to parade without a permit, and freePolice escort, it only seems fair and logicalthat these groups could take advantage of

the same opportunity!A Texas Gun shop owner and firearms

instructor has come under fire (pun in-tended) after airing a radio ad in which hestated: If you are a Socialist liberal and/orvoted for the current campaigner in chief,please do not take this class,” Keller said inthe ad. “You have already proven that youcannot make a knowledgeable and prudentdecision as required under the law.” Stateofficials are trying to determine if any anti-discrimination laws were violated. What heshould get is a truth in advertising award!

I think it should be against the rules forstores to display Christmas decorations be-fore November or at least until the first snow.

Republican contender Herman Cain istaking the heat when a past scandal cameto light. Amid whispers of payoffs and sexualharassment, Cain has denied any wrong-doing. After witnessing his interrogation,I’m reminded of the Supreme Court confir-mation hearing for Clarence Thomas.Democrats really show their true stripes intimes like this. They claim to support mi-norities, but can’t wait to try to stick it to aconservative of color. Go Herman!

Strange how an early season snow stormcan knock out electricity to thousands ofhard working folks in Western Mass., butlay-a-bouts at Occupy Boston have donatedgenerators to keep them warm.

I have been at D-4 for just over 16 years,and I am witnessing the third renovation atCathedral Projects in that time. Has any-one reading this paper done their home overthree times in the last 16 years? In additionto the Pella windows, central air alreadyreported here, I observed a well-known lo-cal vendor who specializes in granitecountertops working in the buildings. Theinitials of this company are B.S. and that’sexactly what this is! Obviously the peopleliving there for free aren’t maintaining theproperty if it has to be rehabbed every fiveyears or so.

Michelle Obama and Paula Dean (sexi-est woman on TV!) are in a nasty war ofwords after the First Lady visited Paula’sRestaurant. When Dean was interviewedabout the pit stop, she made the mistake ofrevealing what and how much Mrs. Obamawolfed down, and it wasn’t all the healthystuff that food Nazi tells us to eat either!Although veggies were included, they werejust a side dish to Paula’s tasty, rich and highcalorie Southern Fair. File this one underSouthern Hospitality…

Funny how no City Union has a con-tract and we had to sign a pact with thedevil to keep our health insurance while theCity cries poormouth, but allows free wa-ter and electricity to trespassers. Same goesfor the State, where our diminutive despotDeval cut our negotiated by contract QuinnBill benefits, but then extends tax payerfunded benefits to ILLEGAL ALIENS. Andpeople wonder why I won’t vote Democrat?

Welcome to the circus that never leaves town…(continued from page B5)

In case anyone isn’t paying attention, JimCrow is alive and well and he’s after your2nd Amendment Rights! Just a little historylesson before the point – Jim Crow Lawswent into effect after the Civil War in theReconstruction South to keep newly-freedblacks from voting. They were enacted byDEMOCRATS and repealed by REPUB-LICANS! These onerous and restrictivelaws included among others, a literacy test,Gerrymandering, and Poll Tax. They wereimplemented to control the populace anddeny them their newly won ConstitutionalRights (14th Amendment). Fast forward to2011 and what do we have? The last twoSupreme Court cases concerning the 2nd

Amendment (Heller & McDonald) havecome down on the side of the Gun Owners,YET draconian measures are still beingenforced. Case in point- in Massachusettseach city/town is responsible for issuanceof Firearm Licenses (LTC), and each chief/commissioner is free to issue as many or asfew as he deems fit (gerrymandering?).There are no regulations for uniformitystatewide concerning this. Anyone wantinga license must take a safety course (literacytest?) to learn how to properly handle a fire-arm. Now, I will say this one makes a bit ofsense, and I would agree some type of train-ing is necessary, but passing the exam andshowing a proficiency with a firearm stilldoes not guarantee a LTC. Finally the feesinvolved, in Boston the cost is a non-refund-able $100 (Poll Tax anyone?). If this isn’tan all-out attack on OUR ConstitutionalRight (the Founding Fathers made it num-ber 2 for a reason!) I don’t know what is.Some of you may believe that only the mili-tary and law enforcement should have guns,or not everyone is entitled, and if that is youropinion, then thanks for nothing Mr. Crow!Common sense regulation and registrationare acceptable in moderation. Just use thesame criteria you use for voting: age, andcitizenship – you don’t have to get a CORIcheck, show an ID or pass a Dept. of Men-tal Health Screening in order to enter a boothand make a choice that could have conse-quences for thousands of your fellow citi-zens, why should you in order to exerciseone of your other guaranteed ConstitutionalRights.

Finally, yes! Please vote it’s what sepa-rates us from the animals. Why should sofew voters impose their will on the rest ofus. Have a hand in your future; it’s what aDemocracy is all about. And also, as weenter the holiday season, don’t forget whatholiday season it is, and wish everyone youknow a heartfelt Merry Christmas, such asthe one I extend on behalf of myself and myfamily to you and yours! Happy New Year,too, and stay safe.


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By Kevin Doogan

As the Occupy Boston folks and their ilk from across this country settle in

with their long winter’s knapsacks, it hasstruck me how we as a people, have evolvedto this sad, irresponsible state of mind. Asthe hypocrites, feeling morally outraged,protest corporate greed, they support thevery corporations they are condemning.

A wise woman once gave me this anal-ogy, Raise Corn you’ll get Corn, if you planttomatoes, don’t expect potatoes. Simplisticin its reasoning, it rings true like a beaconof light in the fog.

Look for example what we are seeingtoday, protesters wearing their NORTHFACE coats, drinking from their STAR-BUCKS coffee cups, made by DIXIE,warmed by the UNDERARMOUR longjohns, toasty in the UGG boots, snuggledin their COLEMAN tents, sitting on theircamp chairs bought at WALMART, chat-ting on their APPLE iPHONES, listeningto their BOSE headphones attached to theiriPODS and plotting their next march uti-

Raise corn, get corn!lizing GOOGLE Maps on their WIN-DOWS laptop. I could go on and on butyou get the picture.

These blanket-heads hit the heights ofhypocrisy with this foolishness, condemn-ing hardworking people and those that em-ploy them for living the American Dream.But who then is to blame for this large por-tion of the populace not thriving? Well allyou do-gooders grab your mirrors and takea deep long hard look.

