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BPPA Contract ratifiedMembership votes 575-307 to accept contract terms through 2010

The next step in completing the contract is for the Mayor to sub-mit it to City Council for funding. Once City Council has funded thecontract, the benefits become payable. The first benefit to appearwill be a general wage increase of over 4.5% probably within a monthafter funding. Later in the summer, you will receive retroactivechecks for between $1,200 and $1,500 on based on last year’s straighttime pay and there will be additional amounts for overtime workedlast year.

The contract features the following items:

• Wage and Benefit IncreasesJuly 2006 2.0%July 2007 2.5%Jan 2008 .23% (Clothing Allowance up $150)July 2008 3.0%

1.5% (Hazardous Duty Pay)July 2009 3.5%

.5% (Weekend Differential).15% (911 Pay)

The sum of these increases is 13.4% but the compoundedeffect on wages is an actual increase of 13.8%.

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By BPPA Attorney Joe Sandulli

After a marathon negotiating session on May 30 ending atabout 2:00 AM on May 31, the BPPA and City bargaining teams reached a written agreement on contract terms covering

the period from July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2010. The contractprovides wage increases between 13.8% to 17.1% and a release ofmembers from residency requirements after ten years of service.That agreement was subject to ratification by the BPPA member-ship and funding by City Council.

At an emergency meeting called on Saturday, June 1, the Houseof Representatives unanimously approved the contract and referredit to the membership for ratification by a secret ballot vote on June18. The BPPA held information sessions for the members on June13. On June 18, the polls were open for voting at the BPPA officefrom 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM. The votes were counted shortly after thepolls closed at 7:00 PM with 882 total votes cast out of 1,525 BPPAmembers. There were 575 votes to accept the contract; 307 to re-ject it. The 575 votes approving the contract represent 65% of thetotal votes cast. President Tom Nee, VP Ron MacGillivray and thebargaining committee members Tom Pratt (Gang Unit), BrianReaney (A-1), and David “Duke” Fitzgerald (B-2) would like to thankall of the members who took the time to participate in the vote.

The advertisers of thePax Centurion do notnecessarily endorsethe opinions of thePax Centurion/BostonPolice Patrolmen’sAssociation.

The advertisers are insupport of the BPPAScholarship Fund andevery patrolmen whorisks his or her life toprotect and serve thecommunity.

Contract RatificationVote Results

6/18/07

Number of BPPAmembers eligible to vote:

1,514Number of BPPA

members who voted:882

Voter turnout:58%

Yes (in favor):575 (66%)

No (not in favor):307 (34%)

The Contract Proposal isaccepted!

Contract RatificationVote Results

6/18/07

Cop shot by urban scumbag See page A3

BPPA presents spring awards

See article and more photos on pages A12 & A13

Cop shot by urban scumbag See page A3

BPPA presents spring awards

See article and more photos on pages A12 & A13

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From the President and Vice President:Thomas J. Nee & Ronald MacGillivray

Contractratified

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Nation’s First Police Department

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9-11 Shetland Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02119Phone: 617-989-BPPA (2772) • Fax: 617-989-2779 • www.bppa.org

Unity & Strength

Volume 37, No. 3 • Readership 125,000 • May/June 2007

Thomas J. Nee, Executive DirectorRonald MacGillivray, Vice President

John Broderick, Jr., SecretaryThomas Pratt, Treasurer

BOARD OF EDITORSJames Carnell, Managing Editor

Mark Bruno, Pat Rose,Assistant Managing Editors

James Orsino, PresidentRobert Morley, Vice President

EMS OfficersMatthew Carly, Secretary

Anthony O’Brien, TreasurerLen Shubitowski, Chief Steward

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BPPA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

BPPA COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

EDITORIAL POLICY

AREA ABrian Reaney • Tom CorbettJohn Bates • James Carnell

Michael Leary • Robert Anthony Bob Luongo • James Warmsley

AREA BJohn Downey • Bernie Moore

Charlie Hulme • David FitzgeraldCynthia Beckford-Brewington

Richard McCormack

AREA CTimothy Golden • Bill Hogan

Joe Miskel • Mark Bruno Patrick Rose • Chuck Kelley

AREA DRich Moriarty • Scott Yanovich

Robert Butler • Greg LynchLou Maderia • Michael McManus

AREA EMichael Harrington • Paul Nee

John Earley • Jean Pierre RicardLawrence Calderone

Gerald Rautenberg • Steve KelleyArthur McCarthy

AREA FIDENT. UNIT – John Fitzgerald

DRUG UNIT – Paul QuinnYVSF – Jeff CecilTimothy Stanton

M.O.P.Richie Kelley

Chris Broderick

RADIO SHOP / P.D.S.John Kundy

P.D.S. – Karen VanDyke

TURRETJohn Conway • Dave Stewart

Richard Brennan

ACADEMY / RANGEEVIDENCE MANAGEMENT

Paul Downey

HARBORBill Cullinane

E.S.U.Hector Cabrera • Francis Deary

HEADQUARTERS

AWARDSBob Butler • J. Broderick • G. Rautenberg

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

BUILDINGTom Nee

BARGAININGTom Nee • Ron MacGillivray • Brian Reaney

Tom Pratt • Dave Fitzgerald

LEGISLATIVEJim Barry

MassPULLJim Barry

K-9 / MOUNTEDKevin Ford • Patrick Butler

MASTER AT ARMSRobert Lundbohm • Mike Murphy

Mike RossRheitha Stewart

PUBLIC RELATIONSJim Barry

PAX CENTURIONJim Carnell • Mark Bruno • Patrick Rose

BYLAWSTom Nee

HEALTH and SAFETY / LABOR MANAGEMENTJohn KundyELECTIONS

Dave FitzgeraldEDUCATION

Tom NeeDETAILS / OVERTIME

Brian Reaney • Patrick Rose

1. Opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association.2. No responsibilty is assumed for unsolicited material.3. Letters or articles submitted shall be limited to 350 words and must be accompanied by the writer’s name,

but may be reprinted without name or address at writer’s request.4. Freedom of expression is recognized within the bounds of good taste and the limits of available space.5. The B.P.P.A. reserves the right to edit submission and/or include Editor’s notes to any submitted materials.6. The deadline for printed materials for the next issue is JULY 21, 2007.7. Any article printed in this issue may be reprinted in future issues.

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Out of 1,514 members, 882 voted with 575 members in favor of the new contract.Voting the tentative agreement up or down is the right of each member. Havingaccurate information in making that decision was an issue for many as conflict-

ing disinformation was widespread. For instance, Medicare, the federal health care pro-gram that covers about 36 million people over the age of 65 was replaced in a negativehandout with Medicaid which is a health insurance plan assisting the low income popula-tion in the general public. This was one of many distortions that were clarified for thosewho inquired. Some were of the opinion that an arbitrator would be more generous inidentifying and determining our needs. After the last arbitration where our two languagepriorities were left on the table having them addressed was all-important.

Both parties knew each other’s wants, needs and willingness or unwillingness to partwith them. Three key issues: getting as close to the teachers’ number as possible…14%(not compounded base wage), residency and removing the longevity cap to allow all non-Quinn officers $2,000 after 10 years and $4,000 after 20 years beginning in July, 2007. A$2,000 increase is approximately 3-1/2 % of the base wage.

Both individual constituencies make up a large portion of our membership. Residencyinvolves more than 50% and non-Quinn is roughly 50% and growing. The cost to the Cityof Boston per officer is approximately 14% over 4 years minus approximately 1.4% ofHealth Insurance increases...

Base wages for the 4 years ............................... 2, 2-1/2, 3 and 3-1/2 = 11%Hazardous Duty Pay ......................................................................... 1.5%Non-Quinn Longevity .................................................. approximately .6%Weekend Differential .......................................................................... .5%Clothing Allowance increased $150 .................................................. .25%911 Response Specialist .................................................................... .15%

All monies listed above are included in overtime and retirement calculations exceptfor the clothing increase. The non-Quinn longevity percentage will change based on thecontinuous movement of new hires and retirees and the educational status of both.

The Teacher’s Union had set the standard of 14% without residency being an issue ontheir table. A package including residency, drug testing changes, prospective retirees’health insurance and certain administrative functions was agreed to. Unfortunately bar-gaining is not a one-size-fits-all and has a different effect on each individual officer. Thereis a lot of proposed give-and-take before the final product is arrived at. Certain issueswere extremely important to the Bargaining Committee along with attaining Teacher’snumbers. The membership ultimately decided the worthiness of the package…though a58% turnout with 2 major interests was not a good showing.

Injured on Duty

Injured on Duty status is the number-one contested issue leading to a grievance. Paying special attention to what has to be done to be considered “IOD” is importantespecially if it is your first time. When officers are injured, many try to work through

their injury as opposed to going out injured at the time of occurrence. Past-posting areport (injury occurring at an earlier time) is not encouraged…paperwork and hospitalvisit should be done in the present. Not having gone to the hospital most often ensuresthat the officer will not be carried IOD. If there is the slightest oversight or misstep theofficer more often than not will be carried “absent pending”. The simple truth is the sameofficer the second time around will make sure that he/she does not get compromised andreports the incident with a more calculating respect for the process with greater consider-ation given to the fine points.

Acquiring “injured on duty” status has become an issue where many officers do notunderstand the rules of engagement. Included in this understanding is the Department’sprimary mission which is to return the officer to full duty as soon as possible…period. Insome cases the Department does not acknowledge the injury after proper notification bythe officer as required by our agreement. Using 30 or 60 days of sick time while theDepartment contemplates an officers status is a common motivator used by the Depart-ment. The prompting of the officer’s physician to accept unidentified light duty positionsis another means employed by the Department.

Most recommendations by the Captain or Commander that the officer be carried “in-jured on” are overturned by MIS for a number of reasons but primarily because of a lapsein following the required procedure. I would estimate that 9 out of 10 officers that aren’tcovered by the Department after an injury claim have accurately reported the incident butfailed to adhere to the simple but must follow guidelines that include: the reporting of the

Injured on duty status #1 contested issue

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BPPA Contract ratified:Membership votes 575-307 to accept terms

Cop shot by urban scumbagBy Jim Carnell, Pax Editor

AN OUTSTANDING BOSTON POLICE OF-FICER, Steve Romano, was shot and nearly killedon Wednesday night May 23rd, in Dorchester by a

worthless piece of trash named Antonio Franklin who wasfleeing from the BPD gang unit. Scumbag-maggot Franklin,an oxygen thief with a lengthy criminal record who shouldhave been traded atbirth to Iraq for sandor some other value-less commodity, wasin turn shot by a statetrooper during the footpursuit, causing theloss of at least onevaluable bullet.Franklin will however,recover from hiswounds and continueto prosper in his role as a leech upon the taxpaying, law-abiding public.

Both the Globe and the Herald featured front-page pho-tos of this worthless brigand in their Friday, May 25, 2007editions. The corn-rowed miscreant stares at the camerafrom his taxpayer-funded hospital bed with what his tax-payer-funded attorney Holly Clarke describes as “a swol-len right eye and cuts to his face.” (No such injuries areobservable as far as I can see from the photos, but you canalready anticipate the “the cops beat him up” defense-strat-

egy being played.) A gang member with a lengthy crimi-nal record who was already out on bail for a previous drugcharge and had a previous firearm conviction and was stillwearing a leg brace from being shot himself recently,Franklin was skulking around in other gang-member’s ter-ritory when he was confronted by police. He fired at andstruck Officer Romano in the chest, in a spot not covered

by his bullet-resistant vest. Romano survived due toquick assistance from his fellow officers and Boston’sbest EMT’s.

Unfortunately, these front page photos will serve to pro-vide Antonio with the attention he craves.His friends, intheir perverse, sick world, will sing his praises in hip-hoprhymes. The best we can hope for is that little Antonio willbe convicted, where he will be sent to a warm, clean jail,be served three meals a day, watch movies and TV, serve afew years and then be released to the streets where he will

shack up with another permanent member of the underclassreceiving a government check with whom he will produceillegitimate children (who will also become governmentcharges) and where he will continue to sponge off of tax-payers, steal, rob and sell drugs. That’s the best we canhope for. It is, of course, entirely possible that another brain-dead Suffolk County jury (see page 7 in this issue of thePax) will refuse to convict Antonio and he will be releasedto the streets to do all of the above mentioned things with-out doing a day in jail (which is basically the only differ-ence between the previously described outcomes, anyway).

We are all thankful for Officer Romano’s survival,it could have been much worse. But as all Bos-ton cops know, there are literally hundreds, per-

haps thousands, of Antonio Franklins out there; soullessthugs without an iota of guilt, who exist only for the here-and-now and have an insatiable, childish need to satisfytheir desires at the expense of the law-abiding majority.They are beyond redemption and beyond help; they needonly be locked up on a desert island with their own kindwhere they can prey on each other and leave decent peoplealone.

Father’s Daydisgrace

Hostile crowd surroundsand assaults cops

investigating shootingBoston firefighter arrested

By Jim Carnell, Pax Editor

ONCE AGAIN, you won’t hear this incident reported in the Boston Globe, and you won’t hear Council-ors Turner, Yancey or Arroyo expressing their

“outrage”, but here’s yet another example where the com-munity that most loudly complains about crime and thepolice “not doing anything” ends up attacking police offic-ers in the performance of their duties….

BPD CC# 070330066 - Father’s Day, 6/17/07 5:56 PM,Malcolm X Park, Roxbury, MA. Officers from Area B-2respond to a radio call for shots fired at 6 Codman Park,Roxbury and observe a young man fleeing from the scenerunning across Martin Luther King Blvd. towards Wash-ington Park. (At this point in time, police do not know ifthe suspect is involved in the actual shooting, a victim or awitness, only that he is fleeing the scene and a descriptionof him is being broadcast.) Officers pursue the suspect intoMalcolm X Park where approximately 200-300 people aregathered for a cookout/community celebration. OfficerSean Martin and a Longwood Security officer catch andtackle the individual running from the shooting scene,whereupon the crowd immediately surrounds the officers(s)and begins yelling at them and demanding they release thesuspect. Members of the crowd began bumping into andsurrounding the officers as they attempted to remove thesuspect from the scene. Another suspect, later identified asone André Bridges of 126 Tonawanda St, Dorchester, be-gan yelling and screaming at the officers and would laterstate “That’s my son and I’m a firefighter”! Bridges alsopushed his shoulder and forearm into Officer Martin as hewas attempting to remove the suspect from the scene. Thecrowd began to close the distance between themselves andthe officers who were acting in the performance of theirduties, becoming increasingly aggressive and confronta-

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Retired Sgt. Charlie Byrne, himself shot in the cheston New Year’s day a few years ago and nearly killed,said it best: “We need to stop playing basketball andholding hands with these kids and lock them up… Weneed to start being policemen again. It’s nice to befriendly with the community, but we can’t pander tothe whim of activists at the expense of cops.”

• Relief from Residency Requirement. Em-ployees will be released from the resi-dency requirement when they have com-pleted 10 years of service as police offic-ers.

• Longevity Pay. Effective July 2007, all of-ficers who are not receiving Quinn Billbenefits will receive an annual longevitybenefit of $2,000 beginning on comple-tion of 10 years of service and of $4,000on completion of 20 years of service. Thisbenefit in included in base pay for all pur-poses including for calculation of over-time. The additional $2,000 made availableto employees by this provision representsas much as an additional 3.3% benefit,which when added to the general wage/benefit increase of 13.8%, can total asmuch as 17.1%.

• Health Insurance.Effective January 1, 2008 the City’s contri-bution to HMO’s (like Harvard-PilgrimHMO) will decrease from the current 90%to 87.5% and on January 1, 2009 to 85%.

The City’s contribution to Point of ServicePlans will decrease from the current 85%to 82.5% and then to 80% on January 1,2008 and 2009.

On July 1, 2007 the Master Medical Planwill be replaced by the similar Blue CareElect Preferred Plan with the same Citycontribution of 75%.

For employees who can get health insur-ance from another employer, the City willpay them $2,500 annually for opting outof a family plan and $1,500 for opting outof an individual plan.

The BPPA will support legislation to al-low the City to provide health insurancebenefits for prospective retirees througha combination of Medicare and supple-mental insurance plans. This legislationwould not affect current retirees andwould not affect prospective retireeswho are ineligible for Medicare.

• Drug Testing. Adopted new safeguardsand standards for hair testing includinga 3rd safety-net test by a new laboratory.An employee who tests positive, how-ever, will be subject to random urinalysisfor the duration of his career.

• Administrative Positions. At least two po-lice officers will be assigned to each dis-trict station in administrative positions.Additional officers may be assigned to ad-ministrative positions in the stations inthe Commissioner’s discretion.

• Training and Travel. Limits on round-the-clock overtime for out-of-state trainingand travel.

• Deferred Compensation. Effective Janu-ary 2008 an employee may elect to con-tribute a percentage of supplemental in-come (details and overtime) tax free tothe deferred compensation plan.


Treasury Notes: Thomas Pratt, BPPA Treasurer

“Officer Down”:the worst phone call you can receive

On May 23, 2007, at about 9:50 p.m., I received a call from Jay, the sec-retary of our association, who in-

formed me that we had an officer down.Being a police officer this has to be aboutthe worst phone call you can receive. Jaytold me the officer who got shot was SteveRomano who is a friend and co-worker inthe Youth Violence Strike Force. A scumbagnamed Antonio Franklin shot Steve. An-tonio has also been shot in the past, alongwith being convicted of carrying a firearmin our city. I would like to thank TrooperJimmy Grasso who was driving with Stevethat night. I would also like to commendSteve’s other partners, David Yee, MarkFriere, and Chris Ross for what they diduntil the EMT’s arrived and everyone whoassisted in getting Steve to the hospital. Toall the officers from our department, includ-ing Pat Rose, and Taisha Skeen and otherofficers from outside jurisdictions whohelped getting the ambulance through traf-fic and to the hospital and again to theEMT’s, I apologize for not knowing yourname, but Thank you!

Now on to the contract, on June 18, 2007,the membership of our association had theopportunity to vote on the ratification of acontract, the hours were 7 a.m to 7 p.m atthe union hall. The ratification passed, 575members voted for it and 307 against it fora total of 882 total members voting. Thetotal number who could have voted was1,514 that means that 632 of our memberschose not to take part in a vote that impactedtheir wages, working condition and benefits.Barring a family emergency - what couldhave prevented you from voting?

Absentee ballots were made available forour members who would be away on vaca-tion or those members who had made priorcommitments and could not make it. Thething that really bothered me was thosemembers who chose to write unsigned let-ters that distorted the facts of the contractand then faxed them citywide to cause dis-tress. To the person or persons who wrotethese letters why didn’t you sign them?Could it be because they were not true?Debating and asking questions are healthy,never be afraid or apprehensive to ask why?If you have a concern or problem it is yourright as dues paying members of this unionto do so. The bargaining team brought backthe proposal to the membership because webelieved it was a fair proposal. It dealt withkey issues that affected our membershipresidency, longevity and an economic pack-age that appears to be fair, for the commit-tee not to bring this proposal back wouldhave been an injustice to you. Now, do Ithink this is a great proposal? I think this isa fair and reasonable proposal. We had tomake some concessions, like an increase inhealthcare, the elimination of one of our

health plans and a change in compensationregarding training. The proposal packagebrought back in my opinion along with theother members of the committee was a rea-sonable proposal to vote on. Informationalsessions were held at the union hall for any-one who had questions on any part of theproposal. The leadership along with thebargaining committee also brought in twoexperts in the field of health care and theadoption of section 18 Medicare to answerany questions or concerns any member mayhave had, about 40 showed up. Some peopleasked the question why not go to the JointLabor Management Committee or arbitra-tion? Because the last time we went there aman named Paul Birks lied to the bargain-ing committee and put us into an expedited

arbitration process. Though the compensa-tion was fair, issues like residency and lon-gevity were not addressed these are two keyissues. This time they were addressed. Iknow I cannot make everybody happy allthe time but at least I get involved and try.

To our members who showed up andvoted for either yes or no, THANK YOUfor taking part to our members who made aconscious choice not to vote you cannotcomplain. Your chance to be heard wasMonday June 18, 2007 (Bunker Hill Day).To the anonymous letter writers out there,be a man or woman and sign it, I’ll respectyou more for your difference of opinion asI have said previously it is healthy to askwhy.

A couple of house cleaning issues any

member whose child won a scholarship youhave to get your paper work into my officesoon, we have member’s children who areon an alternate list. If you do not want thescholarship, give me a call so I can give itto the next child.