This is a direct result of decades of dodg-ing reality and realism. Remember whenwe agreed not to keep score at youth games?Remember everyone wins, everyone gets atrophy? Remember when we denied ourchildren of the normal up and down reali-ties of winning and losing? Remember ex-plaining that all of their shortcomings in lifeas being “it’s not your fault”. Rememberletting your child apply to all those high endcolleges and universities? Remember notinterceding when they spent a couple hun-dred thousand dollars on a Liberal ArtsDegree on beer pong?

Well it is of no wonder these kids arerefusing to start at the bottom of the workforce and work their way up. These kidsare entitled and have been handed every-thing in life since they were children. Whereare the C.E.O. jobs and the six-figure sala-ries for a 20-hour work week? They areactually stunned that these positions aren’tawaiting them.

Why, because they have been taught theirentire lives that you’ll get what you wantbecause you’re entitled to it. Even the Presi-dent and his posse of clowns purport thisunconstitutional and socialistic redistribu-tion of wealth. That just feed right into thiscountrywide epidemic of the self entitle-ment.

Look at how far we have fallen since theinception of welfare. Even the liberal me-dia, Channel 7 News Editorialist AndyHiller, reported in a recent broadcast that47% of Americans don’t pay Federal In-come Taxes and he went on further to saythat over 48% of American households re-ceive some type of Federal assistance.

Why not, why should people work andpay taxes when our government pays able-bodied Americans to stay home and loaf?Welfare has turned from a helping hand intoa career choice loaded with nepotism andfraud.

From the protesters in Dewey Square tothe welfare kings and queens sucking ustaxpayers dry, the blame for these leacheson society lay squarely on our own shoul-ders for allowing it and voting in socialisticmisfits that propagate it. We’ve collectivelyplanted half the country full of deadbeatsand airheads so don’t expect a bumper cropof entrepreneurs and go getters any timesoon. Raise Corn, Get Corn, plant tomatoes,rest assured you’re going to get tomatoes.So wipe that stunned look off your face andtake a deep breath and let some oxygen getup to that lump about thirty inches aboveyour arse.

The time is now to put this chaos behindus, vote in leaders, not followers and ev-erybody take a healthy dose of reality andlet’s get back to work.

Occupy news-senseBy Patrick Carnell

It’s hard to dismiss the Occupy Movement, what with their brilliant, clearly-outlinedideas for changing The System for the bet-ter (so brilliant, in fact, that they cannot evenvaguely articulate what their demands evenare) and revolutionary political philosophies(such as the concept of “Freedom of speech”as “Whatever the Occupy Movement Saysis OK), but they’ve been having some diffi-culty with their public relations. Perhaps itwould be worth looking over their progressto discover why the “I Can’t Get a Six-Fig-ure Job With My Degree in Bisexual AsianStudies, So Society Should Have to Pay forMy Bad Choices”-Movement has failed tolead the “99%” into Glorious Revolution:

“These are the shocking scenes that haveled some people to accuse the Occupy WallStreet protesters living rough in New York’sfinancial district of creating unsanitary andfilthy conditions. Exclusive pictures ob-tained by Mail Online show one demonstra-tor relieving himself on a police car. Else-where we found piles of stinking refuse clog-ging Zuccotti Park, despite the best effortsof many of the protesters to keep the areaclean.” – Daily Mail, 10/9/11

Funny, I don’t see 99% of the publicdoing stuff like this.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★“The Coast Guard in Boston confirmed

that a woman in uniform was harassed andspat upon near Occupy Bostonprotesters.The woman was walking to thetrain and said protesters spit on her twice,called her foul names and even threw awater bottle at her.”

– FOX Boston, 10/13/11The Occupy organizers, of course, de-

nied that the spitters belonged to their move-ment, just like all the anti-Semites, rapists,and other dregs of society who have myste-riously flocked to the protests. “No TrueScotsman,” and all, you know.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★“City officials said Tuesday they may have

to shut down the Occupy Oakland tent city incoming days because it is attracting rats, al-cohol and illegal drug use…This comes on theheels of increasing reports of illegal drug andalcohol abuse, fighting, and sexual harassmentin and around the camp of about 100 tents,Boyd said. The protest has destroyed the grasslawn and it’s not clear yet how much the over-all expense to the city will be.”

– Oakland Tribune, 10/19/11 OK, so the Occupy Movement has had

some problems with sexual assault (and dis-couraging the victims from reporting it tothe police a.k.a The Enemy), attracting ver-min (of the four-legged and two-legged va-rieties), destruction of public and privateproperty, vandalism, deaths, public defeca-tion, and stabbings. But it’s not like they’reattracting plague….

★ ★ ★ ★ ★“Dr. Philip M. Tierno Jr., the director of

clinical microbiology and immunology at NYULangone Medical Center, said the conditionscould leave park-dwellers susceptible to res-piratory viruses; norovirus, the so-called win-ter vomiting virus, which can lead to vomitingand diarrhea and which could quickly over-whelm the limited bathroom facilities in thearea; and tuberculosis, which is more com-mon in indigent populations and can be spreadby coughing.” – New York Times, 11/10/11

…or terrorizing children…★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Some grade school students were forcedto walk a gauntlet of screaming “OccupyWall Street” protesters just to get to schoolon Thursday…Nervous parents led themthrough the barriers on Wall Street. TheNYPD helped funnel the children, anythingto ease their fears while some protestorschanted “follow those kids!”

– CBS New York, 10/17/11★ ★ ★ ★ ★

…or hacking emergency services…“A Boston Police Department website was

hacked. At least 2,000 names and passwordshave been posted online. The group claimingresponsibility said they support the OccupyBoston movement.” – WHDH, 10/22/11

★ ★ ★ ★ ★…or trying to assassinate the president…“Police believe the suspect, 21-year-old

Oscar Ramiro Ortega of Idaho, is mentallyill. Ortega has an extensive record, rang-ing from domestic violence to drug charges.Sources say a police investigation has un-covered evidence suggesting Ortega has afixation on the White House…Authoritiessuspect Ortega has been in the area forweeks, coming back and forth to the Wash-ington Mall. Before the shooting, he wasdetained by local police at an abandonedhouse. U.S. Park police say Ortega mayhave spent time blending in with OccupyD.C. protesters.” – ABC News, 11/16/11

Really, they’re just like the Tea Party!★ ★ ★ ★ ★

“Alex Callinicos, a professor of Euro-pean Studies at King’s College in London,announced to his rapt audience, “I am aMarxist.’’ Asked if the upcoming revolutioncan be non-violent, he parroted the partyline of the demonstrators, who call them-selves the 99 percent of Americans lined upagainst the “1 percent’’ with power andmoney. He said violence could beavoided only if the “1 percent acceptthe decisions of the 99 percent,’’ whichhe predicted would never happen.”