The next date for Annmarie Crawford,the ING representative, to come to the unionhall will be Thursday, July 19, 2007 betweenthe hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. please calland make an appointment her number is 1-781-768-4805.

Last but not least, Detective Juan Seoneshould not be giving fashion advice to any-one, especially when he wears Tough Skinjeans that are two sizes small.

As always keep your guard up watcheach other’s backs and be safe.

Finding ways to maximize your dollarRetirement – Diversify Your Taxes

State-sponsored retirement plans allowing employee defer-rals (457(b)) are powerful savings tools. Your contributions

come out of your salary as pretax contributions (reducing yourcurrent taxable income) and any investment earnings are taxdeferred until withdrawn. The current limitation for 2007 is$15,500 annually. Your current 457(b) provider is ING which iscontrolled by the state.

A Roth IRA is another type of personal savings plan. Aswith a traditional IRA, for 2007 you can contribute up to $4,000(you may be able to contribute an additional $4,000 on behalfof your spouse, if married). And, as with a traditional IRA, youcan contribute even more if you’re age 50 or older. However, allcontributions to a Roth IRA are nondeductible. If certain condi-tions are met, withdrawals from a Roth IRA, including earn-

These days it’s not uncommon for parents to postpone starting a family until both spouses are settled in their marriage

and careers, often well into their 30s and 40s. Though this financialsecurity can be an advantage, it can also present a dilemma — theneed to save for college and retirement at the same time.

There are many different ways to save for college education.Since their introduction nearly a decade ago, Section 529

plans have revolutionized the way parents, grandparents, andothers save for college. Americans have poured billions of dol-lars into 529 plans, and contributions are expected to keep flow-ing in the years ahead. What makes these plans so special? Theprimary advantage of 529 plans is that funds in the plan are freefrom income tax at the federal level when used to pay thebeneficiary’s qualified education expenses. Plus, anyone canopen a 529 account, regardless of income level or state of resi-dence.

ings, are tax free. While Roth IRA contributions do not offer animmediate tax benefit, qualified distributions from you’re yourRoth account are federal income tax free.

I’m not saying one plan is better than the other. What I’msaying is that you should be taking advantage of plans that mini-mize tax liability both today and in the future.

When planning for retirement you should consider a fewthings:

• Project retirement expenses• Decide when you’ll retire• Estimate your life expectancy• Identify your sources of retirement income• Make up any income shortfall

Education – Maximizing Financial Aid

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The information contained in this communication, including attachments, may be provided to support the marketing of a particular product or service. You cannotrely on this to avoid tax penalties that may be imposed under the Internal Revenue Code. Consult your tax advisor or attorney regarding tax issues specific to yourcircumstances.

Neither Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. nor any of its employees or representatives are authorized to give legal tax advice. You are encouraged to seek theguidance of your own personal legal or tax counsel. Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Member NASD and SIPC.

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A Roth IRA is another type of personal savings plan. As witha traditional IRA, for 2006 and 2007 you can contribute up to$4,000 (you may be able to contribute an additional $4,000 onbehalf of your spouse, if married). And, as with a traditionalIRA, you can contribute even more if you’re age 50 or older.However, all contributions to a Roth IRA are nondeductible. Ifcertain conditions are met, withdrawals from a Roth IRA, in-cluding earnings, are tax free. Traditional IRAs and Roth IRAscan be used to accumulate funds for college. The 10 percentpenalty tax that normally applies to withdrawals from Tradi-tional and Roth IRAs before age 59-1/2 does not apply if themoney is used to pay the qualified education expenses of you,your spouse, or the children or grandchildren of you or yourspouse.

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Financial Advisor, Ameriprise Financial


Secretary Spread: Jay Broderick, BPPA Secretary

Just a “normal” tour of dutyThe last few months have seen a num-

ber of our fellow members survivelife and death situations while in the

performance of their duties. Most of theseincidents occurred while doing what wewould consider “normal” things that we doeach day throughout our tours of duty. Theseincidents should serve as reminders thatnothing that we do is normal or routine.They should serve as reminders that we al-ways need to be vigilant and to watch eachothers backs.

We all know how easy it is to becomecomplacent when responding to that thirdcall of the tour for an “unknown problem.”The other two might have been someoneknocking the phone off the hook or the babypushing numbers on the keypad. Compla-cent that is, until you knock on the door andsome deranged woman greets you by try-ing to stab you in the chest with a largekitchen knife and proceeds to chase you intothe street until you’re forced to defend your-self and end the threat. Doesn’t happen?Well it just did and thankfully the officerinvolved wasn’t complacent because had hebeen, he may not have survived the encoun-ter.

How about the routine call for a “pinkslip assist” that turns into an emotionallydisturbed person firing dozens of roundsthrough a wall at the Officers. While all thecivilians run out of the house, who staysand takes control? The cops that were justfired at, that’s who. They stay and take uppositions so that the gunmen can’t escapeand the situation doesn’t get even worse.They also survive the incident by watchingout for each other.

While it’s one thing to be threatened bypeople with mental problems it’s more dis-turbing to see the blatant attacks on ourmembers by every day criminals. Within thelast few months we have had two membersof the YVSF, Rance Cooley and SteveRomano, survive being shot at while in-volved in footchases.

The City can spend all the money theywant on street workers and youth centersand that’s fine. It will not change the thoughtprocess of these young gang bangers whohave zero respect for their neighborhoods,the police, or society in general. RetiredSergeant Charlie Byrne hit the nail on thehead last month when he was quoted in theBoston Herald as saying that we need tostop holding their hands and start lockingthem up. I’m all for trying to guide theyoung kids of this city away from the vio-lence but let’s not kid ourselves, there are acertain number of these kids who have beenlost and they’re not coming back. Those arethe ones that we need to get off the streetsfor significant time and not a 6 month bidat South Bay, where it’s like day care for upand coming gangsters. The judges and ju-ries of Suffolk County need to send themessage that carrying a gun will not be tol-erated and that attacks on Police Officers

will have severe consequences. With all duerespect to the United States Constitution,the rules of engagement have changed overthe years. An individual’s right to bear armsshouldn’t apply to a fifteen year old kidwalking down our streets. Does that meanwe should be tipping every kid in the cityupside down on a nightly basis? Of coursenot. But when a jury fails to convict an in-dividual who runs by numerous Police Of-ficers, a Deputy Superintendent, and theMayor of Boston, while holding a firearm,we have a serious problem. Society in gen-eral, and the communities most affected bythe violence in particular, need to trust thatthe police know who the players are andwhat situations are the ones that will likelylead to violent acts. We’ll keep doing ourjobs but they should do theirs.

Until that happens, watch out for eachother and stay safe.

The Contract

First off, I want to take a moment tocongratulate and thank the BPPABargaining Committee for the hard

work and dedication that went into secur-ing the new collective bargaining agree-ment. Though I do not serve on the Bar-gaining Team, I was included in a numberof discussions relative to negotiations andhad an idea of what was occurring through-out the long negotiation sessions. I knowhow hard these guys worked. So thanks toTom Nee, Ron MacGillivray, Tom Pratt,Brian Reaney, and Dave Fitzgerald. Greatjob!

The ability to negotiate a fair contractwith the City’s administration should notbe taken lightly. I have served 14 years as aPolice Officer and this will be just the sec-ond contract that I will be allowed to voteon. I believe that it is a fair contract and onethat takes great strides in putting all mem-bers of this Association on an even keel.Are there issues that will leave some mem-bers unsatisfied? Absolutely. I heard manypeople say that the contract didn’t helpthem. With all due respect, the BargainingCommittee is tasked with negotiating a con-tract that benefits all its member’s not indi-vidual members.

For years we had, in my opinion, fourseparate groups with their own issues thatwere important to them; the Quinn Billpeople, the non Quinn Bill people, the resi-dency exempt and the forced residency. Thiscontract lessens the divide between thesegroups.

Though the residency requirement is notcompletely gone, those members affectedby it can now make the decisions that theyneed knowing that they now have or willhave the option of raising their familieswhere they feel most comfortable. I realizethat there is some disappointment concern-ing when the ten years start to count but itwas very clear that the City was not goingto budge on this issue. To reject it would

likely have led to it being a deal breaker.Some have said that we should’ve held outfor the seven year proposal that CouncilorJohn Tobin had proposed. To that I wouldsay that we would be waiting for it to passlegislatively as well as still needing to ne-gotiate it out of the CBA. This contract, fi-nally, begins to address this issue.

A total wage increase of approximately14% over four years is a significant victory.It’s about the same percentage that the Bos-ton Teachers Union secured for their mem-bers and we were still able to secure resi-dency language.

The longevity portion of the contractcloses the gap between those with the QuinnBill and those without. The ability to se-cure the benefits of the Quinn Bill will re-main an option for those who don’t yet havethem. Less than 60% of our membershipbenefit from the Quinn Bill so securing bet-ter language regarding the longevity ben-efit was significant.

While securing these benefits, we wereable to fight off bi-weekly pay, GPS in thecruisers, sick day qualification, and imme-diate termination on a first time positivedrug test.

Obviously the increase in health carecontributions is significant and should notbe considered a minor give back but the factof the matter is that at the end of the con-tract, all indications are that your weeklypay will far out pace any increases in healthcare contributions and our contributions willstill be considerably less than private sec-tor contributions. To lessen the affect of thecontribution increase, it is spread out for twoyears. This issue was very important to theCity and they fought hard to get the BPPAto agree to 80% - 20% on HMO plans. TheBPPA in turn fought hard to maintain cur-rent levels and both sides eventually reacheda compromise. The average HMO split inMassachusetts is closer to 75% - 25% andCommonwealth of Massachusetts employ-ees have been paying 15% of their HMOpremiums for a decade.

What is disappointing is the low voter

turnout. Less than 60% of our members tookthe time to vote on a contract proposal thatwill affect themselves and their families.

Notes:BPPA Pass Programs

The BPPA has joined up with SixFlags of New England in a programthat offers significant savings on

passes to the park. As a member of theBPPA, you can purchase tickets to Six FlagsNew England at a discounted price of $25.A normal adult pass costs $49.99 and aticket for a child 36” to 54” is $29.99. Chil-dren under 36” are free. You can purchasethese tickets by contacting the BPPA officesand there is no limit to the number of tick-ets you can purchase.This benefit is addition to the passes alreadyin place for the New England Aquarium,The Roger Williams Zoo in Rhode Island,Zoo New England (Stone and Franklin ParkZoos), and the newly renovated BostonChildren’s Museum.

Please feel free to use these great ben-efits and contact the BPPA in order to se-cure them.

BPPA Shirts For Sale

The BPPA has some great T-shirts forsale along with sweatshirts, hats, keychains and other items.

The T-shirts are available in blue, gray,white, and black. There are different quota-tions on the back of the shirts and they are$10 each.

Golf Tournament

The Annual BPPA Golf Tournamentwill be held on Friday July 20, 2007at the Franklin Park Golf Course.

Foursomes are available for $400 and thatincludes a gift bag including a jacket anddinner after the tournament at world famous,AAA 4 diamond rated, Boston Police Post,featuring the world renowned lounge andnightclub icon, Pat “The Colonel” Rose.

Enjoy your summer and stay safe.

BPPA Officers: Secretary Jay Broderick, Vice President RonMacGillivray, Treasurer Tom Pratt and President Tom Nee.


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Cop allegedly shoots lawyer who chased him with knife


Acrazed lawyer, whose practice (according to published reports in the Boston Herald) includes “defend-

ing victims of police misconduct,” attackeduniformed Boston police officers with aknife and forced one of the officers to (al-legedly) shoot her in the leg.

After calls were received by BPD 911of an undetermined nature summoning po-lice to 507 Talbot Avenue, Dorchester, AreaC-11 officers responded, knocked on thedoor and were confronted by a crazedwoman wielding a kitchen knife who pro-ceeded to chase the officers. Retreating out-side, the officer was forced to (allegedly)shoot the knife-wielding maniac only after

Headline-spin in Mass.“Lawyer’s Weekly”(5/15) was “Lawyer is shot in leg afterallegedly attacking cop with knife.” Can you believe it?

further retreat was impossible and the of-ficer felt himself to be in imminent threatof death or serious bodily injury. Later, af-ter the woman was removed to the hospi-tal, it was determined that the assailant wasAttorney Aderonke O.A. Lipende, a law-yer who regularly practices in Dorchesterdistrict court whose firm “defends victimsof police misconduct.”

“Lawyers Weekly” reported in their May15th breaking news section the headline“Lawyer is shot in leg after allegedly at-tacking cop with knife” (reporter David E.Frank). Notice how the term “allegedly”is applied to the lawyer but not to the cop?The lawyer is alleged to have attacked thecop, but the cop – beyond any question –

shot the lawyer. So it is with the fair andimpartial legal profession. I sent two e-mailsand left a message with Lawyers Weekly,but (par for the course) received no reply.

The level of hypocrisy at play here is sim-ply astounding. This incident vanished inthe media within a day or two of its occur-rence; in fact, BMC Judge Sydney Hanlondeclined to set bail and put Lipende on pre-trail probation with the condition that shefollow a mental health plan determined bythe court. To the best of our knowledge,nobody from the ACLU has inquired aboutthe cop’s civil rights being violated by theattorney, and nobody from Lawyer’s Weeklyhas called the BPPA to inquire about howthe officer(s) might be doing after this inci-

dent. And neither City Councilor ChuckTurner, Felix Arroyo or Charles Yanceyhave yet held a press conference demand-ing that armed attacks on police officers bylawyers cease immediately.

Our readers should not be in the least bitsurprised if a civil lawsuit is filed against thepolice officers for traumatizing AttorneyLipende, and it is expected that a motion willbe filed seeking the quick return of AttorneyLipende’s kitchen knife which was illegallyseized by the oppressing officers. At press time,the Pax was still trying to locate a law firmspecializing in assisting police officers whohave are victims of knife-wielding attorneys,but our inquiries have been met with a clickon the other end of the line.

Suffolk County idiot jury does it again…


In yet another instance of apparent jury-nullification, an illegal alien who wasarrested during one of Mayor Menino’s

neighborhood visits carrying a gun – whohad a previous gun charge against him –was found “not guilty” by a brain-dead Suf-folk County jury despite the fact that threeBoston cops and a Deputy Superintendentchased and caught the illegal alien and lo-cated the gun.

You may remember this incident as itwas reported by Herald reporter MichelleMcPhee on August 23, 2006. (incident oc-curred 8/21/07, 6:57PM BPD cc#060455278) While on a walking tour/pressconference of the crime-plagued Bowdoin/Geneva neighborhood, Menino’s securitydetail and the gang unit noticedthe suspect, 19-yr. old AdelinoMonteiro, a visitor to ourshores – albeit illegal – fromCape Verde, residing illegallyat 17 Dix St., Dorchester, withhis right hand pressed closely to his hip.Knowing that little Adelino has not onlybeen previously shot a few weeks before(BPD CC# 040701271) AND that thisyummie (young urban maggot) was on pro-bation for a previous firearm arrest, ANDthat little Adelino was a worthless scumbagup to no good purpose, the officers re-quested a word with Master Monteiro. Im-mediately, said oxygen thief became vis-ibly nervous and began to flee, leading sev-eral officers on a foot pursuit. According tothe report, Officer Keaney of Area C-11personally observed Monteiro with a “fire-arm in his right hand, pointed up in the airnear his right ear”. The suspect then dis-carded the gun and jumped over a fencewhere he was then apprehended by severalofficers from the gang unit, Area C-11 andDeputy Supt. Linskey (who injured hisright shoulder during the arrest.) The fire-arm, a black 45. cal. Colt automatic withaltered serial numbers and loaded with oneround in the chamber and five rounds in the

Illegal alien (with prior gun charge!) found not guilty of second gun chargemagazine, was recovered exactly where thesuspect has discarded it. Cut and dry, openand shut, right? Er… not when it gets to aSuffolk County jury…

A t trial, three BPD officers andDeputy Linskey testified as to their observations that day. Monterio

did not testify in his own defense, so hisattorney’s only available tactic was to dis-credit the police testimony and to infer thatthe gun was never in Adelino’s possession.The jury deliberated for 2-1/2 days beforecoming back with a verdict of….not guilty.One of the charges filed against Monteirowas illegally carrying a loaded firearm. Dur-ing the deliberations, the jury asked thejudge whether the defendant would have

had to have actual knowledge of whetherthe firearm he was carrying was loaded. Ofcourse, the police have no way of knowingwhat the defendant “knows”, but commonsense (AHA!) dictates that one can reason-ably infer that a person carrying a firearmknows whether or not it is loaded. But to aSuffolk County jury, common sense is theleast common of all the senses! Ergo, if thepolice could not prove whether Monteiro“knew” (an impossibility) the gun wasloaded, he was “not guilty.” And then, de-spite the testimony of the cops who sawMonteiro with the gun, the jury also foundthe illegal alien miscreant not guilty of ille-gal possession of a firearm. Why?Apparently because during the trial, a fin-gerprint expert testified as to his inabilityto find useable prints on the gun. Smudged,unclear fingerprints often occur, and some-times, the rough surfaces of a particular itemsimply don’t lend themselves to retrieval ofclearly identifiable prints. That’s real life.But for a Suffolk County jury schooled in

crime scene analysis from watching re-peated episodes of “CSI- Miami” and “Lawand Order: Special Victim’s Unit”, no suchthings are possible. Therefore, if the policehonestly testify that no identifiable printswere found, despite the testimony, that’senough to find Monteiro “not guilty.”

Needless to say, the officers who tes-tified, Deputy Linskey and the Dis-trict Attorney’s office were horri-

fied and outraged at yet another example ofa Suffolk County jury ignoring the testi-mony and the evidence to set anotherclearly-guilty man free. (Oh, and by the way,the bullets from the gun matched up to thosefired at a Dodge Caravan a few weeks ear-lier in the same neighborhood carrying a

young child, but ofcourse, in that case, no-body actually sawMonterio with the gun,so he couldn’t be pros-ecuted for that one.)

You may remember a few years ago the trialof James Gaines, who shot Boston Policeofficer Zenaida Flores three times point-blank as she lay on the ground inChinatown. Juror Frank Shand, describedthen as “an unemployed roofer from Ja-maica Plain” and thought to be a police-conspiracy theorist refused to find Gainesguilty because, in his mind, “there shouldhave been video of the incident”. (Thetrial ended in a mistrial – a later jury even-tually found Gaines guilty, but after yearsof additional expense and time).

And even more recently, (June 3rd,2007) an article appeared in the Boston Globe entitled “Murder

convictions becoming more difficult – Ju-ries demanding greater certainty.” The ar-ticle highlighted a recent murder inMattapan where defendant Ablode Ahia-hornu was found not guilty after a mere 3-1/2 hours of deliberation, despite what ap-peared to be overwhelming testimony and

evidence. Here are some of the bizarre com-ments attributed to jurors from that trial:

“At first it seemed obvious there shouldhave been enough evidence”, said RichardSmith, 53, a South End computer consult-ant who served on the jury. “It was likesomeone did this because they want to getcaught. I mean, who would be stupidenough to commit a crime like this, in sucha public place, and think they could get awayit?” Ah, Richard, welcome to planetEarth, 2007. They don’t care about get-ting caught because they don’t give adamn. And yes, they are stupid enough tocommit crimes in public places, becausethey know that people like you often makeit onto juries in Suffolk County. And Ri-chard… he did get away with it! Thanksin part to you, that is!

Another juror was identified as “Mary”,54, an elementary school teacher inBrighton.” According to “Mary” (who didnot want her last name used) “…I don’tknow if it was the DA’s office or the police,but someone somewhere didn’t connect allthe dots. Whoever’s not connecting the dotsneeds to start doing it.” Ah, Mary, HELLO,Mary? That would be YOU. YOU’RE sup-posed to connect the dots, Mary. You’re sup-posed to employ logic and rational think-ing to arrive at a reasonable conclusion,Mary, the elementary school teacher. (Andwe wonder why our public schools gradu-ate morons incapable of thinking criticallyand intelligently?)

T he police can make thousandsof arrests, and the DA’s officecan do their absolute best to pros-

ecute cases. But when idiot jurors lackingcommon sense who think “CSI” reflectsreal-life police work don’t do their jobs, thenwe’re all in trouble. Maybe we should putthe likes of Adelino Monteiro, AblodeAhiahornu, and James Gaines on a SuffolkCounty jury. They’d undoubtedly find thedefendant “not guilty”, but at least we’dknow why….

When idiot jurors lacking common sensewho think “CSI” reflects real-life police workdon’t do their jobs, then we’re all in trouble.


Making aDifference


Truckers careening through Speaker DiMasi’sneighborhood carrying 350ºF liquid asphalt cargo

By Jim Barry,BPPA Legislative Agent

If you thought it was safe to go out inyour neighborhood and not have a liq-uid bomb drive by you and your kids

you are wrong. Three tanker trucks werestopped last week for transporting danger-ous (under statement) 350ºF degree liquidasphalt through Speaker Sal DiMasi’sneighborhood of the North End. If just oneof those tanks spilled its cargo onto thestreets of the North End on that morning,unimaginable death and destruction wouldhave been the result. These trucks wereloaded with their 350ºF liquid cargo in tank-ers on the north shore and were destinedfor Cape Cod. The direct and fastest routeto the Cape from Route 93 North, is through

Boston, to Route 3 South then onto theCape. That is without having to obey thelaw prohibiting the transportation of dan-gerous materials, (350ºF liquid asphaltwould fall into that category) through theCity of Boston.. Yet the drivers were told to“go through Boston” by their company. Notwanting to get fired, they listened to thecompany’s directive. As for why the com-pany would knowingly violate the law....simple math. The more times you turn overa truck trip, the more money you make. Thistraffic stop in the Speaker’s neighborhoodis one of the many the Boston Police TruckTeam makes daily in and around the Cityof Boston. What makes this news is thetruckers association are back on the “Hill”trying to stop or at least control what police

departments in the commonwealth are ableto stop them.

The Massachusetts Truckers Associationfailed to strip the Boston Police of our au-thority to conduct random inspections oftrucks. Last year, they knowingly mislead(lied) to the Committee on Transportation,telling them the federal regulations prohibitmore than one agency from conducting ran-dom inspections on commercial vehicles.Nothing could have been further from thetruth..One agency to conduct a truck termi-nal audit, yes, a commercial vehicle inspec-tion, NO. The Federal Government was en-couraging police departments nationally toconduct these random inspections. Througha program sponsored by the Department ofHomeland Security and the U.S. Depart-ment of Transportation the Boston Policeestablished its’ truck team. When membersof that team first went to work in the city, 7out of 10 of their stops resulted in viola-tions. Most of these fines are directed at theowners of the trucks for equipment or safetyviolations.

There is another bill (HB3682) filed bythe Massachusetts Truckers Association forthis legislative session. The truckers asso-ciation is now saying, they don’t want tostop the Boston Police from conductingthese random inspections. This year theyonly want to stop “other” cities or townsthat “might” start a commercial vehicle in-

spection team. How can anyone believe any-thing they say? You see this is about money,not the safe transportation of hazardous ma-terials or homeland security for that matter.The trucking association could care lessabout that and they proved that last year withtheir lies to the Massachusetts Legislature’sJoint Committee on Transportation. It is thebottom line that counts. The fastest route tothe Cape was through the Speaker’s neigh-borhood. “Damn the torpedos, go for it.”Those “torpedos” are the price for turningover a truck, the fines levied to the truckingcompanies. Huge fines for not being in com-pliance with the laws and regulations cov-ering the safe transportation of hazardousmaterials. Remember these carriers aretransporting cargo such as gasoline, 350ºFliquid asphalt, benzene, toxic chemicals(acid, alkaline, liquid gases) through neigh-borhoods and the main streets of every cityand town in the Commonwealth. The waythe Boston Police Commercial Vehicle In-spection Team views these tankers filledwith dangerous and deadly cargo trans-ported in and around our neighborhoods,those are the real torpedoes and they areaimed at the public. We urge police unionsstatewide, the Massachusetts Chiefs of Po-lice Association and the MMA to let theirlegislators know they need to stop the truck-ers from continuing to put the public at risk..Kill House Bill 3682!

Contract ratified & Injured on duty status(continued from page A2)

injury and treatment at a medical facilityfollowed by being relieved from duty andsurrendering of equipment and absolutelynot returning for the next tour of duty. It ismuch easier to return to work in a few daysafter properly documenting the most minorincident than to attempt to revisit and past-post the injury…unless you do not have aproblem with using your sick time as thegrievance process plays out.

The remedy for the officer in “absentpending” status usually covers a long pe-riod of time and not until the officer hasreturned to duty or the arbitration date ap-proaches does the issue get resolved. Thelanguage in the contract could not be anyclearer in that: when an officer is injured ordisabled while on duty, the injured or dis-abled officer shall be carried “injured on”from the date the City receives notificationof said injury or disability until such timethat the contrary be shown by the Depart-ment at a hearing called for that purpose

and supported by competent evidence andsustained by an arbitrator. More often thannot, time is put back on the books when thecase is closed and the officer is back on dutyif there are no questionable circumstances.

The contract also has language that aninjured officer shall be entitled to examina-tion and treatment by a physician of his/her own choice. The only problem with thelatter language is that the City purposefullyand resolutely does not pay their medicalbills for years at a time eliminating 99% ofthe orthopedists who like any individualwould like to get paid for their work. Seek-ing a second medical opinion is no easy task.Most officers will attest to having their creditput in jeopardy by collection agencies andhaving had to fill out blue cards year in andyear out with as much success as playingthe lottery.

When going out injured get it right thefirst time to save guaranteed frustration withthe process!!!

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Good Morning Mr. Chairman, Sena-tor Graham, and members of theSubcommittee. My name is Tom

Nee and I am a Patrolman with the BostonPolice Department. I also serve as the presi-dent of the Boston Police Patrolmen’s As-sociation, as well as the National Associa-tion of Police Organizations (NAPO), rep-resenting approximately 238,000 sworn lawenforcement officers throughout the UnitedStates.

As police officers, it is our duty to serveand protect. As men and women workingon the front lines to enforce the law, we havea right, a need, really, to have the full sup-port of the federal government. This needis why I am here speaking to you today.America’s state and local law enforcementare being disregarded by the current admin-istration. They are being passed over forcritical funding to assist them in perform-ing their roles in combating and respond-ing to crime and terrorism.

There are three issues that I will address

this afternoon that are of increasing con-cern to NAPO and our members: the de-crease in funding for vital Department ofJustice state and local law enforcement as-sistance programs witnessed over the pastseveral years; the additional duties taken onby local law enforcement agencies in thepost-9/11 era; and finally, the recent increasein crime rates experienced by communitiesnationwide. These issues are interrelatedand cannot be separated, particularly whenaddressing the issue of rising violent crimerates in the United States.

The Community Oriented Policing Ser-vices program, together with the Local LawEnforcement Block Grant (LLEBG) and theByrne Memorial Fund, gave state and locallaw enforcement the necessary funding totruly assist their efforts to keep our nation’scommunities safe. These justice assistanceprograms have contributed countless re-sources to help combat crime, from assist-ing with the hiring and retention of over

Testimony of NAPO President Tom Nee:“Rising crime in the United States: Examining the

Federal role in helping communitiesprevent and respond to violent crime”

U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and DrugsDirksen Senate Office Building, Room 226 • May 23, 2007, 9:30 a.m.

118,000 police officers toserve in local communi-ties, to paying for over-time, equipment, training,and allowing for the de-velopment of innovativepartnerships with com-munities to fight crime.

With the support ofthese federal grant pro-grams, community polic-ing has been a dominantforce behind the dramaticreduction in crime thisnation has witnessed overthe past 13 years. In 2000,violent crime rates were attheir lowest level in thirtyyears, particularly in large cities. More po-lice officers patrolling the streets not onlyprovides greater police presence in our com-munities but also increases police knowl-edge of crime problems as well. Thus, al-lowing law enforcement to do its job more

efficiently and effectively.A key factor in the implementation and

success of community policing has beenfederal support through funding and re-sources to state and local law enforcementagencies. It is not a coincidence that com-munity policing was at its best and nationalcrime rates were at their lowest when fed-eral support for programs such as COPS,the Byrne Fund, and LLEBG was at its high-est. It is also no coincidence that the steepreduction in federal support for these pro-grams corresponds with the increases inviolent crime rates nationwide.

A December 2001 study by researchersat the University of Nebraska at Omahafound that the COPS program is directlylinked to the historic drop in U.S. crime ratesin the 1990s. The “More Cops = LessCrime” statistical analysis produced bySenator Biden, together with CongressmanAnthony Weiner, gives further evidence tothe link between the COPS grants funds and

decreases in crime from 1995-2000.According to the “More Cops = Less

Crime” evaluation, the effects of the COPSgrants from fiscal year 1994 to fiscal year1999 on violent crime during that 1995-2000 period were substantial. During that

time, approximately$2 billion was pro-vided nationally inhiring grants andover $3.6 millionwas provided in in-novative grants tocities with popula-tions over 10,000.Nationwide, policedepartments inthese cities reportedthat occurrences ofviolent crimes de-creased by well over150,000 between

1995 and 2000.As NAPO represents the police forces

of some of our nation’s largest cities, wewill focus on the effect these grants havehad on the needs of a few of NAPO’s locallaw enforcement agencies.

During this period, Phoenix, Arizonareceived $23.5 million in COPS hiringgrants and $2.34 million in COPS innova-tive grants. Phoenix law enforcement esti-mates that these funds helped reduce reportsof violent crime by over 1,500 incidents andreduced overall crime by 7,679 incidents.Los Angeles, California received nearly$194 million in COPS grants and $2.3 mil-lion in COPS innovative grants between fis-cal years 1994 and 1999. During this time,violent crimes were reduced by 10,500 in-cidents and overall crime in the city by53,435 incidents.

The COPS program was not the onlycatalyst for the increase in community po-licing and the decrease in national crime

rates. The Byrne Memorial Fund contrib-uted by awarding grants to assist educationaland training programs for criminal justicepersonnel and provide for technical assis-tance to state and local law enforcement.Additionally, the LLEBG provided vastsupport to local police departments throughfacilitating the hiring and training of newofficers, paying overtime and procuringneeded equipment and technology. LLEBGfunds also went towards enhancing schoolsafety, supporting drug courts, securing vio-lent convictions, enhancing communitypolicing and defraying the costs of officerinsurances.

Most of these programs were includedwhen Congress agreed to President Bush’sproposal to combine the Byrne MemorialFund and the LLEBG; however, grant pro-grams for the hiring and retaining of offic-ers were cut back. Not only were hiringgrants cut, but the total funding level forthe new combined grant program, the ByrneJustice Assistance Grant (JAG), was signifi-cantly reduced and has not rebounded to-day.

NAPO is truly concerned about the steepdecline in funding for vital state and locallaw enforcement assistance programs thathas occurred since fiscal year 2002, particu-larly in light of the additional duties takenon by law enforcement officers since 9/11.

Following the September 11, 2001 ter-rorist attacks and the creation of the De-partment of Homeland Security in 2002,NAPO has witnessed steep declines in thefunding levels for these critical law enforce-ment assistance programs. In fiscal year2002, the funding level for Department ofJustice law enforcement assistance grantprograms was at $3.831 billion. In fiscalyear 2005, the funding level for these pro-grams was at $1.851 billion. While we haveseen moderate increase in this funding levelin fiscal years 2006 and 2007, the fiscal2007 level of $2.3 billion is still $1.5 bil-lion less than what these programs receivedfive years ago.

Advocates of these reductions argue thatstate and local law enforcement are not los-ing critical funding; rather, agencies are re-ceiving assistance funds through HomelandSecurity programs. However, HomelandSecurity grants provide only limited fund-ing for law enforcement personnel initia-tives. They are also distributed through thestates, while the COPS grants go directlyto law enforcement agencies, giving themmore flexibility in deciding where and howto use the funds to meet their communities’needs the best. More often than not, thefunds most needed by local law enforce-

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NAPO and BPPA President Tom Nee testifies before the U.S.Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs.

With the support of these federal grant programs, communitypolicing has been a dominant force behind the dramaticreduction in crime this nation has witnessed over the past 13years. In 2000, violent crime rates were at their lowest level inthirty years, particularly in large cities. More police officerspatrolling the streets not only provides greater police presencein our communities but also increases police knowledge ofcrime problems as well. Thus, allowing law enforcement to doits job more efficiently and effectively.


BPPA holds its spring awards luncheon…

On May 18, 2007, the Boston Police Patrolmen’sAssociation held its Spring Awards Luncheon atPhillip’s Old Colony House in Dorchester. The lun-

cheon is an opportunity to recognize the outstanding workdone by our members.

Unfortunately, many members only see the BPPA asthe place to turn to if they have find themselves in an inci-dent that may lead to discipline or have become involvedin a critical incident and need representation. Clearly thatis an important component what the BPPA does. It’s whatshould be expected from the membership.

But what is just as important is the need for the BPPA toacknowledge the men and women of this Association whodo their jobs, every day, as professionals. It’s those mem-bers, the overwhelming majority of our Association, thatallow the BPPA to continue to be the strong advocate forour members.

The Awards Luncheon recognizes just a small sampleof the great acts of bravery and great police work that oc-curs every day. What makes the luncheon more significantis that every recipient is nominated by a fellow Police Of-ficer, one of their peers.

On behalf of the leadership of the BPPA, we’d like tothank of all you who do this very dangerous job, day inand day out, and do it with the utmost professionalism andcourage.

BPPA Spring Awards RecipientsPO’s Brian Lundy & Shawn Marando ..................... E-18PO Evan Burroughs ................................................. D-4PO Bernard Hicks ................................................... E-13PO’s Thomas Garneau & Thomas Boyle ................... E-5PO’s Rance Cooley, Dennis Cogavin & Larry Celester ................................................. YVSFPO Terry Long .......................................................... B-2PO Andrew Miskell ............................................... DCUPO’s Sean Rooney & Charlie Daniels .......................B-3PO’s Frank Chiola & Derrick Levy .......................... D-4PO Phil Kearney ...................................................... D-4PO’s Jason Ezekiel & Bobby Lundbohm ................. D-4PO Brian Mahoney ................................................ DCUThe Boston Police Youth Violence Strike ForcePO’s Peter Fontanez, Robert Hurley & Rocky Milien ...................................................... A-7EMT’s James Allen & Clifford BigginsLt. William SlavinPO’s Steve Roe, Steve Charbonnier & Horace Kincaide ................................................ C-11PO’s Timothy Fitzpatrick & Matt Ryan ................... C-11Sgt. Michael LinskeyMassachusetts State Trooper Sean RileyPO’s James Bowden and Winston Deleon ............ YVSF

BPPA President Tom Nee, Commissioner Ed Davis,Bob Hurley, Peter Fontanez, EMT Chris Briggs,Lt. Slavin, EMT VP Bob Morley, BPSOF PresidentJoe Gillespie

Commissioner Ed Davis,Elice Ratchell (C6),

BPPA President Tom Nee

Sgt. Mike Linskey, MattRyan, Commissioner EdDavis, Steve Charbonnier,BPPA President Tom Nee,Tom Fitzpatrick, HoraceKincaide, Joe Gillespie andSteve Roe

Commissioner Ed Davis,Bernie Hicks (E18),BPPA President Tom Nee

Commissioner Ed Davis,Jason Ezekiel and

Bobby Lundbohm (D4),BPPA President Tom Nee

Award reipient Brian Lundywith his parents

Members of the Youth Violence Strike Force

Commissioner Ed Davis,Rance Cooley (YVSF),


Commissioner Ed Davis,Tommy Garneau (E5),


Commissioner Ed Davis,Terry Long (B2),



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Dorchester

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ment agencies are those that can be used to hire new offic-ers, retain officers, and obtain new equipment.

Nevertheless, law enforcement has seen a steady de-cline in Homeland Security funds as well. As of fiscal year2007, the three primary DHS programs - the State Home-land Security Grant Program, the Law Enforcement Ter-rorism Prevention Program, and the Urban Area SecurityInitiative – have been slashed by almost 50 percent fromfiscal year 2003 levels, when these programs received morethan $3 billion in funding. Yet law enforcement’s role inhomeland security has not diminished along with the funding.

Together, DOJ and DHS law enforcement assistanceprograms have seen a total decrease of $2.03 billion in fund-ing between fiscal years 2004 and 2007. This sharp, steadydecline in funding has occurred despite the fact that stateand local law enforcement continue to assume more dutiesto protect communities against terrorist threats, continueto fight against drugs and domestic crime, and endure press-ing state budget constraints.

This brings me to our other concerns. Today, local po-lice departments, already undermanned due to a lack ofresources to hire new officers, must place officers into Drug,Gang and Terrorism Task Forces, as well as protect criticalinfrastructure during periods of heightened national threatadvisory levels, often at the expense of street patrols.

Phoenix, Arizona law enforcement agencies have hadto redeploy officers and resources to fixed structure pro-tection, such as water treatment facilities, Arizona PublicService power stations, and airports, among other infra-structure. While these resources are being shifted away fromcommunity policing, Phoenix is seeing record increases inviolent crime. Just between 2005 and 2006, the city saw anearly 5 percent increase in its violent crime rates, includ-ing a 4.5 percent rise in homicides and an over 6 percentrise in aggravated assault. Now if you include 2004 in thosenumbers, Phoenix law enforcement saw an astounding 12percent increase in homicides and an almost 20 percentincrease in aggravated assault over a two year period.

Law enforcement in Los Angeles, California has seen asubstantial amount of resources - officers and funding -shifted to homeland security details. Hundreds of law en-forcement personnel have been assigned to terrorism pre-vention issues. However, the Los Angeles Police Depart-ment has limited funds to hire new officers. When the de-partment is mandated to redeploy officers to protect infra-structure, staff terrorism task forces, and take oncounterterrorism duties, patrol units suffer. Over the pastseveral years, although L.A. has seen a decrease in the over-all level of violent crimes, including murder, it has seen asignificant increase in gang-related homicides and violentcrimes. Los Angeles police attribute this to the lack of re-sources the police department has to cover the holes incommunity policing and gang deterrence caused by newterrorism prevention duties.

Chicago and Miami are also seeing similar spikes ingang-related violent crimes and the cities’ police depart-ments are spread to thin to properly respond to this dis-turbing trend. While NAPO wholeheartedly endorses leg-islation aimed at helping state and local law enforcementin their efforts against gang expansion and activity, par-ticularly Senator Dianne Feinstein’s “Gang Abatement andPrevention Act of 2007,” we feel it is not enough. Gangviolence, terrorism prevention, and the fight against do-mestic crime cannot always be taken as separate issues,but as pieces of a whole – the protection of our nation’scommunities. The issue at hand is about giving state andlocal law enforcement the equipment, training and person-nel it needs to accomplish all of its duties.

Another case in point: New York City. The New YorkCity Police Department (NYPD) has lost over 4,000 offic-ers since 1999. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the city has

been on high alert and its police department has dedicatedover 1,000 police officers to counter-terrorism activities.Officers assigned to street patrol are being trained in ter-rorism prevention in addition to their usual training, add-ing to their responsibilities while patrolling New York Citystreets. Despite these additional duties and training, NewYork City police officers are some of the lowest paid lawenforcement officers in the nation.1 Low salaries and nopremium pay for the added terrorism responsibilities arethe primary sources for low officer retention rates and theCity’s inability to recruit and retain new officers.

The NYPD no longer has the funds or personnel to haveofficers completely dedicated to either terrorism preven-tion or community policing. The city, whose police de-partment is now also a counter-terrorism force, is short thou-sands of officers and is barely able to retain the officers ithas today.

State and local law enforcement endure growing bud-get constraints even as they assume more duties to protectour nation’s communities against terrorist threats, as wellas continue their daily fight against drugs and domesticcrime. According to the FBI’s semi-annual UniformedCrime Report (UCR), which was released in December oflast year, there was a steep increase in violent crime in thefirst half of 2006. These results follow the 2005 UCR, whichstated that the murder rate was up by 4.5 percent from 2004to 2005 and that violent crime in general, which includedrobbery, aggravated assault and homicides, increased by2.5 percent. Up to 2006, 2005 marked the highest rise inthe crime rate in 15 years.

It is beginning to appear that 2005 was not an anomaly,but rather the start of a terrible trend. Reports of violentcrime nationwide surged by nearly 4 percent in the firsthalf of 2006 when compared with the same six months of2005. This includes a drastic, almost 10 percent increasein the number of robbery offenses, an approximate 1.5 per-cent rise in murder offenses, and an increase of over 1 per-cent in aggravated assaults. Some of our nation’s cities haveexperienced remarkably higher increases in violent crimesthan this national summary recognizes.