– New York Post, 10/31/11It almost sounds as if this ever-so

peaceful, law-abiding, people-poweredmovement wants there to be violencefor some reason. Better do what theysay and avoid a revolution; hippies andanarchists are notorious for their well-planned, brutally effective military opera-tions.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★“The Occupy Wall Street volunteer

kitchen staff launched a “counter” revolu-tion yesterday – because they’re angryabout working 18-hour days to provide foodfor “professional homeless” people and ex-cons masquerading as protesters.

– New York Post, 10/27/11Yes, how dare the homeless go looking

for free food! They’re not oppressed anddowntrodden like the graduate students whohave racked up $250,000 in debt studyingphilosophy! Why should the Occupiers haveto share their stuff with other people, justbecause they feel entitled to take it withoutcontributing to them?

★ ★ ★ ★ ★“Three days after Los Angeles police

evicted Occupy L.A. protesters from CityHall Park, most of the nearly 200 who re-mained in jail were released Friday becausethey had otherwise clean criminalrecords…One speaker suggested that someof those arrested might need therapy. Sev-eral said they felt traumatized after witness-ing police use nonlethal force and beingforced to wait for hours in zip tie handcuffs.”

– LA Times, 12/3/11Life is hard for the soft. Though they may

be right about needing therapy. Anyone wholooks like this:

…and thinks they represent “averageAmericans” in any capacity is badly in needof psychiatric evaluation.


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MoraleBy EMT James Sullivan,

Editor, EMS Division

I’m sure I’m not telling you anything youdon’t know when I say that morale here

is low these days. Everyone I talk to hassomething they are at the end of their ropeabout. A recent string of email that touchedon the subject put a fine point on it for me.

I sometimes wonder how some of themembership I have met, have been here aslong as they have. We work with men andwomen that have given a lifetime worth ofservice at this department, some of themsince before it was even this department. Ihad the pleasure of working with a few ofthese people, and will continue to have thatpleasure until I am retired, and with anyluck, can count myself among them. Stillthough, I wonder if I’ll make it that long,and if they thought the same thing whenthey were sitting in my seat.

I hear a lot of the problems people havehere. Feeling underappreciated, over-worked, persecuted, hunted, as if there isan agenda at work that has nothing to dowith you, or any of us “little guy’s” wel-fare. The day in, day out, grind of a patientpopulation that doesn’t understand what youdo, and doesn’t seem to care. The patientsthat swear at you, that spit at you, bitescratch and punch you. The diseases youare exposed to. I won’t even start on inter-agency, or governance issues. We all knowwhere that leads.

Deep down, despite all of the denial thatwe as a group put out there, the stress weare under has its effects, all of them nega-tive. I think what keeps us going is that mostof us truly believe we are doing somethingto make the world a better place, even if wedisagree about how to do it. If you don’t, Ican’t imagine how you’ve done this forlonger than a week.

No matter what the reason though, you’rehere, and it isn’t easy.

What you may be noticing is what Ihaven’t listed. I didn’t mention your co-workers. They can sometimes be what causeyou the most stress. I’ve said it, and I haveheard others say it. Depending on who youare talking to, and when, you can hear aboutanything from the turret, to training, theunion, any truck on any shift, the commandstaff, IT. Name it, and someone here has acomplaint about it. Whether or not they arevalid complaints though, has no bearing onthis particular subject. The perception thatthere is a problem, causes us stress.

During a conversation with a co-workerI asked why it was that this seemed like anew problem. Why it was the good old days

didn’t seem to have these issues. The truthis however, if you listen to some of the sto-ries about the old days, they did have theseproblems. The difference so far as I can see,is that in spite of the issues, they stuck to-gether. They fought for The Union, theyfought for better pay, higher standards, moreskills to have at their disposal, to be a thirdservice. They fought to be the best. Whenthey got even an inch of progress, they tookpride in it.

It was that pride that attracted me to thedepartment. The camaraderie was some-thing I saw every day from my truck in theprivates. I wonder sometimes if I made thatup for myself. I wonder if it was alreadygone then, some ten odd years ago. I won-der if it is truly gone at all, or maybe it’sjust sleeping. Now I sit in my truck, andlook at other agencies with that same idea.The difference now is, I have no desire toleave to go do that. I like being an EMT. Irespect the Fire Dept. and the Police, andwhat they do, but it’s theirs to do.

I want the pride back here. I want theidea that I had when I signed on to this wildride. I want us to be the best, and be recog-nized as such. I want to walk out of thisplace in twenty-seven years (wow that’s along way off) and say, that I was an EMT atBoston EMS and have that mean somethingnot only to me, but to anyone who has anyidea what I am talking about.

That’s going to take some work though,from all of us. In my opinion, there’s at leastone thing we as a department can do. Wecan break down the walls we build up be-tween groups. Throw away the things thatmake us easy to divide, and stop doing theirjob for them. We need to regain our iden-tity as a cohesive unit. Everyone here thathas a badge proved to someone that theydeserved it. It may not have been you, orme, or even another badged member, butsomeone. So that person, love them, hatethem, or leave them, is part of our family.

Growing up, my brother and I fought likeit was our job, but if anyone even looked athim cross-eyed, they had me to answer to. Ifeel that same way about each and everyone of you. Let’s start treating each otherthat way. I’m not saying you have to be bestfriends with every person who wears theuniform, but treat them like family. Whenthat truck doesn’t do their call, try to as-sume they have a reason, and if you needto, talk to them about it, face to face. Thatnew guy you think is useless. Teach himhow not to be. Find out why he freezes oncalls, or can’t seem to tell if someone is sickor not. Work with each other, not against. If

that new guy in turn tells you where to go,then you know you were right, but if helearns something from you, then you madethis place just a little bit better, just a littlemore tolerable. The veterans you think arejust grumpy, ask them what you can do toimprove. If they blow you off it’s on them

next time. Try it, and maybe morale willimprove. I’m not claiming to have the an-swers, but I think together we can find them.There are things we can do little about I’msure, but with this many strong willed, pro-fessional, and dedicated people workingtowards the same thing, I can’t think of any.

The following is an article I wrote in the aftermath of 9-11. What moved me wasthe sudden rejuvenation of American Patriotism and pride. That was coupled withgreat heroism, not only by those rescuers there that day, but those who selflessly“worked the pile” who have also made the ultimate sacrifice in years that followed.

Let us rekindle that same spirit, because it has dissipated into partisan hatred andanger. Muslims hate Christians, Christians hate Muslims, the Left hates the Rightand vice versa, etc... etc... etc... Can one not be religious without persecution? Canone not be gay without being killed like Matthew Shepard? Can one not be of colorwithout taunts? In this country YES, and we saw it in the days that followed Septem-ber 11!

Let us show those who would kill us because we are free that we can still standtaller than tall in spirit, but also in character. Let us show them what it means to beAmerican today and stand proud!!!!!!

I have gone from “answering the call” to “answering the casting call” but re-main so proud to have served nearly eight years at Boston EMS alongside some ofthe finest human beings on Earth!

– Sean Stentiford,former BEMS Paramedic and EMS Division Editor

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Retrospective

Anguish and Hope

In an instant our lives were changed for-ever. In an instant the lives of the fami-

lies of thousands of victims in New York,Washington, and Pennsylvania werechanged forever.At first it was anaccident at towerone, and fifteenminutes later attower two - it wasterrorism. Over thenext hour, as weheard of airplanescrashing into thePentagon, and inwestern Pennsylva-nia, we wonderedwhen it wouldend. We wonderedwhere the next hitwould be. Would itbe in Boston? Thatthought was absolutely frightening! Iwanted to change the television channeland not watch this horrible “movie”. Butthis was no Hollywood creation; it was theworst event that we have witnessed in ourlives. Our lives changed forever on themorning of September 11, 2001.

Out of the ashes of such a tremendoustragedy rose a seemingly dormant spiritof American patriotism and pride. As youdrove around the city or the suburbs, thenight of September 11th, and in the days

that followed, onecould bear witnessto rallies, candle-light vigils, peoplegathered in groupswith TVs outside,and a beautiful seaof red, white, andblue. People seenc e l e b r a t i n gAmerica and free-dom came in allshapes and sizes,different ethnicgroups, white andcolored, blue andwhite collar, and

young and old. Each individual celebratedbeing American while mourning ournation’s loss, and honoring those lost.

Members of Boston EMS and thecity’s entire public safety communitycontinued to go about their business with

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each putting his or her best face forward.However, the smiles that may have beenflashed to a patient in need belied the tre-mendous grief each member felt as reportsfiltered out about the number of victims, andthat a high number of rescuers were amongthose buried in the rubble of the World TradeCenter. Each of us at some point thought ofour own mortality, our families, and ourloved ones at home. The horror hit moreclosely to home as we learned that our ownmedical director’s son was among the res-cuers listed as missing and presumed dead.Many off duty members reported to workto staff additional ambulances, while thepotential threat to Boston was still very real.Members immediately offered a helpinghand to our brothers and sisters in NYC,and although disappointed and frustrated atnot being able to godown and help, othermembers realized that maintaining healthand safety in Boston was of utmost impor-tance. Despite the tragedies in NYC, Wash-ington, and Pennsylvania, we would haveto go on.

In the days that followed the tragedy wehad an instance where the Prudential wasevacuated due to fire. Many of us that wereon scene were thanked by people going backinto the building after being cleared to doso. People, although we might sometimesthink otherwise, appreciate the fact that weare there for them.

One woman said to me, ”This must be avery difficult week for you people, and wethank you for being here for us.” We didprecious little at that call, as there was noone injured, but I will never forget the com-

ments of that woman, and I wanted to sharethem as they were directed to all of us.

As we focus on strengthening Boston’sability to deal with threats or acts of terror-

ism, one need not be reminded that anygiven day, God forbid, one or many of usmay not return home. This became veryclear as we witnessed the projected bodycount of missing rescuers rise. If such a situ-ation ever arises we will surely come to-gether to help those in need and comfortcolleagues and families. In the meantimewe must work preemptively to address is-sues affecting our future as a department,and most importantly issues that will affectour family if the unthinkable ever happens.I am sure that many of the rescuers lost onSeptember 11th felt as invincible as we didprior to that day. As President John F.Kennedy once said, “The cost of freedomis always high, but Americans have alwayspaid the price.” This was so true on Sep-tember 11th.

As we continue to provide for the healthand safety of the citizens and to Boston, letus also do what we can to ensure that ourfamilies will be provided for in the case oftragedy. We certainly pray that we will neverencounter such a tragedy, but we must berealistic. God bless you all, and God blessAmerica.

By Tony O’Brien, EMT and Treasurer, BPPA EMS Division

Some of us continue to clean up tree limbs and windblown debris from our homesand our neighbors homes. Some of us are still without power, or are housing

friends or family members who have lost theirs. Some of us are exhausted fromworking throughout “Irene” in any of her three phases: planning, response or recov-ery. But please take a moment out of your day to remember the dozens of people who

lost their lives as we were all being a little inconve-nienced. One of the victims whose life was lost wasEMT Michael Kenwood of the Princeton First Aid &Rescue Squad in New Jersey. EMT Kenwood and his

partner responded during the storm to a call for a carstranded in flood waters. While attempting to reach the ve-

hicle one man slipped & fell. Both were swept away in the strongcurrent. They became tangled in downed trees and had to cut theirsafety lines. While his partner was fortunate enough to be rescuedby his EMS co workers with help from local law enforcement & fire

service personnel, EMT Kenwood died and will be laid to rest this Wednesday. EMTKenwood is the latest in a long line of dedicated EMS professionals across the coun-try who make the ultimate sacrifice while trying to improve or save the lives ofothers. Just three days earlier a medical helicopter crashed in Missouri killing all fourpeople on board. Ours is a dangerous profession. Each year dozens of EMTs andparamedics die in the line of duty. One of the ways we can thank those who gave theirlives “that others might live” is to finish the work we started a short while ago andbuild a permanent memorial for fallen EMS providers in our nation’s capital. Thecomfort a national memorial will give to the family, friends & co-workers of our fallenbrothers and sisters would be immense. Please visit www.emsmemorialfoundation.orgto learn more about our effort. Once there you can donate (via PayPal) on the site orsend a check to the address listed. I also have NEMSMF lapel pins for sale, they are$5.00 each and every penny goes toward the memorial.