Between 2004 and 2006, the reported homicides inBoston alone increased by almost 23 percent; the highesthomicide rate the city has seen in eleven years. In this time

period, Boston also saw a nearly 10 percent rise in robber-ies and a staggering 37 percent rise in aggravated assaultsinvolving firearms.

Houston, Texas experienced an increase of over 26 per-cent in reported homicides, a nearly 40 percent rise in rob-beries and a 22 percent rise in aggravated assault in just atwo year period, from 2004 to 2006. Over these same twoyears, Detroit saw a 7 percent rise in reported homicides,an astonishing 40 percent increase in robberies, and a 22percent rise in aggravated assault.

As we have witnessed in cities such as Phoenix, LosAngeles, Boston, and New York, local law enforcementagencies are struggling to meet the needs of their commu-nities due to increased duties and diminished federal assis-tance and support. With the police departments in thisnation’s largest cities undermanned and overworked andnational crime rates at their highest levels in fifteen years,how can Congress and this Administration justify cuttingor eliminating grants under the COPS program and theByrne-JAG program?

Over the past 15 years, local law enforcement officersand the agencies they serve have made tremendous stridesin reducing the level of crime and violence in our commu-nities. This success was in large part because of the gener-ous assistance and support given to them by the federalgovernment. However, today, as state and local law en-forcement take on more duties to protect our communitiesfrom rising crime and terrorist threats, federal support ofvital assistance programs is in a continuing state of de-cline. Now is not the time to disregard the programs andresources that have proved to be effective in protecting ourneighborhoods. Community oriented policing works. Werecognize this fact and so do Americans. It is now time thatthe federal government recognizes the important impacthaving more police on the streets has on crime.

Thank you for this opportunity to speak to you on be-half of America’s rank and file law enforcement officers. Iask that my printed testimony be made part of the record,and I would be happy to answer any questions you may have.

(Footnotes)1 During training, new hires earn $25,100 a year. Upon completion of

the Police Academy, their annual base salary increases to $32,700. Adjustedfor inflation, this is the lowest pay in the history of the NYPD for rookiecops.

NAPO President Tom Nee’s Testimony(continued from page A11)

Father’s Day disgrace(continued from page A3)

tional. At one point, the crowd became so hostile the offic-ers were forced to use their pepper spray in order to forcethe crowd back so that they could remove the suspect fromthe scene and proceed with their investigation into theCodman Park shooting. Members of the crowd repeatedlythreatened to assault the police and continued to advanceon the officers. Numerous officers responded to the “of-ficer in trouble” (“OT”) call which finally allowed OfficerMartin to remove the original suspect from the scene, placehim in a cruiser and transport him away from the hostilecrowd. The suspect who had identified himself as a Bostonfirefighter fled across the field, but would later arrive atDistrict B-2 to (can you believe it?) file a complaint againstthe officers, at which point he was arrested and chargedwith (among other things) resisting arrest and assault andbattery on a police officer. It would later be determinedthat the person fleeing the scene was probably a victim/witness of the original shooting incident, but of course thepolice have no way of knowing that at the time. Two AreaB-2 officers received minor injuries, lacerations and cutsduring the assault.

The true disgrace is this: once again, the communitythat loudly and publicly complains about crime and vio-

lence, that complains about the police “not doing anything”immediately resorts to blaming, attacking and assaultingthe police. According to our members who were presenton scene, the crowd formed in seconds to vent their hostil-ity on the police, and not on a suspect fleeing from a nearbyshooting. No adult – repeat – NO ADULT PRESENT –came to the aid or assistance of the police or attempted tocalm the crowd or defuse the situation. The fact that Mr.André Bridges is a firefighter is even more disgraceful –he should be responsible and understanding of the difficultposition which the police are placed in during these hectic,violent and chaotic situations; instead, he contributed to-wards a near-riot condition by immediately directing hishatred and prejudice towards the police who were merelydoing what any good officer should be doing: chasing andcapturing a man running from a shooting scene.

Does the community ever wonder why police officersget disgusted, throw up their hands and say “to hell withit”? They really shouldn’t. A society that makes war on itspolice had better be prepared to make peace with its crimi-nals. Ye shall reap what ye have sown. And I can think ofabout 10 other clichés, but it really doesn’t matter. It’s justa G.D. disgrace….


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The first document was an editorialfor action and was broadcast byWMEX modern radio of 70 Brook-

line Avenue, Boston, MA, and was airedFriday, May 25 and Saturday, May 26, 1962.This was an official expression of the man-agement of the radio station concerningBoston Police Officer John Gallagherwho was killed in the line of duty while re-sponding to a bank alarm at Shawmut Banklocated at 542 Commonwealth Avenue onMay 25, 1962:

Boston Patrolman John Gallagher isdead. Fatally wounded halting a bank bur-glary. This is just one of the thousandsupon thousands of incidents displaying thecourage and valor of the Boston PoliceDepartment. We seldom realize the won-derful work our policemen do until a trag-edy takes place. And then, somehow wordsseem empty and meaningless. It is time forthe people of Boston to review our attitudestoward civil servants and police in particu-lar. Patrolman Gallagher’s sacrifice is in-dicative of the many deeds of valor that gounheralded. It is time we took stock. Bos-ton has one of the finest police forces inthe nation. The petty complaints about ourpolice in general dwindle and shrink aswe appraise their good work with calmeyes.

� � � � �The second document was a hand-writ-

ten letter and poem that was submitted toBoston Police Commissioner RobertDiGrazia on May 30, 1974 in response tothe killing of Boston Police Officer DonaldBrown. Officer Brown was killed in the lineof duty on May 24, 1974, at 640 AmericanLegion Highway in Roslindale. The writer,Mr. Vincent Kelly of 186 Highland Avenue,Somerville, MA, was so angered by thesenseless murder of Officer Brown andtouched by Officer Brown’s sacrifice. Mr.Vincent’s letter was rewritten due to thefaded quality of the letter:

Dear Police CommissionerRobert DiGrazia,

The recent and most outrageous cold-blooded murder of courageous Police Of-ficer Donald Brown gave me the thoughtto dedicate a poem in loving memory ofhim in my humble endeavor to express myhighest respect to one so deserving ofeveryone’s good will. I beg you to pleasepardon my writing as I wear cataractglasses and I have to hold a magnifyingglass in one hand while I write with the

other. Also, please pardon it being a pho-tostatic copy of my original, as I was notable to get anyone to type a copy for me tosend to you. A typewritten copy I know youwould fully realize my well meaning morethe less, also that you will know the good-ness of Mrs. Brown and I will be very grate-ful when you decide the right time to giveher a copy and I’ll feel highly honored.

Sincerely Yours,Vincent Kelly

In Loving MemoryO – fficer courageous beyond what words can ever tell.F – aithful prayers of many know in heaven you are well.

D – id nothing ever but your conscientious best.O – h with that consolation many grateful can safety rest.N – o one denys you deserve a place around God’s golden throne.A – nd in my position I am by no means alone.L – ove of god welcome you in heaven high above.D – eserving you are of all law abiding citizens love.

B – etter world it would be if there were more like you.R – emembered for your courage with a heart so loved and true.O – h rest assured while you are in heaven above the highest star.W– illing prayers of many will go to you up where you are.N – ever will your loving memory from us be ever far.

Dedicated to the loving memory of courageousPolice Officer Donald Brown with highest respect.

– By Vincent Kelly, Holy Rosary Home186 Highland Avenue, Somerville, MA 02143

Poem written Wednesday, May 29, 1974

We Give Special Recognitionto Boston Police OfficersKilled in the Line of Duty

By Ray MeloHello fellow officers, since this is the June issue of the PaxCenturion, and we give

special recognition to all Boston Police Officers officially on June 3rd, I thought it wouldbe appropriate to highlight two documents of special interest concerning two BostonPolice Officers that were killed in the line of duty.


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Boston Police Officer Frank B. CallahanKilled in the Line of Duty: February 20,1945

By Ray Melo

It was February 17, 1945, the newly-printed newspapers were bundled andhastily thrown from the delivery truck

at the newsstand at Downtown Crossing.The headline read, “Tokyo Smashed 2nd

Day”, Iwo Wide Open to U.S. GeneralsPatton, MacArthur, Eisenhower, and Admi-ral Nimitz were household names. Thecountry was at war and America was unitedfor the war cause. People were eager to paythe 3 cents for the newspaper and read thelatest from the war front. Americans ra-tioned and headed to the banks, the shops,and to the factories that produced America’smilitary might.

While America’s soldiers and sailorsfought the evil Axis Powers overseas, therewas another soldier. These home-front sol-diers fought against the invaders of lawless-ness, the wicked, and the corrupt that plaguethe fabric of society. Their oath was to sweartrue faith and allegiance to the United Statesof America, and to the Commonwealth ofMassachusetts. To faithfully and impartiallydischarge and perform all the duties incum-bent upon them as a Police Officer in thePolice Department of the City of Boston.These officers were at battle stations twentyfour hours a day, seven days a week, in-cluding holidays. Officers like PatrolmanFrancis Connerney and Patrolman FrankB. Callahan who like many wore the badgeand uniform who protected and served.

The 17th of February was a fair weatherday with a day temperature of 35 degrees.Patrolman Frank Callahan worked at Divi-sion 4 and his walking beat brought himclose to where Shawmut Avenue, Tremontand Warrenton Streets meet. The Theater

District was yards away. The steam fromhis breath became heavier as the tempera-ture started its downward plunge. It’s get-ting colder and Patrolman Callahan had amoment to look skyward to have the fastfading sun warm his face before it dippedbehind the red brick buildings. Today wasPatrolman Callahan’s 54th birthday and asthe sun warmed his face, perhaps he remi-nisced about the birthday hug and kiss fromhis wife and two daughters that morning.All the while the hustle and bustle of citylife raced by him at its never-ending pace,never skipping a beat.

As Patrolman Callahan collected histhoughts, a twenty-four year old, cold-blooded person named Patrick J. Devlinof Waltham entered a pawnshop called theHoward Loan Company located at 886Washington Street a little after 5:00 P.M.The proprietors, Mr. David Pearlstein, 69years old and his lovely wife Fannie at 65years of age, both of Brighton, happilygreeted their new customer.

While that event was unfolding, Patrol-man Connerney was standing at the cornerof Broadway and Washington Street. Thesmell of car exhaust and the blowing of thecar horn was a familiar occurrence. Therehe stood and watched nicely dressed, happy-go-lucky couples scurry to the theaters andrestaurants. The sight made it hard to be-lieve there was a war going on.

Back at the pawn shop, the demonpointed a .38 caliber revolver at the coupleand demanded money. The elderly marriedcouple exchanged words with the armedrobber and he indiscriminately fired threebullets that painfully ended the lives of twolawful and innocent citizens immediately.

The murderer fled the blood bath and ranacross Washington Street into a lot knownas Motorland, Inc. which is betweenWarrenton and Common Street.

Patrolman Connerney’s focus was redi-rected to the crackle of gun-fire. Looking up WashingtonStreet, Officer Connerney ob-served a male running with agun in his hand from thepawnshop of the HowardLoan Company. The suspectdisappeared into a parking lot.Patrolman Connerney flaggeddown a passing motorist andcommandeered the motor ve-hicle and drove to the parkingarea where the suspect disappeared.

Patrolman Callahan’s respite was sud-denly interrupted with the clanging of achainlink fence. Patrolman Callahan ob-served a man hastily scaling a chainlinkfence who proceeded to run onto WarrentonStreet towards Tremont Street nervouslylooking back.

Patrolman Callahan decided to investi-gate and started walking towards a pointwhere both destinies would converge. Theofficer was unaware of the heinous murdersthat had just taken place and the escapingmurderer was oblivious to PatrolmanCallahan who was en route to intercept him.The encounter would have a dreadful out-come.

Patrolman Callahan stopped Devlin atthe intersection of Warrenton, Tremont andShawmut Avenue. Officer Callahan stated,“Why are you running?” and Devlin an-swered, “Here’s two for you!” and fired twoshots, one striking Patrolman Callahan inthe chest. Officer Callahan fell into a snow-bank and the assassin fled onto TremontStreet.

Patrolman Connerney reached the park-ing lot and climbed over the fence and sawthe suspect running up Tremont Street. Pa-trolman Connerney gave chase and wasunaware of Officer Callahan who lay in anow red-soaked snowbank, nor was heaware of the murders at the pawnshop. Of-ficer Conner ney ordered a passing taxi tostop and the officer took control of the taxiand the pursuit was on.

When the assailant reached the Metro-politan Theater on Tremont Street, Devlinjumped onto the running board of a pass-ing US Army truck being driven by Sgt.George J. Strickland and his passengerSgt. Richard Williams, both of the 844thPort Company at Camp McKay and hi-jacked the truck. Devlin with an appetitefor death jammed the murder weapon intothe ribs of Sgt. Williams and ordered himout of the moving truck.

Devlin then jumped into the passengerseat and again rammed the pistol into thedriver and threatened to “Blow your headoff” and ordered him to drive to HollisStreet. Sgt. Strickland swung the large armywide and purposely stalled the diesel en-

gine and jumped from the truck and es-caped. Caught off guard, Devlin thenjumped from the hijacked truck and wasconfronted by Patrolman Connerney whofinally caught up. The blood-thirsty killer

turned and pointed the .38 andfired at Patrolman Connerneymissing him. Patrolman Con-nerney returned two shots inwhich one shot struck Devlinin the head. The impact threwthe villain to the ground. ASmith and Wesson .38 Specialwas seized from Devlin.

Patrolman Callahan wastransported to Boston CityHospital and was examined by

Doctor Sullivan and the officer was placedon the danger list. Mrs. Theresa Callahanwas notified and immediately came to thehospital. Officer Callahan’s wife and chil-dren kept a day and night vigil at his bed-side. Officers from all over the city packedBoston City Hospital to donate blood fortheir brother officer. Boston Police OfficerFrank B. Callahan died from his woundon February 20, 1945.

As I researched this roller-coaster chainof events that occurred on Patrolman’sCallahan birthday, it because apparent thatit was an extraordinarily tragic day. OfficerCallahan is shot on his 54th birthday and twoinnocent elderly shops owners were mur-dered. Officer Connerney narrowly escapeddeath when he was fired upon, and I havethe morbid satisfaction of reporting thatDevlin died of his wounds a day later.

Once again I visited the scene of thecrime and the pawnshop at 886 Washing-ton Street, it is now the “Terry Chin, O.D.”Optometrist office. Warrenton Street stillexists however, but it doesn’t intersect withTremont and Shawmut Avenue as it did inthe newspaper diagram. The street that in-tersects with Shawmut and Tremont iscalled Oak Street. Common Street andHollis Street is now New England MedicalHospital. Again, time is our friend and ourenemy. There is no marker where OfficerCallahan lay dying at the intersection. Thereis a small area with two cement benches atthe corner where I believe Officer Callahanwas mortally wounded. It would be morethan wonderful to get that little area namedafter Patrolman Frank B. Callahan whogave his life to the citizens of Boston. StayAlert and Stay Alive!

Boston Police Officer Frank B. Callahanwas shot on Saturday, February 17,1945and Died In The Line Of Duty on Tuesday,February 20, 1945. Patrolman Callahanwas born February 17, 1891 in Cambridge,MA. He was appointed on November 26,1919. Patrolman Callahan worked in Divi-sion 4 and was survived by his wife Teresaand two daughters Elizabeth and Mary.Patrolman Callahan was commended inGeneral Orders on July 19, 1933 for savingthe life of a citizen. Officer Callahan is buriedat Holy Cross Cemetery in Malden, MA.


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Watchman Jonathan HoughtonDecember 19, 1825

Copps Hill Burial Ground, Boston, MA

Watchman David EstesApril 27, 1848

South Burial Ground, Boston, MA

Patrolman Ezekiel W. HodsdonOctober 17, 1857

Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, MA

Patrolman Alfred M. SturdivantSeptember 4, 1904

Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, MA

Patrolman John T. LynchJanuary 16, 1908

Holyhood Cemetery, Brookline, MA.

Sergeant Frederick SchlehuberNovember 10, 1910

Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, MA

Patrolman Richard J. GallivanFebruary 8, 1911

St. Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury, MA

Patrolman Albert PetersonOctober 29, 1912

Mt. Hope Cemetery, Mattapan, MA

Inspector Thomas NortonJune 19, 1914

Cedar Grove Cemetery, Dorchester, MA

Patrolman Patrick CarrAugust 1, 1916

New Calvary Cemetery, Mattapan, MA

Patrolman John EarleOctober 20, 1916


Patrolman Joseph ReiserJanuary 20, 1918


Patrolman Charles DeiningerFebruary 13, 1919


Patrolman Adolph ButtermanJune 16, 1919

The Gardens at Gethsemane,West Roxbury, MA

Patrolman William ClancyJanuary 22, 1920

Ipswich Highland Cemetery, Ipswich, MA

Patrolman Ward BrayApril 14, 1921

Acorn Cemetery, Rockland, ME

Patrolman Andrew CuneoAugust 13, 1921

St. Michael Cemetery, Roslindale, MA

Patrolman Daniel McShaneJanuary 31, 1922

Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Mattapan, MA

Patrolman Peter OginskisMay 5, 1923

Holy Cross Cemetery, Hudson, NH

Patrolman Joseph GonyaOctober 21, 1923

St. Mary‘s Cemetery, Mansfield, MA

Patrolman Albert MotroniSeptember 22, 1924

Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, MA

Lieutenant Benjamin AlexanderJuly 4, 1925

Woburn Jewish Cemetery, Woburn, MA

Patrolman Frank ComeauMarch 24, 1926


Patrolman Harris McInnesJuly 3, 1927


Patrolman Herbert AllenDecember 25, 1927

Green Street Cemetery, Marblehead, MA

Sergeant Edward ButtersAugust 15, 1929

Forest Hills Cemetery (Cremated),Jamaica Plain, MA

Patrolman John JacksonSeptember 3, 1929

Norden Cemetery, Uxbridge, MA

Detective James TroyJanuary 13, 1930


Patrolman Franklin DreyerApril 24, 1930


Patrolman Frederick BartlettDecember 10, 1930


Lieutenant Joseph CavagnaroNovember 17, 1931

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Patrolman William AbbotNovember 28, 1931


Sergeant John WolfeDecember 1, 1931


Patrolman George HanleyMarch 20, 1934


Patrolman James MalloyJune 4, 1934

Calvary Cemetery, Waltham, MA

Patrolman John RalphOctober 7, 1934


Patrolman James BricklyNovember 25, 1934


Patrolman Daniel McCallumMay 12, 1935

Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, MA

Patrolman James HughesSeptember 10, 1935

St. Joseph Cemetery, W. Roxbury, MA

Patrolman James RocheMarch 21, 1936

Holyhood Cemetery, Brookline, MA

Patrolman James McCannJune 16, 1937

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Patrolman Laurence SheridanJuly 28, 1937


Patrolman Walter BaxterAugust 4, 1937


Lieutenant Edward KellyJanuary 14, 1938

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Patrolman John ManningFebruary 6, 1938


Patrolman Paul MurnaneSeptember 23, 1938


Patrolman Thomas DavisApril 13, 1939


Patrolman Patrick GannonApril 2, 1940

St. Mary’s Cemetery, Dedham, MA

Patrolman Stephen HarriganJanuary 7, 1941

Holyhood Cemetery, Brookline, MA

Patrolman Frank CallahanFebruary 20, 1945


Sergeant William HealeyOctober 2, 1946


Patrolman Michael CrowleyMay 12, 1961


Patrolman John GallagherMay 25, 1962


Patrolman James O’LearyAugust 2, 1963


Detective George HolmesNovember 6, 1963

Mt. Benedict Cemetery, West Roxbury, MA

Patrolman Charles McNabbNovember 23, 1968


Patrolman Francis JohnsonMarch 17, 1969

Blue Hills Cemetery, Braintree, MA

Patrolman Walter SchroederSeptember 24, 1970

Evergreen Cemetery, Brighton, MA

Patrolman Joseph MullenDecember 18, 1972


Detective John SchroederNovember 30, 1973


Patrolman Donald BrownMay 24, 1974


Detective Francis CreamerOctober 7, 1974


Sergeant Richard HalloranNovember 6, 1975

Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford, MA

Patrolman William BeckmanSeptember 1, 1976

St. Mary‘s Cemetery, Needham, MA

Detective Roy SergeiOctober 26, 1987


Detective Thomas GillFebruary 10, 1988

Couch Cemetery, Marshfield, MA

Detective Sherman GriffithsFebruary 18, 1988

Milton Cemetery, Milton, MA

Patrolman Louis MetaxasAugust 27, 1989

Arms Cemetery, Shelburne Falls, MA

Officer Jeremiah Hurley, Jr.October 28, 1991

Fairview Cemetery, Hyde Park, MA

Patrolman Thomas RoseFebruary 19, 1993

Cedar Grove Cemetery, Dorchester, MA

Detective John MulliganSeptember 26, 1993

Evergreen Cemetery, Brighton, MA

Patrolman Berisford Wayne AndersonFebruary 5, 1994

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All 72 Boston Police Officers Killed in theLine of Duty Located and Documented

Hello fellow officers, I am pleased to announce that all 72 Boston PoliceOfficers Killed In the Line of Duty have been located and documented. If youwish to pay your respects, please go to the cemetery office and they will give you

an exact location of each resting site. Rest in peace, our fallen brothers.– Ray Melo



They Served WithDignity and Honor

We Shall Not Forget Them

We apologize for any errors or omissions.