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Boston Police Fitness Challange:The third time is a charm

By James F. Lydon, Jr.

The third annual Boston Police FitnessChallenge was held on Saturday morn-

ing, October 1st, 2011. The weather seemedto want to turn the clock back to the olddays; rain and gloom stirred memories ofthe first challenge in 2009. No one seemedto care, however, because just about every-one was smiling and having a good time.This year there were fifteen individual com-petitors and nine teams, and they all chat-ted and stretched out as volunteers fromRecruit Class #50-11 set up the course.

This third Fitness Challenge broughtabout the opportunity for several athletesto three-peat. Some people chatted aboutthe possibilities, but only the completion ofthe event would reveal the true results. Onceeveryone was warmed up, and SergeantGary Eblan’s microphone was ready, thefestivities began. Right off the bat, we hadsome competition: it was time to pick thebest team name. Each year, I have chosenthe team with the best name to get the MostCool Team Name Award. (They don’t ac-tually get an award… heck, some of them

might not even know that they’ve won). Thisyear, the winners of the 2009 Most CoolTeam Name Award, Eight Bad Knees, werebattling toe-to-toe with newcomers, theHoney Badgers. Last year, Eight Bad Kneeslost out to the Deadly Viper AssassinationSquad. This time I was leaning towards theclassic Eight Bad Knees, but after seeing anature special on honey badgers, I had togo with them. Honey Badgers win! (I havemy own system; leave me alone.)

When the real competition began, thefield seemed dominated by two teams:02132, with Timothy Cullen, JosephKeaveney, Ryan Mason, and KeithMonahan; and the returning two-timechampions, the DCU. The DCU’s rostersaw a minor change again, this time withformer teammate John McCarthy return-ing to replace John Downey. PatrickByrne, Gerald Cahill, and Paul Quinn,along with McCarthy, fought hard againstthe explosive 02132 team, but when thetimes were in, the DCU came out ahead.The DCU’s time of 7:45 barely beat 02132’stime of 7:54, making the DCU the firstthree-time champions of the Boston PoliceFitness Challenge!

The rain seemed to let up as the compe-tition continued, but the athletes did not.Bravo Company, the Gang Unit, and MOPwere all very close with times of 9:05, 9:11,and 9:13, respectively. The effort put forthby all the teams was incredible, and it setthe pace for the individual competitors.

As in years past, the individual compe-tition was a heightened version of the teamevent. Instead of sharing the four lapsaround the course in the run (“theFootchase”), individual athletes would haveto run all four laps themselves. Instead ofrunning up and down three sets of stairs inthe stair climb (“Always on the ThirdFloor”), the individuals would have to runup and down all nine sets of stairs. And in-stead of doing ten of almost every exercisein the obstacle course (“the OT”), the indi-vidual athletes had to complete twenty.

It was soon clear that the DCU teamwould not stand alone as our only three-peat. Gerald Cahill (of the DCU team) fin-ished with a time of 12:00 in the individualevent, breaking his own record in the Indi-vidual Male category. Not to be outdone,Paul Joyce cruised in 28 seconds later,breaking his own record in the IndividualMale Masters category.

Recent Boston Police Academy gradu-ate, Sarah Briggs won the Individual Fe-male category with a time of 15:36. AndJose Diaz, Jr., won the Clydesdale categorywith a time of 25:35.

The day ended almost as it began:gloomy weather but happy people. Onequestion still remained, however: is four-peat even a word? I mean, we had threethree-peats recorded in the third annual Bos-ton Police Fitness Challenge! Will we seeany four-peats for the fourth annual eventin 2012? Only time will tell…

Sports Trivia: Bill Carroll?(see answers on page C14)

United States Trivia: Bill Carroll?

How many can you get correct?

(see answers on page C14)

What do you know about the United States?1. What is the oldest fishing port in the United States?2. What state leads the nation in poultry production?3. During World War II five brothers joined the navy and served aboard the same ship

together that was unfortunately sunk in battle, what state did they come from?4. What was the first state police force in the United States?5. What state is home to over 50% of Fortune 500 companies in the United States?

1. What is the most saves Yankees closer Mariano Rivera has recorded in a season?2. Can you name the four players in the majors who hit at least 30 homers and stole at

least 30 bases in 2011?3. Who was the first major league closer to record 300 career saves?4. Who are the only two major league pitchers to win twenty games and lose twenty

games in the same season?5. Who holds the major league record for grand slams in a season by a rookie?6. Who were the last two franchises to join the National Hockey League?7. Who is the only player to win the Heisman Trophy and be named NFL Defensive

player of the Year?8. In the history of the National Hockey League who has coached the most games with

one team?9. What NFL team holds the record for most points scored in a season?10. Who has won the most Men’s Grand Slam Tennis Championships?

ALL MY COMMIE FRIENDS(ARE COMING OVER TONIGHT)to the tune of “All my Rowdy Friends” by Hank Williams Jr.

lyrics: Wolfgang Amajayus Moshezart

The economy’s in shambles, I got trouble with IranLord, it’s hard to be the President, man!ATF’s runnin’ guns; Biden’s stupidityAnd Hank Williams Junior is making fun of ME.I got to ignore it, I can’t get in a fight, cause all my commie friendsAre comin’ over tonight…

Michelle I wanna smokeMichelle let’s eat some Big MacsHey honey I am the President, I can do anything I wannaI put Osama in the ground, I got the House on iceAnd all my commie friends are comin over tonight

Now I like playing golf, I think I’m Tiger Woods,Not Adolf Hitler, Boehner’s not NetanyahuBut Gitmo is still open, Troops are in AfghanistanThe Republican’s are doggin’ me whenever they canI got a portrait of Mao hanging in my den,I bow going out, I bow coming in,I can do anything that I wanna doAnd the media just eats up all of my bull poo

Michelle I wanna smokeMichelle let’s eat some Big MacsHey honey I am the President, I can do anything I wannaI put Osama in the ground, I got the House on iceAnd all my commie friends are comin over tonight

Michelle I wanna smokeMichelle let’s eat some Big MacsHey hey I rocked the vote on MTV, I been a guest on OprahI put Osama in the ground, I got the House on iceAnd all my commie friends are comin over tonightThat’s right, Come on in!

AttentionTo all members of the Boston Police Relief AssociationActive Duty or Retired

If you need to change your beneficiary or you are not sure ofwho your beneficiary is you can contact the relief office at617-364-9565. If you leave a message your call will be returnedand if necessary the paperwork will be sent out to you.

Thank you,William F. Carroll, Clerk,

Boston Police Relief Association


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Why is it?By Det. Mike Kane, E-18

* I doubt any of the “Illegally Occupy Bos-ton” freaks, who are so concerned aboutchanging things, have even bothered toregister to vote in their respective com-munities? Oh wait…of course they have,they voted for Obama’s “hope andchange”.

* Lately there have been so many predic-tions about the world ending? Now, ac-cording to some people in Mexico it’s 12/31/12. Book your vacation now!

* City of Boston Inspectors found only “afew little things” when conducting asweep through the smelly, grungy, dirtfilled encampment of “Illegally OccupyBoston”? (Boston Herald, 10-27-11, p.7)Are these the same city inspectors thatroutinely fine restaurant owners for hav-ing water that is two degrees to cold orleaving raw chicken on the counter forover six seconds? I think we all get it:Taxpaying, law abiding citizens mustfollow one set of rules while the un-washed, masked wearing do as we wantcrybabies get a pass from every rule orlaw that the city or state has. Let’s hear itfor our Mayor, Governor, and all the otherpoliticians who continue to bow down tothese creeps.

* Cartoonist Dave Granlund feels the needto insult police officers everywhere withhis latest editorial cartoon depicting po-lice officers as “brainless”?

* It’s really no surprise that Obama’s uncle

Omar now wants the court to rule thatthe Framingham Police had no right tostop him when he committed a traffic of-fense. (Herald, 11-18-11, p.10). Hey he’san Illegal alien and people like him havemore rights than American citizens.

* I think the NBA will feel the fallout fromtheir abbreviated season for a long timeto come?

* Moammar Gadhafi looked shocked at theanger directed at him moments before be-ing killed at the hands of his own people?He got what he deserved. Now let’s seeif the good people of Libya want anotherdictator to lead their nation or democracy.My bet is they’ll let another militantwhacko take over.

* I wait until the third week of Decemberto do my Christmas shopping?

* Some Muslims want a Mosque at boththe 911 memorial and at a Catholic Uni-versity? Makes you wonder doesn’t it?

* The State Department of Conservationand Recreation (DCR) is working to cre-ate a two and one half million dollar“skate park” under the Zakim Bridge?(Boston Herald 11-17-11, p.5). I’ve seena few of these parks and they’re alwaysempty. How about building something thatall the taxpaying citizens could enjoy?

* When I watch citizens on the news sup-porting the “Occupy Boston” weirdo’s…Idon’t really think they would want themin their own city or town? Can you imag-ine the outcry if there was an occupy

About four years ago I came into possession of thirteen Boston Police badges that were individu-

ally encased in acrylic. Each badge had the policeofficer’s name and dates of service imprinted directlybelow. These badges were supposed to be given to anofficer upon retirement or in some cases to familymembers when the officer died unexpectedly. As timepassed these thirteen badges were not picked up bythe recipients/family and all ended up on a shelf.Through the assistance of many department membersboth sworn and civilian I have been able to return nineof the badges to the officers or family members, (See related story on PO JohnMacDonald). I still have four badges left and would like to again ask for help fromPAX readers everywhere. I have made inquiries with the retirement board and noinformation could be found on any of the remaining four officers. If you have anyknowledge of the officers listed below please contact me via department email orcall the district 18 detectives office, 617-343-5607, first half.

Sergeant Victor Smith,Dates of service – 12-13-50 to 05-31-85

Officer Joseph Rozario,Dates of service – 09-27-61 to 11-30-81

Officer Henry Nelson Jr.,Dates of service – 10-21-63 to 11-19-84 (date of death)*

Officer Steven W. McFarland,Dates of service – 06-27-79 to 04-23-82 (date of death)**

* Officer Nelson may have relatives in both Brockton and Florida.** Officer McFarland became a Boston police officer in 1979. He was laid off in

October of the same year and reinstated in March 1980. Tragically he was killedin an off duty motorcycle accident on the Jamaicaway near Perkins Street. Thereare many BPD members who came on during this time and it is my hope thatsomeone knows a member of PO McFarland’s family.

– Det. Mike Kane

Are you a supporter of ILLEGAL IM- MIGRATION? You are if you agree

with any of the following statements.* If you think it’s alright for someone to

cut in front of you and everyone else andmove to the front of the line while youwait with a shopping cart full of grocer-ies… then you also support ILLEGALaliens. This is what they do every day byILLEGALLY entering the United Stateswhile honest hardworking people fromother countries, who are following therules, wait to become American citizens.

* If you don’t mind four or five unknownpeople walking up to your home at din-ner time, opening the front door, walkingin, making themselves comfortable inyour living room and watching yourTV… then you also support ILLEGALaliens who believe it is their RIGHT toestablish ILLEGAL residence anywherein the USA.

Are you a supporter ofILLEGAL IMMIGRATION?

Information on officers isneeded

Dover, Carlisle, or Cohasset? That wouldbe fun to watch!

* So many of the commercials on TV feelthe need to insult your intelligence? Cardealers are the worst.

* Lately, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler lookslike he should be pushing a shopping carton Mass Ave. and collecting cans andbottles?