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April 6, 2007

DetectiveRobert J. Fawcett, Jr.

April 7, 2007

Police OfficerJames F. Mellon

April 9, 2007

Police OfficerFrederick J. Lane

April 10, 2007

SergeantDavid P. Sullivan

April 29, 2007

Sergeant DetectiveDaniel E. O’Connor

May 10, 2007

LieutenantGeorge J. Tarantino

May 14, 2007

Police OfficerCarmine N. Puopolo

May 18, 2007

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April 10, 2007


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Editor’s Note: The following exchange of letters was based on the article in theMarch-April ’07 Pax entitled “Local attorney spews anti-cop venom” (P. A-14). Thatarticle dealt with the publicly-available deposition of Attorney Valeriano Diviacchiin which he was suing the Massachusetts Registar of Motor Vehicles because hislicense was suspended following a traffic ticket issued by BPD Officer Kevin Watson.Apparently, Attorney Diviacchi was so outraged about his own words being reportedthat he fired off an insulting letter to our Attorney, Tom Drechsler, and then myself,who responded, etcetera, etcetera. As you will see, Attorney Diviacchi, like DonQuixote attacking a windmill, vows to continue his battle against Officer Watson, theBPD, the BPPA, Attorney Drechsler and all of his “enemies,” real, perceived or imag-ined. This exchange of letters is a sad example of how the justice system can beperverted by knaves who spend their time filing frivolous lawsuits and using the lawas a weapon to intimidate and harass police officers performing their duties.

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Per Atty. Diviacchi’s request,the Pax publishes his letterhere.

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The Diviacchi Papers(continued from page B1)

THE SAGA STILL GOESON…SEE PAGE B4

Again per Atty. Diviacchi’srequest, the Pax publisheshis letter here.


The Diviacchi Papers(continued from page B3)

…and Howie Carr comes in for some fire!

This letter was received fromMr. Donald Emmett d’Entremont inresponse to a Howie Carr articleprinted in the Boston Herald onMay 16, 2007. The article referencedthis matter involving Officer KevinWatson and Attorney Diviacchi.Attorney d’Entremont requestedthat the letter be printed in itsentirety and the Pax ishappy to do so.

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Letters from the Editor:

Response to “Police chasesnot worth risk of tragedy”

Response to “When speedkills in car chases”

Dear Editor,In typical Globe fashion, your editorial

“When speed kills in car chases” (5/30)adopts the “blame the police” mentality.Nowhere in the editorial is blame placedupon the unlicensed Javier Morales whofled from the police, causing death and se-rious injuries.

As a 25-year Boston police veteran, Ihave experienced many instances wheredrivers have fled from police. These pur-suits occur in split-seconds and are totallyand completely the fault of the individualwho refuses to stop. At the time the pursuitbegins, the police have no idea whether theoperator is fleeing from a “minor traffic of-fense” or is an armed felon; all the police

know is that the individual refuses to stopand does not want to be caught.

Your admiration of the so-called “Bos-ton police policy” regarding pursuits is simi-larly misguided. Many officers believe thepolicy is, in part, responsible for the recentsurge in crime. The criminal element nowknows that all they need do is step on thegas and the Boston police will discontinuethe chase, solely out of fear of future litiga-tion (and critical second-guessing fromGlobe editorialists).

Sincerely,James W. Carnell

Representative,Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association

Area A-1

Dear Editor,Par for the course, the screeching

Brookline-liberal Margery Eagan blamesthe police – not the driver – for the conse-quences that result from an unlicensedoperator’s refusal to stop. According toMargery, police are somehow supposed tobe clairvoyant; to know in advance themotivation behind why an individual refusesto stop.

As a 25-yr. Boston police veteran, at thetime the pursuit begins I don’t knowwhether a “routine traffic violator” fleesbecause he/she is simply scared or whetheran axe murderer is behind the wheel. I doknow that the consequences of failing to

stop for the police – tragic or otherwise-are totally, thoroughly and completely thefault of the person behind the wheel of thefleeing car, not the police.

Of course, if the police failed to pursuea scofflaw and that person ended up kill-ing/injuring somebody, Margery and herarmchair-quarterback elitist friends wouldundoubtedly be criticizing the police for“not doing their jobs”. Damned if we do,damned if we don’t…

Sincerely,James W. Carnell

Representative,Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association

Area A-1

By Mark A. Bruno

Now that the merger of the Municipal Police De-partment has been implemented there are manyquestions still that have not been answered. Many

members want to know what the BPPA is doing to fightthis unjustified merger. Most BPPA members want to seethe issue go forward in court and have a judge decide. TheBPPA and its attorneys are looking forward to having theirday in court. Turning the other cheek is not an option.

Unfortunately, Civil Service has beenpoisoned by individuals who apparentlywould rather see the merit system destroyedin favor of political appointments only. TheBPPA is fighting to restore the mission state-ment by which Civil Service operated, andthat was to give a level playing field to all.This level field has always been through thetesting process which is being challenged bythe merger. Without the merit based com-petitive testing process the whole hiring sys-tem will be open to unscrupulous politiciansdangling jobs up to those who drink the kool-aid and givethe most money.

I really wanted to let this matter go, but unfortunatelyBob Francis (former self-ordained leader of the thank-fully-eliminated Municipal Police Department) thought itwould be fitting to take a swipe at our BPPA PresidentTom Nee. He may have just as well taken a swing at all ofus. I guess the only comparison to describe this personwould be a snake-oil-salesman who attempts to sell you aproduct that does absolutely nothing. This is the charm heand NAGE (National Association of Government Employ-ees) President Kenny Lyons used to seduce local politi-cians and state officials. For those of you taking thedetective’s exam I will let you draw your on conclusionson this matter.

Step one; the Municipal Police, via the City Council(Maureen Feeney and Stephen Murphy) are allowed toobtain Civil Service status as “security guards” (wink,wink).

Step two; The Municipal Police through their unionNAGE, petition to have their status as Civil Service Secu-rity Officers changed to Municipal Police Officers. Hencethe battle began with the BPPA who legally is supposed tobe the only civil service “patrol officer”union in the Cityof Boston. This whole story is a sordid affair and needs tobe told so that all understand the manner in which this

Corrupt Politicstreachery unfolded. I have no problem if someone in ourprofession wants to advance themselves, provided they doby playing by the rules, not by making them up as they goalong. This is like the Gerald Clemente fiasco, only testsare not needed. The only thing needed is to solicit a weasel(via contributions, dinner or a watch) and watch them run.This is the type of sleazy mudslinging I did not want to getinto, but Mr. Francis fired his volley so on we go.

Enter Mr. James J. Hartnett, former Personnel Ad-

ministrator for the Commonwealth, and head of the Hu-man Resource Division. Mr. Hartnett was found guilty(docket # 671) by the Commonwealth of MassachusettsState Ethics Commission for conflict of interest laws andabusing his position. It seems that NAGE President KennyLyons was wining and dining Mr. Hartnett and his wife atAnthony’s Pier 4 and other locations for an extended pe-riod of time. Mr. Hartnett was also given a watch by Mr.Lyons. You may ask what all this has to do with this story?Let me continue.

During Mr. Hartnett’s tenure as the Head of the StateHuman Resource Division, the Municipal Security Guardswere granted status as Civil Service Municipal Police Of-ficers. Presto! No test, and the ability to lateral into anypolice department that would have them. Can you connectthe dots, or are you still scratching your head?

Now enter into the picture the Mayor who has nothingbut total disdain for our union because we refused to en-dorse him. The Mayor in his infinite wisdom figured if hecould bring the numbers down on the police force therewould be fewer people paying dues. The thinking appar-ently was to bankrupt our union through attorney fees. TheMayor by his own admission several prior years ago calledthe Municipal Police Department pretty much a disgrace.

What happened between now and then is beyond me.I’m sure many of these officers kicked into many politi-cians including the Mayor, hence the change of heart. En-dorsing the Mayor got the Municipal officers to first baseand into the council chambers where they were grantedCivil Service as security officers. What the Mayor did bydriving the numbers down on sworn Boston Police offic-ers was to create an immediate imminent need for moreofficers, and who fit the bill were the newly waived over

with a magic wand just back fromCivil Service and the HRD with theirnew title as “Municipal Police Offic-ers.” Perfect for immediate lateraltransfer, which was promptly shoveddown our throats, were these newlyordained civil servant officers.

For those of you that weren’taround in the eighties when BostonPolice officers were being laid-off, foryour own edification at the same timeMunicipal Police security were be-

ing hired and not laid-off. The new laterals after three yearsas Boston Police officers will recapture their civil servicetime. In other words if layoffs come about, they will besitting pretty ahead of the newly hired Civil Service policeofficers from the past few classes.

So, please, to the few individuals out there that thinktaking this matter to court in order to preserve the integrityof Civil Service is a waste of this union’s time, please un-derstand the treachery that went on which has brought usto this point of no return. This is not a conspiracy theory. Itis merely a question being asked on how one can go froma Jack to a King without lifting a pencil. Obviously Mr.Francis gets a lot of sympathy from the pansies at the Her-ald Editorial. Let’s hope for the pansies at the Herald andMr. Francis that the Mayor does not stop short. Otherwise,we’ll have to call a proctologist. I would like to thank Mr.Francis, who as a result of his callus editorial has nowprompted the BPPA to start looking into opening up itsown credit union, much like that of the Boston Fire De-partment Credit Union. I would hope in the mean time thatall our members remember Mr. Francis when the City ofBoston Credit Union elections roll around. Do unto oth-ers...........

Unfortunately, Civil Service has been poisoned byindividuals who apparently would rather see the meritsystem destroyed in favor of political appointmentsonly. The BPPA is fighting to restore the missionstatement by which Civil Service operated, and thatwas to give a level playing field to all.


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Emerson College Students Apologize forInappropriate RemarksEditor’s note: The following letters of apology were written by students atEmerson College with the strong “encouragement” of Emerson police chiefGeorge Noonan (retired BPD). These students had posted a video on“Youtube” in which they filmed a Boston police officer in a street situationand then yelled stupid, insulting remarks at him from their college dorms.At the time, they thought it was funny, but when Chief Noonan got wind ofit, he informed them of the error of their ways. Their letters are reprintedhere not to embarrass them (full names have been replaced with initials) butto prove that redemption is possible (as long as strong leaders like ChiefNoonan are there to show them the path of righteousness, that is….)

Sincerely, J.P.

J.P.

Thank you,J.C.Class of 2008

E.H.

J.C.

E.H.


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The first officer scoring a perfect “10” who returns a completed quiz (DO NOTLOOK AT THE ANSWERS!) by U.S. Mail to the Pax will be appointed to thenewly-created position of BPPA Professor-Emeritus ad-nauseum. Entries must

be date and time stamped by a qualified adult or guardian and any submissions in crayonwill be disqualified immediately.

1.) “As a response to increasing crime, the Boston Police will be ____________patrols in the affected neighborhoods.”

A.) dumbing-downB.) reducingC.) beefing-upD.) transmogulating

The correct response is C: “beefing up”. We always tell the press we are “beefing up”patrols when in fact we aren’t because the overtime budget is kaput. However, “D” –transmogulating – would also be an acceptable choice because it is a nonsense wordwithout meaning and would therefore cause gullible nitwits to nod their heads in agree-ment.

2.) “The goal of the Boston police department is to build neighborhoods without____________.”

A.) residentsB.) liberalsC.) buffoonsD.) fear

The politically-correct response is D: “fear”: We want to build neighborhoods with-out fear, as those who remember the famous Mao Tse Tung-style wall plaques postedby previous police administrations may recall. Of course, it is also a good idea to buildneighborhoods without liberals, whose ideology is the proximate cause of crime, butthat’s not likely in this city.

3.) The “three P’s” are:A.) Partnership, Perspicacity, and PotassiumB.) Problem-solving, Prevention, and PolysorbateC.) Partnership, Problem-solving and PreventionD.) Prevention of Polynesian Prophylactics

The correct response is C: “Partnership, Problem-solving and Prevention. This shouldbe well known by any officer who studied “the five plaques” and took them seriouslylike I did.

4.) Which of the following groups are NOT considered a part of the “Partnership”?A.) self-appointed community activistsB.) Northeastern University Professors and alleged academicsC.) Ministers, Imams, Rabbis, Bishops, Mullahs and assorted keepers of storefront,

tax-free churchesD.) Police Chiefs, Politically-appointed Superintendents and Deputies, Admirals,

Bolivian Colonels and Field MarshalsE.) Patrolmen

The correct answer is “E”: Patrolmen are to be seen and not heard and are expectedto blindly obey orders as dictated by the community activists, college professors andstorefront ministers to the BPD command staff.

5.) When formulating policy, whom should the BPD consult first?A.) The editorial boards of the Globe and the HeraldB.) Northeastern University Professors Levin, Fox and MacDevittC.) Storefront ministers awaiting state and federal grantsD.) Any/all of the above but the patrol force

Again, the correct answer is “D”. BPD policy should always be cleared first by thenewspaper editorial boards with the blessing of the alleged academic and religious com-munities.

6.) In order to walk around headquarters and make it appear as though you are doingsomething, what must you ALWAYS have in your hands?

A.) a gunB.) a cigaretteC.) a piece of paperD.) a bottle containing amber colored-fluid

BPD “Fill-in-the-blank” quizThe correct answer is “C”- a piece of paper. When walking around HQ, it is vitally

important to hold a piece of paper, look at it repeatedly and walk towards somewhere asif you are on a mission. This is especially important when dirty, nasty uniformed patrol-men are walking towards you. After leaving headquarters, you may pick up a bottle –“D” – as you will probably need it.

7.) In the BPD, the (very few) newest cruisers with the most modern computers andtechnology are always reserved for:

A.) the patrol force, because they are the ones on the street who need themB.) the detectives, because they need modern technology to properly investigate crimes,C.) line supervisors, because they need the tools to assist their patrolmenD.) Superintendents, Deputies and assorted political appointees, so that they can

look good when they attend the next Chiefs of Police convention

The correct answer, big nuthead, is of course “D”. Our command staff and civilianadministrators need the best cruisers, marked and unmarked, for themselves. It is ludi-crous to think that the street cops, detectives and supervisors should have the best cruis-ers when our media relations or legal advisor needs one to go shopping down the Cape.Just how stupid are you?

8.) Fill in the most common ending for the following boilerplate news story: “Thevictim of the latest shooting was in the process of ___________.”

A.) “turning his life around”B.) “going to work”C.) “clearing up outstanding warrants”D.) “paying his taxes”

“A” is the most common ending for the above listed sentence.

9.) On the BPD standard 1.1 report form, all victims must be assigned to a racialcategory. Into which category should a victim who tells you he was born in Lebanon, isnamed (for example) Hassan-abu Muhammad, and has olive-complexion skin, and curlyblack hair be placed?

A.) White, non-hispanicB.) Middle-EasternC.) AsianD.) Black-HispanicE.) None of the above

The correct answer is “E”- none of the above, for the following reason: (a true ex-ample, by the way, courtesy of yours truly). Despite being obsessed with and yet deathlyafraid of all things related to race and ethnicity, the BPD has NO category on the 1.1form for victims who are of middle-eastern ethnic (not racial, because “middle-east-ern” is not a race) backgrounds. (Available choices are: white-Hispanic, white non-hispanic, black-hispanic, black non-hispanic, Asian, East-Indian, Native American, N/A and “unknown”.) Lacking the correct choice, I checked off “unknown” in the racialcategory for this victim, and was questioned the next day by my superiors as to why Ihad made this choice. After explaining the conundrum, I was later informed that I shouldhave made the Lebanese cab victim an “Asian”, although I still have not been informedwhat particular ethnic attributes would cause this man to be placed into that category…..

10.) Each and every motor vehicle stop requires BPD officers to complete a “racial-profiling” form (basically, so that the racial profiling bureaucracy at Northeastern Uni-versity can propagate itself). Into which of the following categories would you place(you are required by BPD rules to pick one, and only one) a dark-skinned, light-hairedPortuguese-speaking man from Brazil who resides in Somerville? (Or how about alight-skinned, dark-haired, Portuguese-speaking Cape Verdean residing in Dorchester?)

A.) WhiteB.) HispanicC.) BlackD.) Asian-Pacific IslanderE.) East Indian (South Asian)F.) Native AmericanG.) Middle eastern

(Note: These are the categories listed on the BPD racial profiling form, as opposed tothe BPD 1.1 form)

The correct answer –and the incorrect answer - is any of the above, but the BPD andthe racial-profiling hucksters still require you to choose one. Many, many Americansconsider themselves a mixed variety of races and ethnic backgrounds, but YOU, thepolice officer must, in effect, make yourself a racist by choosing one of the above 7,undefined and limited categories. And they accuse us of racial profiling???


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Sage advice from one who knows:A retired veteran offers valuable advice and opinions

Editor’s Note: This article is written by a retired BPDofficer of rank who is respected by all who served underand with him during his long career. His name has beenchanged for reasons known to this editor, and a nom deplume has been authorized. “Jay V. Barry” will hopefullycontinue writing for the Pax, as his opinions and insightsare invaluable, especially for our younger members. I amreminded of the joke aboutthe old bull and the youngbull looking down upon aherd of milk-cows in the pas-ture. The young bull says,“Hey, let’s run down the hilland get one of them cows!”The older bull says, “Slow down, kid. We’ll walk down,and get all of them.” Such is the wisdom that only age andexperience can offer.

As I dwell in what is (even to me) some ancient historyof the department, I have to mention that the best historian of the department that I ever met while

serving in its ranks, and an absolute gentleman was thelate Superintendent-in-Chief William J. Taylor. Bill Tay-lor is also the only officer I ever met during my career whoI consider as being worthy of holding that rank and no of-fense is meant for the present holder or a few, very, very few,of the past holders of that rank. Ironically, when Bill Tay-lor was named Superintendent-in-Chief, there was no pro-vision in the law, at that time anyway, for such a rank, andI don’t know if there is today. In any case, no one in thedepartment who knew that officer and knew of his knowl-edge on the workings of the department, would or couldever object to his appointment. So when I mention ”Historyof the B.P.D.”, the name of Bill Taylor immediately comesto mind.

But just to tell some of the younger and perhaps newermembers of the department of ”the way it was” I wonder ifthey will believe? I don’t blame them if they don’t,but just let me go back about 57 years, which doesnot seem that long ago to me, and relate some ofthe conditions in the department at that time.

First, we must mention the hours of duty for theparticular shifts which were in effect then:

1. Day officers worked from 7:45 A.M. to 5:45P.M., a long ten hour day. They did have a some-what generous lunch time period built-in which Ibelieve was about 90 minutes.

2. The First Half shift which worked from 5:45P.M. to 12:30 A.M., a 6 3/4 hour tour of duty.

3. The Last Half shift which worked from 12:30 A.M.to 7:45 A.M. or a 7 1/4 hour tour.

Most districts and specialized squads such as the Tacti-cal Patrol Force, formed on December 5, 1962, and certaindetective units from Police Headquarters had officers whoworked steady evening tours, most around 7:00 P.M. to2:00 A.M. The main object, as you would already know, wasto have an increased and more visible patrol presence dur-ing the busiest periods of police activity.

You will notice that the night shifts had a much shortertour of duty than day officers. This was due to the rotatinghours which night officers put in doing a last Half then a firstHalf and continuing on that schedule for the entire workweek. It was also due to night officers not having a built-inlunch period but the amazing part of that fact is that thereis not a single recorded case of a night officer sufferingfrom malnutrition for having no lunch break. That is diffi-cult to believe, is it not?

We must now go back in history to officer’s day-offschedules. In 1950, and I do not know for how long previ-ously, but at that time officers had one day off in every six

days. Day officers, with steady hours, would work five daysand be off one day and return to duty. Night officers, and itmust be explained at this point, that there were what werecalled “two sides of the house.” This was necessary as anyofficer working the first half tour of duty on a rotating shiftwould have to be relieved by officers to cover the Mid-night tour and provide around-the-clock patrol coverage.

Night officer’s day-off schedule would start the workweek with a last-half, then a first-half, a LH, FH, LH, andthen after working five tours of duty would be off one dayreturning to duty after his day off on a last-half and repeat-ing that cycle throughout the year. Officers assigned to oneside of the house would remain with that same group everyworking tour with the possible exception of one who mightwork out of turn at his request or being assigned to days orthe other side of the house for whatever reason. That shouldnot be too confusing as there may still be some officerswho worked those hours, although on further thought thereprobably would not be too many left just because of age,and that to me is incredible that so many years have passedso quickly

In 1950, I am told, the voters of Boston, now aware of“slave shop” hours and working conditions in theBoston police department, had it in their hearts to awardthe members of the department a ”five and two” day-offschedule. That was too much to believe. Work five daysand be off two? Who would have ever thought that a sched-ule like that might become a reality?

It did become a condition of employment in January of1951 but required the appointment of several huge recruit

classes in order to have sufficient manpower (or peoplepower) on duty to patrol the respective districts. So as toavoid officers having the same days off each week, sevensquads of officers were established at each district and unitfor day-off purposes. In this scenario, officers worked sixtours of duty and were then on two days off with your daysoff progressing one day each week, i.e., Monday & Tues-day, then Tuesday & Wednesday, etc. This would not ap-pear to be a five day work week but when officers reachedtheir weekend days off, they had two successive three-dayoff periods, which now looks like a mini-vacation, whichit certainly seemed to be. That means officers were off Fri-day-Saturday and Sunday the first weekend and Saturday-Sunday and Monday the next., in effect averaging out to afive day work week.

Those hours of duty for the day and night shifts were tocontinue until the first Collective Bargaining Agreementwas signed in 1968. That first contract served to just aboutequalize all three shifts and the early evening shift. Dayofficers would now work from 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.;

First Half from 4:30 P.M. to 12:15 A.M. and the Last Halffrom 12:15 A.M. to 8:00 A.M. The steady evening squadhours were set at 7:00 P.M. to 2:00 A.M.

The present hours, as I understand them to be, is forthe day shift to work from 7:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., the firsthalf from 4:00 P.M. to 11:45 P.M. and the last half from11:45 P.M. to 7:30 A.M.

Somewhere along the line, however, rotating night shiftswere abandoned with steady night shifts accepted by theunion.

The 5 and 2 day off schedule was to continue until re-placed by the 4 and 2 day off schedule on September 9,1970 which was just unbelievable. You have heard the ex-pression, “Too good to be true,” well that was the reactionof the brass and the rank and file when that schedule wasfirst announced.

1970 was the year that Mayor Kevin H. White had hissights set on the Governor’s Office and wanted the endorse-ment of the BPPA badly, very, very badly as it turned out.Some city officials and even bureau chiefsat police headquarters were not opposed to that schedulebut knew it would call for at least two more large classes ofrecruits which would be needed for proper patrol cover-age. With that thought solely in mind, it was suggested tothe Mayor that he grant that day off schedule but postponeimplementation until January 1 of 1971 when the recruitclasses would be ready for street assignment.

The BPPA bargaining committee, to their credit, insistedon immediate implementation or no endorsement. White,apparently so desperate for the BPPA endorsement agreedto the demands of the BPPA Officials and was to issue aside letter of agreement. Still not satisfied with this pro-posal, the BPPA officers insisted that it be incorporatedinto their present contract, which it was and where it stillremains to the present day.

This required the appointment of two large recruit classesboth in October of 1970 and while I remember it vividly, I

cannot believe foran instant that itwas 37 years agoand those officersare now ready toretire or perhapshave already re-tired.

The BPPA didgive Kevin Whitetheir endorsement

for Governor but despite the endorsement he went downto a humiliating defeat at the hands of incumbent Gover-nor Francis W. Sargent.

Today’s news becomes tomorrow’s history so more willbe submitted as time, effort, health and determination per-mit. Just remember that there is no such thing as a “rou-tine” stop or incident if only for the fact that different indi-viduals are involved in each case. Be wary of complacencyas that could prove to be extremely dangerous, even fatal.

Have you noticed in recent years the abundance of newsclips involving officers in the act of using force to over-come an arrest? There are many mini-cams out there wait-ing to film you. Stay well, stay alert and be careful.

Your former brother in arms,Jay V. Barry (Ret.)

Today’s news becomes tomorrow’s history so more will besubmitted as time, effort, health and determination permit.Just remember that there is no such thing as a “routine” stopor incident if only for the fact that different individuals areinvolved in each case. Be wary of complacency as that couldprove to be extremely dangerous, even fatal.

But just to tell some of the younger and perhapsnewer members of the department of ”the way itwas” I wonder if they will believe?


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Veterans’ Corner: Pat Rose, C-11Director, Boston Police VFW Post #1018

The more things change, the more they stay the samehe more things change, themore they stay the same.” Whowas it that said that, any way?

Well I thought the Veteran’s Administrationfinally got it! I really believed that after allof the negative publicity of late, that the ad-ministrative gurus of the V.A. would at leastmake it look like they were making changesfor the better. But, as usual, I put too muchfaith in federal officials, actually believingthat they would smarten up and ‘fly right’.Oh well, these guys and gals must figuretheir doing such a great job, that they gavethemselves millions of dollars in bonus pay.

Just a few short months after being ex-posed as inept managers of our nation’sveteran’s facilities, these brainiacs figuredthat no one would notice the approximatefour million dollars in bonuses. Yup, I saidit; $4,000,000.00!

Terrific, where else could you be wrong,a reported; 75% of the time and still receivea pay check, never mind a bonus (leavingmeteorologists out of it of course). The V.A.,that’s where! The average backlog in casesis around 200 days, but these guys figurethat they deserve a bonus for their qualitywork. The average Veteran’s AdministrationHospital is understaffed and under-funded.The maintenance is so poor in some of thesefacilities, that they have had to close, dis-placing hundreds of wounded veterans and

thousands of outpatients. The staffs at ourveteran’s hospitals are overworked and un-der-paid, but continue to provide dedicatedassistance to our ailing comrades.

Due to lack of funding, most of the fa-cilities have cut back on canteen servicesand recreational services for inpatients per-sonnel on weekends and holidays, (when itis most needed). I have been witness to thededicated staff in our local facilities pro-vide, from their own means, to patients:

that several states have chosen to institutenew laws and benefit packages for our re-turning veterans to include new employ-ment opportunities. The Federal Court hasrecently ruled, (once again), in favor ofVeteran’s Preference in hiring for federalcivil service jobs. (This much to the dis-may of some of the federal managers, spe-cifically in the Veteran’s Administration,believe it or not). The US District Court hassent down several rulings of late, that notonly favor the veteran, but impose monetarypenalties against those who choose ignoretheir rulings. (It’sabout time!!)

VFW ELEC-TIONS: The Postelections for the VFWPost #1018 seats wereconducted on April16th, 2007. Congratu-lations to the follow-ing personnel whowere re-elected: ChrisColby as Commander,Brendon McCarthy asSenior Vice Com-mander, Kenny Sem-edo as Junior ViceCommander, JimSaunders as PostQuartermaster, FrankDeClement as PostSurgeon, Bob ‘Doc’ Sprague as Post Chap-lain, Matt McGrath as Post Advocate,George Murray and Pat Rose as Post Trust-ees. Individuals elected were seated intotheir new positions on the weekend of June8th at the annual State VFW convention,which was once again held at the SheratonFerncroft, Danvers, Mass.

MEMORIAL DAY: As promised theMemorial Day ceremony was conducted atthe Boston Police VFW Post #1018 onMonday, the 28th of May. Once again thiswas a tremendous success and the event isgrowing each year. The Boston PoliceHonor Guard, under the command of SgtJames Neal and represented by; OfficersJames Galvin, Steve Doran, William Henry,Michael Manning, and Seth Richard as-sisted in the ceremony. Once again these

treats, games, books and sometimes justsimple company.

I wonder how many cups of coffee orcandy bars or books we could buy with that$4,000,000.00? How many staff memberswe could hire, or how many facilities wecould have kept open? How many leakyroofs could be fixed? It is simply amazing,that a government that preaches about do-ing away with waste would allow civil ser-vants to pay themselves an additional$4,000,000.00 over their earned pay. It isabsolutely amazes me that twenty-one (21)of the thirty-two (32) officials that make upthe Veteran’s Administration ‘PerformanceReview Board’, (who are the keeper of thebonus funds), voted themselves over$500,000.00 in bonuses.

I’m sure that they felt it was well de-served, I mean after all it must be gruelingwork deciding whose friend(s) (working inthe administrative/management field) de-serve bonuses year after year, equating toan average of 20% of ones annual salary. Imean just look what a great job they’ve beendoing: Our Nation’s Hospitals are reportedto be in “Deplorable Conditions”, ourVeteran’s Services are reported to be “Atan All Time Low”, and a Veteran’s wait timeto be seen by a doctor is reported to be “Atan All Time High, Average 196 Days”.Meanwhile the Congress is chasing around

the current WhiteHouse administra-tion for ‘canning’ abunch of overpaid,politically con-nected U.S. Attor-neys, who’s onlygoal in life is to be-come a politicallyappointed federaljudge.

How about aninvestigation of the‘Politico’s’ runningthe Veteran’s Ad-ministration. Howabout some over-sight of the fundsthat are supposed tobe used in healingour comrades. Howabout some good‘ole’ fashion com-mon sense. If moremoney is requiredto hire or main-

tain “Quality” managers, (as recently re-ported), then designate the funds for it!Do not allow some political scumbag theauthority to steal tax dollars designatedfor our wounded brothers and sisters!Call your Congressional delegation now anddemand hearings or inquiry into this prac-tice of stealing money earmarked for ourVeterans.

VETERANS EMPLOYMENT OP-PORTUNITIES: I am pleased to announce

fine men gave up their holiday weekend toshow support for our fallen comrades. TheHonor Guard, impeccably dressed in theirblues with brass shined and creases youcould shave with, presented the memorialwreath to the base of our ‘Old Glory’ asCommander Colby presented somethoughts to our honored guests, which in-cluded families of departed members inaddition to those who have family currentlyserving. The post was decorated for thisoccasion by Adjutant Martin Columbo, withflowers and crosses dedicated to our de-

parted comrades, Bob ‘Doc’ Sprague gavethe invocation while Jorge Castro assistedwith lowering the colors. The ceremony wasconcluded and all attendees joined us for acorrelation at the new outdoor recreationarea to include patio and grill area, for oneheck of an afternoon barbeque hosted bythe post. If you missed it this year, do your-self a favor and plan on it for next year.

UPCOMING EVENTS: The annualflag burning ceremony is scheduled to beconducted on June 18th, 2006 at 1800 hoursat 500 Morton street parking lot of the Bos-ton Police Post front parking lot. If you oranyone you know has an old, worn out ortattered flag, that you wish to dispose of,please drop it off at the flag receptacle lo-cated by the front of the VFW Post build-ing. This ceremony will be conducted with

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proper etiquette and dignity, however, a fes-tive get together will be hosted by the postimmediately following the ceremony.

The annual Executive Board electionsand annual open house for the Boston Po-lice VFW Post #1018 are scheduled for July17th, 2007, at 1900 hours. Nominations forthe E-Board will be accepted from 1800 –1900 hours that evening; however by-lawsrequire you be present to be nominated.There are a total of nine E-Board members.Seven members are elected annually; theremaining two positions are filled by virtueof their respective office with the VFWCommander and the VFW Quartermasterfor the post. The board president, vice presi-dent and clerk are elected from within the boardby the board on the night of the election.

The Boston Police Patrolmen’s Associa-tion annual golf tournament will be playedat Franklin Park this year on July 20th, 2007.We are pleased to announce that the PolicePost VFW #1018 has once again been se-lected to host the annual after event this year.We look forward to seeing our brothers and

By Mark A. Bruno

Iremember when I first met Bob Hayden(former Boston Police Superintendentand Chief of Police of Lawrence). He

would shake your hand and make it feel likea walnut in a nutcracker. His strength andthe way he carried himself around other of-ficers emitted a confidence and this showedin his ability to lead.

Although I did not personally have muchinteraction with the former Superintendent,all those who served directly under him willtell you what a great person he was to workfor. He was not afraid to get down in thetrenches with the troops.

My first encounter with the former Su-perintendent was during and after a SaintPatrick’s Day parade in South Boston. Hecalled for help in clearing a crowd and oneof the parade goers got feisty. My partnerand I drove up to Perkins Square in thewagon and observed Bobby Hayden chas-ing the kid up the street towards us. The kidturned back with a surprised look on his facewhen he saw Bob Hayden within strikingdistance. When the kid turned around hebounced off the wagon and before I couldget out the Super had him locked up. Thisimpression of Bobby Hayden would stickin my mind forever.

I guess time has not changed much. Ourformer Superintendent even in retirementis making headlines with his heroics. A re-cent article in the Globe (Graying duo keeppassenger in check, June 5, 2007) tells of atypical day in this retiree’s life. Once a copalways a cop. It seems that two passengerson Northwest Airline flight were actingunruly and scaring other passengers. Theypicked the wrong flight to act up on unfor-tunately because Bob Hayden and his wife(Katie) were returning home. When the two

Bob Hayden was interviewed on WRORby talk show hosts “Loren and Wally” whoasked what he was doing on a plane head-ing back from Minneapolis. He was com-ing back from an ice-skate seminar with hiswife. Loren and Wally could not help butpoke fun and said they could not pictureBob Hayden figure-skating in a tutu. BobHayden replied, “some of us play hockey.”They asked about his wife’s calmness in allof this and he stated she was used to this.

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sisters from the police department andfriends of the post. For tournament informa-tion, please contact the union at 617-989-2772.

REMINDER: VFW Post meetings areheld on the third Monday of each month inthe upper hall at 1930 hours. The E-Boardmeets at 1800 hours downstairs. The VFWmeeting are open to all members, and weencourage active participation. The E-Boardconducts its’ annual open meeting on the2nd Tuesday in July, (per the by-laws). Onceagain let me offer an invitation to visit thecompletely remodeled Post, inside and out.A reminder that the post is SMOKEFREE as of June 1st. Enjoy a cheap, cold‘one’ with some old friends, or make somenew friends. Enjoy the game tables, elec-tronic game machine or lottery. The Post isopen seven days a week from 1500 hourstil closing around 0200 hours. If you arebehind on your dues, come on down andwe’ll figure something out. If you are stillnot a member, what are you waiting for?The membership cost is only $30.00 peryear. As always, please be safe out there!

passengers began acting up Bobby Haydeninformed the flight attendant that he was aformer Boston Police officer and would helpin anyway should the need arise. Always incop-mode even in retirement BobbyHayden was scanning the plane for otherswho might be with the two. He also scannedto see who he could count on to assist himif he needed it. Looking around he saw someyoung faces, but basically none that lookedwilling to step in. He looked at the guy be-side him who was about his age and askedif he would be willing to step in if the needarose. The gentleman said yes and Bobasked what his background was. The gentle-man told him he was a former retired Ma-rine Captain. Semper fi!

Bob Hayden and the flight attendantworked out a signal in which she wouldwave a pair of plastic cuffs if she neededthe two restrained. When the Captain ofFlight 720 announced the plane would be-gin its landing procedures the two passen-gers went wild. Immediately the flight at-tendant flashed the signal and Bob Haydenalong with the retired USMC Captain camebounding up the alley towards the two andimmediately quelled the situation by plac-ing the two in cuffs and restraining them.The dynamic duo were applauded by thepassengers for their efforts. One womanwho was sitting in front of Bob Hayden andhis wife asked Mrs. Hayden, “how she couldbe sit there reading a book and be so calm.”Katie Hayden replied, “Bob’s been shot at.He’s taken knives away. He knows how tohandle those situations. I figured he wouldgo up there and step on somebody’s neck,and that would be the end of it. I knew howthat situation would end. I didn’t know howthe book would end.” She was reading “TheRichest Man in Babylon”.

He went on to say that while everyone elsethanked him on the plane he never got athank you from his wife. They drove hometogether, ate dinner and watched a rerun of“The Sopranos” and she told Bob she was go-ing up to bed. Before she went up she askedBob to stand up. She lovingly gave him a kisson the cheek and told him, “nice job today.”

Bob Hayden – retired Boston cop andformer chief of police in Lawrence: what aguy! If only there were more of him….

Joe the Boss sounds offHi everyone. A couple of weeks ago

I was reading one of the local pa-pers. Remember I said I was read-

ing not buying. I buy one and occasionallyread the other to see what their take is oncertain issues. I’ll let you guess which oneI buy. Well enough said about that.

The article I was referring to was the onethat had the headline “Transsexual cop killerhunted in Bay State.” Naturally I had to readon. I mean where were they looking. I fig-ured he was hiding out in some corner of aprison and they lost track of him. Sureenough I was wrong. He was actually outamongst us. Let me back track a little andgive a little background to this (I’m look-ing for the right word). Justice has gonehaywire.

This Boston cop killer, Thomas Shay,is the target of this manhunt for violatinghis parole for the third time since he killedone police officer and blinded another in a1991 bombing. Shay was found guilty in1993 for planting a bomb under his fathers’car. It seemed he didn’t like his father, sohe planted a bomb to explode and kill him.The device was spotted and the police, EMSand fire were called, and they responded as

always. The bomb went off and killed Of-ficer Jeremiah Hurley and blinded FrankFoley in one eye. This fool, Shay, didn’tcare who would respond and be killed.

Anyway he was sentenced and everyoneassumed that would be the end of him for along, long time or forever. However in aboutnine years he was paroled and released to ahalfway house. I never understood that term,halfway to where. Halfway to the begin-ning of a new crime spree. Well while therehe skipped out to continue his wicked ways.Did the people that paroled him think hehad seen the light and was rehabilitated?There’s another word that confuses me. Ithought if you were sick or injured then yourehabbed back to health. I thought it wascrime and punishment. If you commit acrime and you are caught, convicted, thenyou are punished.

It seems that he, Shay, committed at leastthree crimes that were documented, whilehe was on the lamb. He was caught for theseand bought before a Federal Judge namedRya Zobel. Judge Zobel figured out thathe needs “a great deal of encouragement”so she extended his probation and allowedhim to be free.

I’m sure the parole board that paroledShay followed all the proper steps like hear-ing from the victim’s families, prosecutors,and prison shrinks. Then they made a de-termination to basically free him. How inhell they arrived at this decision astoundsme. He was responsible for a police offic-ers death and maiming of another. It makesyou wonder who is advocating for this pieceof garbage. Better still why is anyone help-ing him. It seems he flew under the radarscreen. I mean he had his hearing, got out,and started another crime spree. Then andonly then did this come to light. There wasno media attention, no coverage whatsoever.

Then after it comes to the attention ofthe public some focus is put on it. Whensex offenders get out, they have to registerwith the local police and the public is awareof him, which as it should be. Don’t we thepublic deserve the same of a cop killer.

Thomas Nee, President of the BPPA isasked to comment. He responded “that thesystem has failed when dirt bags like thiscan walk the street after killing a BostonPolice Officer.” I’m sure Tommy bit histongue when he issued the above statementknowing Tommy as I do his thoughts on

the subject would not have made it past thecensors.

A few days later I read in another localpaper that prisoners rights advocates weremounting a last ditch effort to block thenomination of a Milton Police Officer for aseat on the parole board. The Governor’sCouncil was to vote on his nomination. Thisgroup was using all their clout to block this.I wonder why, did the fact that he had po-lice officer attach to him name have any-thing to do with them wanting to block him.It makes you wonder.

One of this group is a lawyer namedPatricia Garin who also teaches a clinicon parole for convicted murders at North-eastern Law School. It amazes me how allthese pieces of turd have all these groupsadvocating for them and the rest of us haveto pay as you go. I don’t know about youbut it seems to me that some of the piecesof the puzzle are starting to fit. Let’s hopethat by the time the Pax comes out this dirtbag will be caught and the only encourage-ment he will be receiving is “stand clear ofthe cell door when it is closing.”