* Officials in the town of Upton refused acitizens request to hold a pray vigil onthe town common because it was, accord-ing to Selectman Ken Picard and JimBrochu…”uncomfortable”? This vigilwas part of approximately 7500 “rosaryrallies” held nationwide by AmericaNeeds Fatima, a nonprofit Catholic group.(Boston Herald, 10-27-11, p. 5). Wouldthey have said the same thing to otherfaiths? Well because of the media atten-tion and public outcry the town changedtheir decision and gave its approval.

*Mayor Menino has continually said thatif the occupy Boston protesters are peace-ful then they can stay in Dewey Square?Would he say that to the Nazi Party if theyshowed up with some tents on the Com-mon, put up a big flag and said theyweren’t going to get any city permits?

* I just don’t think that creating a few casi-nos in Massachusetts is really going tohelp us dig out of the financial mess we

are in?* Even though Red Sox nation is now whin-

ing about how bad the team was, how lazythey were, how they gave up on the sea-son and called it quits well before the lastgame, the same fans will still line up likea bunch of sheep, cash in hand, on open-ing day 2012 willing to pay any amountto see the “new and improved Red Sox”?

* Fifty-five THOUSAND ILLEGALaliens have stolen $93 MILLION of“free” health care from hardworking tax-paying Massachusetts residents andDeval Patrick didn’t want to let anyoneknow about it? It took the persistent in-quiries from Andover Republican staterep James Lyons to finally get the answerwe all knew was true. (Boston Herald 10-29-11, P.4). Think of this waste of moneythe next time a politician tells you wedon’t have the money to build a newschool, resurface a street, or increasefunding for veterans. Good people are fedup with sacrificing for these criminals.These parasites are draining us financiallyand should be gathered up and broughtback to their own countries.

* Victor Everett, a great cop and person, istaken so suddenly from his family andfriends? Rest in peace Victor…you willbe missed.

Stay Safe.

* If you like paying higher college tuitionbills for your son or daughter…then youalso jump for joy because ILLEGALaliens are being allowed to pay lower tu-ition at state colleges. Thanks DevalPatrick!

* If you are thrilled with handing over moreof your hard earned cash for car insur-ance premiums each year… then yousupport ILLEGAL aliens who break ourlaws and drive unregistered uninsuredcars on our streets placing all drivers atrisk.

* If you find it enjoyable every time youhave to get out of your car and run backto your house to grab your license becauseyou don’t want to break the law…thenyou must wish you were an ILLEGALalien because they don’t need any“stinkin’ license” and pay no attention toour “stupid laws.”

– Det. Mike Kane


But for the grace of God…By Mark A. Bruno

With Thanksgiving and Christmasupon us, I thought it would be nice

to reflect back and look forward. For manyof us, life can be hectic at times. We feel thestrain of everything in our lives going on aroundus. It is a constant state of motion with no endin sight. Much has happened this year: somegood, some not so good. I just thought it wouldbe nice to reflect on each end of the spectrumand some in between.

Steve Jobs, who recently passed away,lived his life to the fullest. His legacy alongwith that of Bill Gates will long be remem-bered. Steve was a visionary who changedthe way we live our everyday lives. Both heand Bill Gates were and still are very gen-erous philanthropists. When Steve Jobslearned he had pancreatic cancer his deter-mination and vigor for life kicked in to over-drive. He wanted to see his dreams come tofruition, which for the most part they did.What moved me most about his ordeal wasa commencement speech he had given atStanford University in January 2005. Hestated that, Edit Draft “Remembering thatI’ll be dead soon is the most important toolI’ve ever encountered to help me make thebig choices in life. Because almost every-thing – all external expectations, all pride,all fear of embarrassment or failure – thesethings just fall away in the face of death,leaving only what is truly important. Re-membering that you are going to die is thebest way I know to avoid the trap of think-ing you have something to lose. You are al-

ready naked. There is no reason not to fol-low your heart... Stay hungry. Stay foolish.”

I found this speech to be both profoundand inspirational. Telling these students tonot be afraid of taking chances because younever know what tomorrow may bring.Death for all of us is inevitable. The onlything we can change in that little dash ishow we live our lives, and that should be tothe fullest potential possible. Always becharitable and give to those in need. Therecent fundraiser (Trivia Night, October 13)for Cops for Kids with Cancer showed justhow generous we can be. What was reallynice was having so many young officersthere. Carrying the torch forward for sucha noble cause is what needs to be done by theyounger generation. One need only to visit theChildren’s Hospital to see firsthand theseyoung kids that are in the fight of their lives.There is no shortage of courage here. Thesefragile little children possess more courage thanany of us will ever have. What these childrenand their families need are our prayers andsupport. With that being said, I will thank youfor all the support you give to every charityand worthwhile cause. Good karma willalways come to those who give it.

Depression, as we all know, can be a si-lent killer. For many who suffer from de-pression, the holiday season can be devas-tating. Too often we assume people work-ing beside us are fine because they wear asmile. In fact, these people can have moreproblems than you could imagine. Let’s faceit, our job brings us into some very depress-

ing situations. Add our own individual prob-lems to what we deal with every day andyou have a recipe for disaster.

I recently finished a novel called TheRape of Nanking. I was so impressed bythe author Iris Chang that I decided to lookup her history. She was very young whenshe wrote about the atrocities that were com-mitted by the Japanese on her Grandmotherand the village in China she had grown upin. She absorbed the work and felt the painof those she interviewed. This book becamea best seller and placed her squarely in thelimelight. She became vocal in demandingthat Japan offer up an apology for the crimesthey committed. She was working on a bookabout the Bataan Death March when shesuffered a nervous breakdown. Not too longafter this breakdown she took her own life.She left a note behind and part of it read,“Each breath is becoming difficult for meto take- the anxiety can be compared todrowning in an open sea. I know that myactions will transfer some of this pain toothers, indeed to those who love me themost. Please forgive me. Forgive me be-cause I cannot forgive myself.”