As always be safe,Joe the Boss


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“LEGAL THOUGHTS”

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

As many of you know, on Wednes-day, May 23, 2007, Boston Police Officer Stephen Romano was shot

while working in C-11 by a suspect whowas armed with a hand gun. This shootingoccurred while officers from the Youth Vio-lence Strike Force were attempting to pre-vent further violence between feuding streetgangs. Miraculously and fortu-nately, the officer has recoveredvery well and has been able to gohome to his family. The incidentonly serves to emphasize the dan-gers which officers face on anightly basis as they patrol thestreets of the city. The bravery andheroism of Officer Romano andother officers involved, including aMassachusetts State Trooper as-signed to the Youth Violence StrikeForce, cannot be over emphasized.

I was somewhat disturbed, however, bysome of the media coverage which I sawearly the next morning while watching thenews. On one of the local networks, thisimportant story of a police officer being shotin the line of duty was not the lead story.No, instead the lead story was a film clip ofan orangutang who had escaped from hiscage in a zoo in a Far East country. Thevideo clip in the lead story depicted theorangutang tossing around picnic furniture,umbrellas and the like and it was quiteamusing and entertaining. However, whereare our priorities? Have we gotten to thepoint where the media’s need to emphasizeentertaining stories like that or the exploitsof the likes of Paris Hilton and LindsayLohan before we depict the story of a po-lice officer who was injured and faced withpotential death as a result of doing his job?Where are the priorities?

� � � � �Turning to the law and in the vein of dis-

cussing the legality of police type chases,the U.S. Supreme Court came down withan interesting opinion regarding a policechase that took place in Georgia. This is thecase of Timothy Scott, Petitioner vs. VictorHarris, 127 S.Ct. 1769 (April 30, 2007).That case concerned the deputy sheriff’smotion for summary judgment in his favorin a civil rights lawsuit filed against him bythe plaintiff, Victor Harris, a suspect whowas injured in an automobile accident dur-ing a pursuit by the deputy. The pursuit be-gan when the deputy clocked the suspect’svehicle at 73 miles an hour in a 55 mile anhour zone. The suspect sped away from theofficer at speeds exceeding 85 miles an hour.At one point, the suspect entered the park-ing lot of a shopping center and was nearlyboxed in by police vehicles but escaped byramming into Deputy Scott’s police car andspeeding off once again. After a 10 milechase, Deputy Scott received permissionfrom his supervisor to terminate the episodeby employing a “Precision InterventionTechnique” (P.I.T.) maneuver. Deputy Scott

I was somewhat disturbed, however, by some of the mediacoverage which I saw (recently) while watching the news.On one of the local networks, this important story of a policeofficer being shot in the line of duty was not the lead story.No, instead the lead story was a film clip of an orangutangwho had escaped from his cage in a zoo in a Far East country...Where are the priorities?

instead attempted to stop the suspect, Har-ris, by pushing his bumper into the rear ofHarris’ vehicle and, as a result, Harris lostcontrol, left the roadway, went down anembankment, crashed and was gravely in-jured. Harris filed suit against the officeralleging excessive force and unreasonableseizure under the Fourth Amendment.

The deputy moved for summary judg-ment asking that the suit be dismissed be-cause the officer had qualified immunity.The first step in the analysis of that ques-tion turns on whether or not the Court findsa violation of a clearly established consti-tutional right. This issue must be determinedbefore the court can evaluate the reasonable-ness of the officer’s actions and whether ornot a reasonable officer would have actedin the manner that Deputy Scott acted. Asan interesting side note to the opinion, theCourt took the unusual step of relying upona piece of physical evidence, a videotape,which is on the Supreme Court website.Justice Scalia, writing for the majority, de-scribes the videotape as depicting “therespondent’s vehicle racing down narrow,two-lane roads in the dead of night at speedsthat are shockingly fast. We see it swervearound more than a dozen other cars, crossthe double-yellow line, and force cars trav-eling in both directions to their respectiveshoulders to avoid being hit. We see it runmultiple red lights and travel for considerableperiods of time in the occasional center left-turn-only lane, chased by numerous police carsforced to engage in the same hazardous ma-neuvers just to keep up . . . what we see on thevideo more closely resembles a Hollywood-

style car chase of the most frightening sort,placing police officers and innocent bystand-ers alike at great risk of serious injury.” Scott v.Harris, 127 S.Ct. at 1775.

The Court holds that Deputy Scott didnot violate the Fourth Amendment. Thequestion turns on whether the officer’s ac-tions were objectively reasonable. While

noting that Harris did not pose an inherentthreat to society prior to the car chase, as hewas known to have committed no othercrime other than a minor traffic offense, theCourt noted that, “[i]t was the respondent’sflight itself (by means of a speeding auto-mobile) that posed the threat of ‘seriousphysical harm . . . to others.’” Id. at 1777,n.9. The Court indicated that in determin-ing the reasonableness of the seizure effec-tuated by this car chase, they have to “bal-ance the nature and quality of the intrusionon the individual’s Fourth Amendment in-terests against the importance of the gov-ernmental interests alleged to justify theintrusion.” Id. at 1778. The Court went onto note that “in judging whether Scott’s ac-tions were reasonable, we must consider therisk of bodily harm that Scott’s actionsposed to respondent [plaintiff] in light ofthe threat to the public that Scott was tryingto eliminate . . . It is clear from the video-tape that respondent posed an actual andimminent threat to the lives of any pedes-trians who might have been present, to othercivilian motorists, and to the officers in-volved in the chase . . .It is equally clearthat Scott’s actions posed a high likelihoodof serious injury or death to respondent–though not the near certainty of death posed

by, say, shooting a fleeing felon in the backof the head . . . We think it appropriate inthis process to take into account not onlythe number of lives at risk, but also theirrelative culpability. It was respondent, afterall, who intentionally placed himself andthe public in danger by unlawfully engag-ing in the reckless, high-speed flight that

ultimately produced the choicebetween two evils that Scott con-fronted. Multiple police cars,with blue lights flashing and si-rens blaring, had been chasingrespondent for nearly 10 miles,but he ignored their warning tostop. By contrast, those whomight have been harmed hadScott not taken the action he didwere entirely innocent. We havelittle difficulty in concluding itwas reasonable for Scott to take

the action that he did.” Id. While the Courtnotes the danger to the public presented bythe police chase itself, the Court also ruledthat if the police had ceased their pursuit,there was no assurance that Harris mighthave ceased his reckless driving. The Courtfelt that Scott’s actions in ramming the sus-pect off the road was a certain way to elimi-nate the risk that Harris posed to the public.

This case is sure to generate further con-troversy. As we all know, police car chasesare very controversial when they cause in-jury to innocent third parties. In this case,of course, the fact that the plaintiff, him-self, was the wrong doer would certainlyengender less sympathy from a jury if thecase ever got that far. The Court held thatthe deputy was entitled to qualified immu-nity under a Fourth Amendment analysisand held that the actions of the plaintiff“posed a substantial and immediate riskof serious physical injury to others; noreasonable jury could conclude otherwise.Scott’s attempt to terminate the chase byforcing respondent off the road was rea-sonable, and Scott is entitled to summaryjudgment.” Would the Court have ruleddifferently if the deputy’s actions hadtaken place in a congested urban area?Only time will tell.

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Boston EMTs still fighting for respect

Legal Notes: Kenneth A. Grace, Esq.Sandulli Grace, P.C., Labor Counsel to Members of the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association and BEMS

As you know, the Boston EmergencyMedical Services employees com- prise a division within the Boston

Police Patrolmen’s Association. This rela-tionship began 14 years ago on June 25,1993 when the BPPA filed a petition withthe Massachusetts Labor Relations Com-mission seeking to sever the Boston EMTsfrom a City-wide AFSCME bargain-ing unit. Historically, the City of Bos-ton and AFSCME had largely ignoredthe special skills and hazardous work-ing conditions of Boston’s emergencymedical employees. Although work-ing in coordination with Boston po-lice and fire services, Boston EMTshad fallen far behind their publicsafety counterparts in wages and ben-efits. Consequently, there was a needfor a change in representation. A secret bal-lot election was held on June 7, 1994 and,by a vote of 133 to 2, the BPPA was certi-fied on June 28, 1994 to represent the Bos-ton EMTs as a separate bargaining unit.

Once certified, the first objective of anyunion is to get a good contract. In the caseof the EMTs, the goal has always been clear:to get respect for their critical public safetyand public health roles in the City of Bos-ton by achieving parity with police and firein wages and benefits. I have had the privi-lege of representing the Boston EMTs atthe bargaining table for their first contractin 1995 and for every contract thereafter,including the present negotiations. The goalremains the same and, believe it or not, onethat has not yet been achieved. Certainlyprogress has been made, but hopefully thetime for ultimate respect and true parity forBoston EMTs is here.

Before this negotiation, base wages forBoston police officers and firefighters av-eraged 5% higher than Boston EMTs, whilemajor fringe benefits of hazardous duty pay,weekend differential, and night shift differ-entials amount to a disparity of least 10%more. Even time off benefits like personaldays and bereavement leave are unequal (4and 5 days for fire and police compared to1 and 3 days for the EMTs).

As a negotiator, I have often wonderedwhy full parity for the EMTs has been sodifficult to achieve. Of course, there aremany answers. In part, it is due to the factthat the EMTs were so far behind when theychanged representation, and making up sucha big gap in pay and benefits cannot be ac-complished in one or two contracts. Ofcourse, the City also wants us to believe thatthere is only so much money to go around.

The real problem, however, goes far be-yond the economics of higher labor costsand supplemental appropriations. Rather, itis the change and evolution of the employerstructure itself that has rendered the EMTsas the foster employees of the City of Bos-ton. That history over the past decade hasresulted in the siphoning off of consider-

able revenue for unneeded administrativecosts while missing opportunities to gener-ate millions of dollars in increased revenues.

In the mid-1990s, the federal governmentimplemented a program of dollar-for-dol-lar “matching” of certain public health ex-penses. Evidently, there was a perception -- amount legislators, perhaps, or among City

or hospital officials - - that EMS servicesneeded to be provided by a private hospitalin order to qualify for these “matching”funds. Accordingly, in or about 1995, theCity sought to get out of the municipal hos-pital business. The legislature responded bycreating a separate public agency, the Bos-ton Public Health Commission, to overseeBoston’s medical operations. Under theCommission’s enabling act, Chapter 147 ofthe Acts of 1995 (“Chapter 147”), the Cityand the Commission entered into a 10-yearAgreement with University Hospital, Inc.,to consolidate Boston City Hospital andother medical facilities into a single private,nonprofit corporation. However, BostonMedical Center, as the hospital resultingfrom the merger, would be considered apublic facility for purposes of receiving cer-tain government subsidies.

The 10-year agreement required byChapter 147 - - i.e., the EMS Agreement - -took effect July 1, 1996. The language ofthe Agreement, however, does not consis-tently reflect the practices actually imple-mented to administer the EMS system. Forexample, the Commission makes annualpayments to the Boston Medical Centeraccording to the Center’s budget projec-tions; then, after the Boston Medical Cen-ter collects its revenues for EMS services,it is supposed to reimburse the Commis-sion by whatever amount its accounts ex-ceed its actual expenses. Yet, the BostonMedical Center consistently reimburses theCommission in an amount approximately$1.7 million less than its actual expenseswould dictate - - effectively resulting in ayearly charge to the Commission. It is notclear where these funds are going, or whyit is being charged.

The Commission’s Agreement with theBoston Medical Center expired on June 20,2006. The structure of the Agreement sug-gests that, upon its termination, the BostonMedical Center must be removed from theEMS system. It is also possible to interpretthe Agreement to allow the Commission toretain its relationship with the Boston Medi-

cal Center on an ongoing basis if it wouldbe best for the EMS system. Of course, theCommission could just as readily decide notto extend its relationship with the BostonMedical Center. Either way, the Center’scontinued participation is not mandatory.

If ever the EMS Agreement helped tomake Boston’s EMS system eligible for

state or federal Medicaid subsides, theAgreement no longer does so. We know ofno government funding programs thatwould require the Boston Medical Center’sparticipation in the EMS system for thatsystem to receive funding. To the contrary,the Boston Medical Center’s participationseems to be costing the Commission money.

This is a classic case of removing the“middleman”. The Boston Medical Center’sannual charges to the Commission - - in theform of reimbursement amounts withheldat the end of each budget year - - appear tohave no basis in the EMS Agreement. What-ever government subsides the Commission

might be entitled to on the basis of its re-sponsibility for the EMS system, those sub-sidies are not dependent on the BostonMedical Center’s hand in the system. There-fore, by eliminating the Boston MedicalCenter, the parties would free up funds cur-rently committed to inefficient practices;those funds then could be funneled into theEMTs’ compensation.

The logic and economics of this changein employer structure seem so obvious, yetthe Commission does not appear to be in-terested in doing anything. They are quickto reject our proposals for higher wages andbenefits because of the costs, but ignore theprospect of recovering wasteful administra-tive revenue that could help pay for a bettercontract.

Identification of revenue sources shouldbe a concern of any employer. Besides theprospect of saving $1.7 million in adminis-trative costs, the BEMS Union has discov-ered the potential of over $7 million of fu-ture ambulance fee payments that alsoshould be available for contract funding.Negotiations with the Commission are at acrossroad. The Union’s proposals for par-ity with police and fire are reasonable andlong overdue. We have even found themoney to make it happen. It is our hope andexpectation that the Commission and theCity will understand that now is the time tofinally afford the Boston EMTs the respectthey deserve.

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� That illegal immigrants feel they have a right to protesthere in this country when their status is questioned bylaw abiding Americans? A recent picture in the BostonGlobe showed several of these criminals wearing shirtsthat said “I’m illegal, so what?” And we wonder whythis country is falling apart.

� The Boston Herald, in its editorial on 04/16/07 titled“The right moves to secure the hub,” finds it a mysterythat the State Police aren’t brought in to assist the Bos-ton Police with rising crime? How about the fact thatthe State Police have other responsibilities to the citi-zens of this state? And of course there is no mention ofMayor Menino failing to put more cops on the streetseveral years ago when he knew the department neededthem. Instead he allowed cops to be overworked. Hespent millions on overtime. This money could have beenused to hire cops then instead of rushing to find a solu-tion now.

� That State Rep. Marie St. Fleur thinks it’s a good ideato re-prepose the foolish bill to allow ILLEGAL immi-grants instate tuition? (Boston Herald, 04/20/07). Gov.Deval Patrick states he supports the bill as a matter offairness. Fairness to who? My question is this: Whyare these people even here and why do we elect politi-cians who continually reward criminal behavior?

� That the CORI (Criminal Offender Record Informa-tion) law has to reformed? During a recent protest marchfrom Roxbury to the State House, Organizer WilneliaRivera of Neighbor to Neighbor (What ever that is)stated, “ People are being denied the opportunity towork” Yeah, Earth to Wilnelia…Earth to Wilnelia!!! Ifbusiness owners need help they should have the abilityto make sure some scumbag career criminal isn’t go-ing to be stealing, raping, robbing, or killing their cus-tomers.

� Former Department of Corrections CommissionerKathleen Dennehy is viewed as a victim in a BostonHerald editorial? (04/20/07). The Herald states in part,“the only party that seemed eager to drive Dennehyout is the Mass. Corrections Officers Federated Union,which routinely called for her resignation. (Not exactlyputting her in lonely company; the union has never meta commissioner who didn’t inspire a no confidence vote)“Same old “Blame it on the union story line” How about

looking at Dennehy and all the past commissioners andrealizing they are all self centered political hacks whodon’t care what conditions the correction officers workin or whether they’re safe? Dennehy is just the latest“appointee” who was more concerned about her ownimage and whether the cons have HBO. She deservedto go!

� No one wants to join the Boston Police? In a publishedarticle in the Herald (04/11/07) by Alan Lupo titled,“Age cap cripples police recruiting” Lupo points outthat the City of Boston is having a tough time gettingyoung people to join the ranks of the police depart-ment. To combat the problem politicians want to raisethe age limit to 35 or even 40. Lupo fails to mentionthat recruiting around the country has become a majorconcern for most police departments and the futurelooks bleek. Why? Because police officers in Bostonand around the country have little or no support fromthe public, politicians, courts, juries, and certainly notthe media phonies.

� That Mayor Menino got so upset at former Gov. MittRomney for admitting he is a member of the NationalRifle Association? (Boston Herald 04/11/07). Menino

states in the published article, “ How could you be hop-ing to talk about public safety in this country when theproliferation of illegal guns is at an epidemic stage andyou are proud to say I am a gun proponent?” UhMayor….So what if some people like to drink a beeror have a glass of wine during dinner does that meanthey support people who are driving drunk? Of coursenot. You make a foolish statement trying to connectlaw abiding gun owners to a problem they have no con-trol over at all.

� The Boston Police department is cracking down onticket scalpers as if it were a twenty year felony? Andaccording to one BPD Captain, “We are also dealingwith fake tickets. We are trying to prevent people frombeing victimized” (Boston Herald 04/11/07). Victim-ized? Have you seen the price of the real tickets atFenway? Or how about a hot dog and a beer? JohnHenry, Theo, and Larry should be locked up for charg-ing these prices to the legions of loyal, and soon to bebroke fans.

� Dedicated Police Officers like Cpl. Bruce McKay ofthe Franconia N.H. Police department die such a tragicdeath while protecting their community? Stay safe.

Ibought a bird feeder. I hung it on my back porch and filled it with seed. Within a week we had hundreds of birdstaking advantage of the continuous flow of free and easily accessible food. But then the birds started building

nests in the boards of the patio, above the table, and next to the barbecue.Then came the poop. It was everywhere: on the patio tile, the chairs, the table...everywhere. Then some of the

birds turned mean: They would dive bomb me and try to peck me even though I had fed them out of my ownpocket. And others birds were boisterous and loud: They sat on the feeder and squawked and screamed at all hoursof the day and night and demanded that I fill it when it got low on food.

After a while, I couldn’t even sit on my own back porch anymore. I took down the bird feeder and in three daysthe birds were gone. I cleaned up their mess and took down the many nests they had built all over the patio.

Soon, the back yard was like it used to be...quite, serene and no one demanding their rights to a free meal.Now, let’s see...our government gives out free food, subsidized housing, free medical care, free education and

allows anyone born here to be an automatic citizen. Then the illegals came by the tens of thousands. Suddenly ourtaxes went up to pay for free services; small apartments are housing 5 families; you have to wait 6 hours to be seenby an emergency room doctor; you child’s 2nd grade class is behind other schools because over half the classdoesn’t speak English; Corn Flakes now come in a bilingual box; I have to press “1” to hear my bank talk to me inEnglish; and people waving flags other than “Old Glory” are squawking and screaming in the streets, demandingmore rights and free liberties. Maybe it’s time for the government to take down the bird feeder.

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Terrorism in America…GET READY!By Kevin Doogan

On May 23, 2007, buried deep inside the Boston Herald, after articlesabout sheer stupidity and fluff, I

came across a staggering article that shouldhave been run on the front page of everynewspaper in America! Twenty five per-cent of U.S. Muslims say suicide bomb-ing to defend their religion is acceptable!

Take a deep breath and let that thoughtsink in for a minute.

The article penned by the AssociatedPress quotes finding from the Pew ResearchCenter who report that the strongest senti-ment towards considering suicide bombingjustifiable is coming from young U.S. Mus-lims ages 30 years and younger. What a rev-elation, any fool looking at world eventscould tell you that same thing in any denselypopulated area of the world containing alarge Muslim following.

Across the world the lowest common de-nominator to a great deal of the terroristactivities revolves around Young Muslim

Males. Islamic religious zealots have longbeen at war with the Christian and Jewishpopulation.

This war has been on-going for centu-ries and there is no evidence it will subsideor lessen any timesoon. But what en-rages me is the fail-ure of world leadersand the world me-dia, especially theU.S. Media to printand publish thetruth.

The trouble in theMiddle East is a Holy War, not a gas war. Theterrorist bombings and attacks in Europe andAsia are nothing more than a piece of this HolyWar being directed at the Christian and Jew-ish populations of those particular countries.With findings such as this, one in every fourMuslims believes suicide bombing is justi-fied how much longer can we hold out be-fore the horror of the random attacks in

Europe and Asia reach home here?What’s the answer? Is it closer monitor-

ing of Muslim clubs and mosques? Is itcompiling a database of Muslims under 30years of age? Could the shutting down of

our borders and banning admission intocolleges and universities be a precautionworth examining? I don’t claim to know theanswers but what I do know is that the ap-parent current position of ignoring the prob-lem and hoping nothing happens doesn’twork. We found that was the case with Sep-tember 11th.