I point this story out to show that eventhe most successful people can suffer fromdepression. Much like police officers seebrutality and despicable acts committed onpeople of all ages from all walks of life, sodid this young author submerse herself inher work. We think because we are policeofficers we are thick skinned and able todeflect these horrible scenes we face every

day. Over time they build up, and when youadd on your own personal situation the re-sult can be overwhelming. So often we waituntil it is too late to help individuals thatwe see falling apart before our eyes. Some-times we do not see it all. Depression is asilent killer for many in our profession.Whether we like it or not, divorce and alco-holism are also part of our culture. Thesethings when all put together would drivethe average person over the edge. We aspolice officers are not invincible to thesepains. We may know how to suppress it alittle better, but for some of us the pain istoo much. Some may say that suicide is aselfish act, but for the victim it is a way outfrom the dark abyss they have placed them-selves. We cannot do anything for those wehave lost to suicide, only console and sup-port their loved ones left behind. What wecan do is make ourselves more aware andreach out to those that may need a hand.We have an excellent stress unit to talk to.We have had seminars on the subject, buttoo often we walk out of them and throwthe information in a pile of papers never tobe read again. I’m sorry if broaching thissubject offends some of you, but with theholiday season upon us we need now morethan ever to reach out to those around usthat may be suffering. My hope is that someof you who know firsthand from losing aloved one or co-worker to suicide read thisarticle and are able to spread the good wordto those in need. There but for the Graceof God…


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John Carpenter’s “The Thing” vs. 2011’s “The Thing“a Review by James F. Lydon, Jr.

What is your favorite movie of all time?It doesn’t have to be the best movie

you have ever seen; it just has to be yourfavorite. This is a great question to reallyget a conversation going at an event, be-cause almost everyone has a favorite movie;even those people who claim that they donot watch television or movies have a fa-vorite film socked away in their minds, fu-eled by leftover memories from childhood.

My favorite movie of all time is JohnCarpenter’s The Thing. The movie was re-leased in 1982, and it is a horror movie in-volving a first contact scenario between sci-entists in Antarctica and a powerful anddeadly alien life form. John Carpenter’s TheThing featured an all male cast which starredKurt Russell, Keith David, and WilfordBrimley. The movie was directed by Hal-loween director, John Carpenter. I have seenit, perhaps, one hundred times.

This past Halloween, a prequel was re-leased, telling the story of the events whichled to the 1982 movie. When I first heardthat this prequel was in the works, I wasbriefly upset. Think of Hollywood remak-ing your favorite movie … Bradley Cooperstarring as Chief Brody in Jaws (2011)?George Clooney playing General Patton inPatton (2011)? Angeline Jolie taking on therole of Sister Mary Benedict in The Bells ofSt. Mary’s (2011)? Thoughts like that raisethe question of why? Why mess with anoriginal classic? Some movies, in myhumble opinion, do not need to be remade,like Jaws. Some movies do not need aprequel, like the Poseidon Adventure. Hol-lywood! Leave well enough alone! Thinkup new stories! (I’m not even going to talkabout sequels; Hollywood would make asequel of a movie starring Tom Green andPee Wee Herman if they thought it wouldmake a buck.)

But some movies … Some movies needto get remade and some movies beg for aprequel.

John Carpenter’s The Thing started witha mystery, which ignited the whole movie.What happened to the Norwegian scientificteam? Something horrible happened at theNorwegian base camp, and there aren’t anyNorwegians left to question. What happenedto them? And what is killing us?

The Thing (2011) is the story of thatNorwegian scientific station. It tells the storyof their scientists discovering the alien un-der the ice, and it details their efforts to studythe frozen carcass. So we, as the Americanviewing audience, are not subjected to sub-titles throughout the entire movie, a coupleof American scientists are introduced. Oneis the story’s main character, paleontologistKate Lloyd, played by Mary ElizabethWinstead. She is invited to study the “speci-men” that the Norwegian team found un-der the ice. Seeing the expedition as an op-portunity of a lifetime, she agrees. Ofcourse, shortly after the Americans arrivein the icy wasteland that is Antarctica, thehorror begins.

The Thing tells a great story. They suc-cessfully bridge the language barrier usinga mix of subtitles and American characters,

like Kate Lloyd and some American heli-copter pilots who fly her in to the Norwe-gian base. Just because they solved the lan-guage problem for us, however, did notmean that it did not become a problem forthe characters, which made for some greatdrama, at times. The writer and directorseem to use everything to their advantage,like language, or the elements, or theviewer’s knowledge of the original movie.

The original Thing, which was actuallya remake of the 1951 movie entitled TheThing from Another World, had certain ele-ments to it. There was the gory factor, withcreatures (dogs and humans included) split-ting apart to reveal the monstrous alien hid-ing inside. There was the germophobia fac-tor, because the alien could infect any liv-ing thing with a simple drop of fluid. Therewas the paranoia factor, because none ofthe characters knew if any of the otherswere, in fact, the alien posing as a human.There was the tension factor, as the charac-ters tried to discover who among them washuman and who was an alien. All tolled, itwas a very tense, thrilling, disgusting, andoriginal* movie. For these reasons, andmany more, it is my favorite movie.

To succeed, this new Thing needed allthe elements the original had. To excel, itneeded more. Every remake/prequel/sequelshould not be just a rehashing of the origi-nal material. Something should be added;the viewer should learn something new. TheThing (2011) needed to add to the mysteryof the story and add to the lore of JohnCarpenter’s The Thing. And it did not dis-appoint. The Thing (2011) contained all ofthe factors mentioned above, as well as thenew facets I just pointed out. It even playedwith you, teasing you into thinking the di-

rector forgot some key elements from thefirst movie. (Translation: Stay for the cred-its!)

Do I recommend this movie? Abso-lutely. It is a fun, scary, intelligent horrorfilm that made this fan of the original be-lieve. Should your kids see it? I would ad-vise against it. While there is no sex or nu-dity, there is vulgar language and plenty ofhorrible deaths and disgusting scenes. Is ita date movie? I doubt it, but if your partnerdoesn’t mind faces ripping open and peoplebeing eaten, then buy two tickets. Am Igoing to buy it when it comes out on DVD?Yes. Am I going to have a viewing party

where I watch both movies back to back?Let’s not push it.

* The Thing (2011) is the prequel to JohnCarpenter’s The Thing (1982) which was aremake of The Thing from Another World(1951) which was based on the story “WhoGoes There?” by John W. Campbell. That’sa big list. Most people side with the old1950s movies, claiming that they are theoriginal, but John Carpenter’s movie and thisnew movie more closely follow the originalstory. The 1951 movie was, in comparison,a cheesy Hollywood late spring/early sum-mer blockbuster designed to draw thecrowds and make everyone happy.

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