We found out that our kindness and tol-

erance is used against us as a way to kill usby the thousands. We should have learnedthat our open-armed approach to those whowish to annihilate us doesn’t win them over,it just enables them to carry out their plan

against us.Finally, and if nothing else, call it what

it is! Let the cat out of the bag and stoppussyfooting around. If 25% of AmericanMuslims think it’s OK to suicide-bomb thepublic to defend their religion, we are in deep,deep trouble and this kind of information needsto be thrown in the face of every single politi-cian lobbying for us to turn the other cheek.

By Patrick Carnell, Canisius College,Buffalo NY

Apparently, we’re supposed to feelsafe that “only” 26% of young Muslim males living in America

openly admit (read as: didn’t lie) that sui-cide bombing can, sometimes (meaninganytime a Muslim extremist hashis feelings hurt), be justified ac-cording to the Pew poll taken inMay. Keep in mind that this is inAmerica, where supposedlyMuslims are more assimilatedand less murderously-incensedthan in other countries. And 74%is said to be a “good number” inshowing how peaceful and well-assimilated these lads are in oursociety. Want to know my ideaof a good number? Anywhere from 99% to100%. But 74%? Not really leaving mesmiling and satisfied.

Imagine if the poll had come out withthis instead: “Only 28% of white Americanmales ages 25-40 believe that serial killing,torturing to death, and rape are ever justi-fied.” Are people supposed to be relievedupon learning that? Would the media begushing about how marvelous it is that a“majority” of this group are not raping, tor-turing, mass killing psychotics? Why isn’tanybody giving me credit for my bravemoral stance, since I’m in the 72% who dis-approve? Or what about this: “Only 27%of all Americans aged 25-40 believe ran-

Poll: Only Some MuslimsWant to Kill You

Imagine if the poll had come out with this instead: “Only 28%of white American males ages 25-40 believe that serial killing,torturing to death, and rape are ever justified.” Are peoplesupposed to be relieved upon learning that? Would the me-dia be gushing about how marvelous it is that a “majority” ofthis group are not raping, torturing, mass killing psychotics?

domly killing and torturing Muslims is everacceptable.” Would the media praise therestraint and tolerance of the “vast major-ity”? Or would they have a bit of an issuewith the fact that more than 1 in 4 wouldopenly admit that they would jump at thechance to kill anything with a turban or veil?

The latter, naturally. But Muslims, ah, nowthat’s a different standard.

Just look at how our fair, unbiased, nu-anced media spins and spins and spins thisand other aspects of the poll in their head-lines:

USA Today, 5/22/07: Poll: Most Mus-lims seek to adopt American lifestyle.

Wow! “Most!” Hooray! Although, I waskind of hoping for something like “all.”

The Media Line, 5/22/07: Pew pollshows American Muslims believe solutionto Israel-Palestinian Conflict possible.

And a Final Solution at that, to end theconflict in a way they can be happy with, asopposed to a Temporary Solution to the “Is-

rael Problem.”International Herald Tribune, 5/22/07:

Muslims assimilate better in US than Eu-rope, poll finds.

“Better.” Fantastic. American Muslimsare less likely to kill than their counterpartsin Europe.

Voice of America, 5/22/07: Poll: USMuslims feel post-9/11 backlash despitemoderate outlook.

By moderate, do you mean “in betweenrejecting murder and supporting it”? Andthose damned racists: giving dirty looks,criticizing Islam, and fighting back whenIslamic terrorists try to kill them. How darethey…

USA Today blog headline 5/22/07: Poll:Muslim-Americans overwhelminglyDemocratic, but conservative on many is-sues.

One issue where I tend to agree withmany liberals: Islamic terrorism doesn’texist. It’s all made up by that stupid evil

genius Bush. Go back to sleep. Although,their respective motives for this policy arequite different, and — surprise, surprise —Islamic extremists use the liberals’ versionto their advantage. Aren’t apologetics fun?

Yes, yes, I know the excuses that will,and have, come pouring in to explain this

just plain unusual penchant forviolence in young Muslimmales. “Well, all religions havetheir extremists.” Yes, but doother religions have 25% oftheir military-age males in fa-vor of attacking civilians forpolitical and religious pur-poses. “Well, they just supportterrorism against Israel.” Well,that’s a given, but does that jus-tify the murder of Jews, em, Is-

raelis (almost forgot, “ANTI-ISRAELDOESN’T MEAN ANTI-SEMITIC, SOSTOP CRITICIZING ME AND CHAL-LENGING MY OPINIONS!”)? I also seemto recall a number of “suicide bombings”that have occurred in the U.S., U.K., Bali,Thailand, Iraq, Russia, the Philippines,Spain, and a handful of otherplaces…they’re not Israel, so I guess by thatdefinition what happened in those placesisn’t really terrorism. I guess I’m just notnuanced enough to understand such unim-peachable, infallible logic, and I’ll have tokeep committing a thought-crime until I do.I just have a problem with being killed, that’sall.

We found out that our kindness and tolerance is used againstus as a way to kill us by the thousands. We should have learnedthat our open armed approach to those who wish to annihilateit doesn’t win them over it just enables them to carry out theirplan against us.

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“Farfur Mouse” is the Palestinian version of MickeyMouse… a cheap knock-off of Mickey that looks like thetype you would find hired for a birthday party, gingerlypatting the kids on their heads lest the hawkish eyes ofparents present interpret “inappropriate touching.” But any-way, Farfur Mouse instructs the doe-eyed tykes of Gazaand Nablus on how to be good children, telling them not tocheat on tests, to always obey their parents, and to don anexplosive vest and AK-47 and go off to kill some Jews. Healso strives to enrich their minds, teaching math, reading,and Islamic supremacist theology. Only the best from Hamas!

On one clip of Death Cult Mickey’s show (which hasn’tbeen hurriedly deleted by Youtube), we find the nightmaremouse, proclaiming “We are setting with you the corner-stone for world leadership under an Islamic leader,” to whichSaraa, a small girl wearing a pink hijab responds, “We re-mind you that we, the Great Ones, started this program tolead the world. The nucleus, with the will of Allah, will befrom here, from Palestine.” “Until we win, with the will ofAllah, we will resist until we win,” says the rat demon, in amost satanic, impish, high-pitched, and vaguely raspy voice.In another episode, Farfur is caught cheating on a test inschool; an adult co-host, Uncle Hazem, asks Farfur whyhe cheated. “It was against my will, Uncle Hazem,” he cries,“because the Jews destroyed our home, and when the Jewsdestroyed our home I couldn’t find my notebooks!” So yousee, kids? Everything bad that happens can be blamed onthose wily, omnipresent Jews! You learn something neweveryday.

It gets worse. Kindly old Uncle Hazem tells the chil-

dren that, through Islam and the will ofAllah, they can spread goodnes, love,and justice. How will the will of Allahbe implemented to spread goodness andhappiness and everything warm andcuddly in the world? Why, through Is-lamic world domination! Christians andJews were “safe” under Islamic lawduring the height of the Islamic con-quests of the Dark Ages (depending onhow thoroughly you check your histori-cal resources, or if you just skimthrough it). There was once the glori-ous Islamic state of Andulus, Hazemtells Saraa, made up of Spain and Por-tugal. “This dear Andulus will returnone day,” he says, followed by Saraa:“We remind you dear kids that the gloryand civilization of the Islamic nation,you shall restore!” If you believe inyourself (and Allah), kids, you can achieve anything youput your mind to (or, rather, what is put into your mind bymanipulative adults!)

It continues to gets worse (yes, worse): Farfur Mouseand Saraa take phone calls, usually from children ages 5through 12, who wish to sing their favorite kiddy songs,such as, “Rafah sings “oh, oh,” its answer is an AK-47/Wewho do not know fear, we are predators of the forest,” and“Oh Jerusalem, we are coming/Oh Jerusalem, it is the timeof death/Oh Jerusalem, we will never surrender you to theJews, and will never be humiliated/It is the time of death,we will fight a war.”

I’m not going to pretend I like children all that much(because I don’t), but anyone who doesn’t find this sicken-

ing, or, worse yet, actually finds it acceptable and justifiedbecause of the plight of the poor, poor Palestinians, pleasego stand next to a flight of stairs, so someone with half asynapse snapping in their brains can push you down. It’sexactly what I would do if Mickey Monster was standingthere instead. Until an Israeli sniper gets a bead on him orhe ends up on the receiving end of a missile, it’s positive tosay that Hamas’ line of semtex-belts isn’t going to go outof fashion in the near future.

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ing here at MSU I intend to protest yourprotest. I am offended not by cartoons, butby more mundane things like beheadingsof civilians, cowardly attacks on publicbuildings, suicide murders, murders ofCatholic priests (the latest in Turkey),burnings of Christian churches, the contin-ued persecution of Coptic Christians inEgypt, the imposition of Sharia law on non-Muslims, the rapes of Scandinavian girlsand women (called “whores” in your cul-ture), the murder of film directors in Hol-land, and the rioting and looting in Paris,France. This is what offends me, a soft-spo-ken person and academic, and many, manyof my colleagues. I counsel your dissatis-

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If you do not like the values of the West– see the 1st Amendment – you are free toleave. I hope for God’s sake that most ofyou choose that option. Please return to yourancestral homelands and build them upyourselves instead of troubling Americans.

Cordially,I. S. Wichman

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

As you can imagine, the Muslim groupat the university didn’t like this too well.They’re demanding that Wichman be rep-rimanded and mandatory diversity trainingfor faculty and a seminar on hate and dis-crimination for freshman. Now the chapterof CAIR has jumped into the fray. CAIR,the Council on American-Islamic Relations,apparently doesn’t believe that the goodprofessor had the right to express his opinion.

For its part, the university is standing itsground, saying the e-mail was private, andthey don’t intend to publicly condemn hisremarks.

That will probably change. Wichmansays he never intended for his e-mail to bemade public, and wouldn’t have used thesame strong language if he’d known it wasgoing to get out.

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As the weeks turn into years and theyears into decades I’m struck by the progression of life.

As a middle-aged father of three, I foundmyself thinking back on my youth, my tran-sition into marriage, then fatherhood andnow, in what seems like the blink of an eye,my children are in their twenties. I think ofthe impact and lessons, some hard and somenot so hard, that the father figures in my lifehave bestowed upon me. I was fortunate tohave two strong male figures in my life.

First and foremost of course was my dad,a hard working, hard playing, strong willedand opinionated man with a great sense ofhumor and an unrelenting sense of family.Sometimes my pal, sometimes a wrestlingfoe, sometimes my judge, jury & execu-tioner but always a teacher, a confidant, agrounding force and a safety valve that keptme safe and on an even keel. He never letme get neither too full of myself nor toolow on myself; he taught me humility andpride and how to balance success and fail-ure gracefully. He taught me that it was al-ways better to be a leader than it was to be a

follower, I’m not talking about standing outamongst the crowd but instead to quietlygo about your own business and not to fallvictim to peer pressure, lead by examplenot on a soapbox.

I learned many of the lessons needed tobecome an adult. I learned that a slap in themouth never killedanyone and that thethought of gettingone sometimes wasenough to deter mefrom making a hugemistake and takingthe wrong direction.He taught me to stand up for myself andnot to be bullied.

My dad was friendly and playful butnever my friend, he was my dad. At the time Iwas envious of my friends whose dads weremore part of the gang than mine was, butnow in retrospect I realize children haveenough friends on their own, children needparents not buddies. I also learned from mydad that fear is a good thing, whether it’sfear of a slap, a harsh look or the disappoint-ment he would display when I slipped up.

My dad for the most part was a greatrole model and it’s funny what sticks witha kid as he goes through life. I’m sure whenmy dad passed his little snippets of life thatstuck with me they weren’t meant to bewords to live by and were said off the topof his head. But I can’t think of an occasion

that has arisen that I haven’t heard his voiceor that of his father in my head sending mein the right direction. As larger than life asmy dad is he became that way from his fa-ther, the man I affectionately know as Pa.

I was blessed to live in the same two-family house in Jamaica Plain with mygrandparents on the first floor. So when dadwas at work, of which he had three jobs tosupport my mom and the five of us, Pa wasthe resident male figure that took control indad’s absence. It was almost like having two

dads. Pa also taught us through his actionsand his metaphors. They’ve both instilled adrive in me to succeed as a man and earntheir respect and approval.

For I believe the true meaning of father-hood is to nurture, love and prepare yourchildren for what lies ahead of them and

give them the tools and knowledge to dobetter in life than you have.

From where I sit now in life, I wanted toacknowledge both my dad and Pa for onlydoing and wanting what was best for me asI have always wished for my kids. And, toall the dads out there remember it’s the littleheart felt things and words of knowledgeand encouragement that stick with yourchildren, not the toys or trinkets.

Be a father, not a buddy and have aHappy Father’s Day.

Sometimes my pal, sometimes a wrestling foe, sometimes myjudge, jury & executioner but always a teacher, a confidant, agrounding force and a safety valve that kept me safe and on aneven keel.

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1. Who is the only major leaguer to win the batting title in his first two full seasons?2. Who is the only major leaguer to win a batting title for a first-year expansion team?3. What major league pitcher has the most career wins

without ever appearing in a World Series?4. What major league pitcher has the second most

career victories without ever appearing in a WorldSeries?

5. If a batter hits a fair ball and a fielder throws hisglove at the ball and strikes it, what is the rul-ing?

6. What player led the NFL in fumbles during the 2006 season?7. Who was the first player inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame who never

played a game in the NFL?8. Who is the only “pure” placekicker enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame?9. Who was the last woman to win the Grand Slam of tennis?10. When was the last time the MVP from the American and National leagues played the

same position?

1. What is the nickname of the Commonwealth of Virginia?2. What are the two largest cities in New England?3. What is the official state beverage of North Dakota?4. Where was the first emergency 911 communications

system used?5. What state is the only one whose state flag has a differ-

ent picture on each side of it?6. What three cities have been the capital city of the Com-

monwealth of Virginia?7. What state has the tallest capital building?8. What other state could fit into the state of Alaska 425 times?9. What state sent the most soldiers to fight in the Civil War?10. What state has the most miles of river?

Crossword Puzzle: The Wizard of Oz

Across

2. Who did the Wicked Witch set on fire (9)

5. He played the Wizard (5,6)

8. The role of the wizard was originally createdfor this actor (2,6)

9. He replaced Ebsen as the Tin Woodsman (4,5)

10. Who did Toto bite that got him in trouble inKansas (4,5)

14. How many months including preparation,filming and editing did it take to complete(8)

16. Who comes and goes in a large pink tintedcrystal bubble (6)

19. Who was killed when Dorothy’s house fellon her when in landed in Oz (6,5,2,3,4)

21. She played Dorothy (4,7)

23. He played the Coronor of Munchkinland(9,5)

25. What was the name of the head winged mon-key (5)

26. What was the real life name of Toto (5)

27. The Cowardly Lion took two weapons withhim while on the way to the witch’s castle.One was a fishnet, what was the other (5,4)

Down

1. He was originally cast to play the Tin Woods-man (5,5)

3. What was the name of the Wicked Witch ofthe West’s Army (7)

4. Who received a heart shaped watch on a chain(6)

6. She played Glinda (6,5)

7. Buddy Ebsen had an allergic reaction to thisand had to leave the movie (8,6,6)

10. She played the Wicked Witch of the West(8,8)

11. How many pairs of ruby slippers were there(5)

12. He played Uncle Henry (7,8) (see answers on page C21)

13. She was cast as Auntie Em (5,8)

15. What was Dorothy’s last name (4)

17. What did the Wicked Witch of the West write overEmerald City with her broomstick (9,7)

18. The oil used to oil the Tin Woodsman was actually this (9,5)

20. How many times did Dorothy have to click her heels together toget home (5)

22. Who lip synced the words to their songs in the movie (8)

24. He was cast as the Cowardly Lion (4,4)

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Trivia Answers ?

1.The only major leaguer to win a batting title in his first two full seasons is Twins out-fielder Tony Oliva who hit .324 in 1964 and .321 in 1965.

2.The only major leaguer to win a batting title for a first-year expansion team is ColoradoRockies firstbaseman Andres Galarraga who hit .370 in 1993.

3.The major league pitcher with the most career victories without ever appearing in theWorld Series is retired knuckleballer Phil Niekro who won 318 games.

4.The major league pitcher with the second most victories without ever appearing in theWorld Series is retired righthander and alleged spitballer Gaylord Perry who won 314games.

5.If a batter hits a fair ball and a fielder throws his glove at the ball and the glove hits theball the batter is awarded three bases, however if the ball remains in play the batter can tryand score at his own risk.

6.Detroit Lions quarterback Jon Kitna and Tampa Bay quarterback Bruce Gradkowskieach fumbled eleven times to lead the NFL in that category.

7.The first player inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame who never played in the NFLwas Buffalo Bills guard Billy Shaw who played all of his pro football in the AmericanFootball League from 1960 to 1969. The leagues merged in 1970.

8.The only “pure” placekicker to be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame is JanStenerud who kicked for the Chiefs, Packers, and Vikings from 1967 to 1985.

9.The last woman to win the Grand Slam of tennis was Steffi Graf, who in 1988 won theAustralian, French, and US Opens and Wimbledon.

10.The last time the MVP of both the American and National League played the sameposition was in 2006 when Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard and Twins first basemanJustin Morneau both won their league MVP. Award.

1.The nickname of the Commonwealth of Virginia is “Old Dominion”.2.The two largest cities in New England are Boston and Worcester, both located in Massa-

chusetts.3.The official state beverage of the state of North Dakota is milk.4.The first emergency 911 communications system in the United States was used in Lin-

coln, Nebraska.5.The only state to have two different pictures on its flag is the state of Oregon, which has

a heart shaped shield with an eagle on one side and a beaver on the other side, hence thenickname the “Beaver State”.

6.Jamestown, Williamsburg, and the current capital of Richmond have all been the capitalcity of Virginia over the years.

7.The capital building in Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the tallest in the United States standing34 stories tall.

8.The tiny state of Rhode Island could fit into Alaska 425 times.9.The state of Tennessee sent the most men to fight on both sides during the Civil War.10.The state of Nebraska has the most miles of river than any other state in the union.

Another Old Age Test : Older ‘n Dirtey Dad,” one of my kids askedthe other day, “What was yourfavorite fast food when you

were growing up?”“We didn’t have fast food when I was

growing up,” I informed him. “All the foodwas slow.”

“C’mon, seriously. Where did you eat?”“It was a place called ‘at home,’” I ex-

plained.“Grandma cooked every day and when

Grandpa got home from work, we sat downtogether at the dining room table, and if Ididn’t like what she put on my plate I wasallowed to sit there until I did like it.”

By this time, the kid was laughing so hardI was afraid he was going to suffer serious in-ternal damage, so I didn’t tell him the part abouthow I had to have permission to leave the table.But here are some other things I would havetold him about my childhood if I figured hissystem could have handled it:

Some parents NEVER owned their ownhouse, wore Levis, set foot on a golf course,traveled out of the country or had a credit card.In their later years, they had something calleda revolving charge card. The card was goodonly at Sears Roebuck. Or maybe it was SearsAND Roebuck Either way, there is no Roe-buck anymore. Maybe he died.

My parents never drove me to soccerpractice. This was mostly because we neverhad heard of soccer. I had a bicycle thatweighed probably 50 pounds, and only hadone speed (slow). We didn’t have a televi-sion in our house until I was 11, but mygrandparents had one before that. It was, ofcourse, black and white, but they bought apiece of colored plastic to cover the screenThe top third was blue, like the sky, and thebottom third was green, like grass. Themiddle third was red. It was perfect for pro-grams that had scenes of fire trucks ridingacross someone’s lawn on a sunny day.Some people had a lens taped to the frontof the TV to make the picture look larger.

I was 13 before I tasted my first pizza, itwas called “pizza pie.” When I bit into it, I

burned the roof of my mouth and the cheeseslid off, swung down, plastered itself againstmy chin and burned that, too. It’s still thebest pizza I ever had.

We didn’t have a car until I was 15. Be-fore that, the only car in our family was mygrandfather’s Ford. He called it a “machine.”

I never had a telephone in my room. Theonly phone in the house was in the livingroom and it was on a party line. Before youcould dial, you had to listen and make suresome people you didn’t know weren’t al-ready using the line.

Pizzas were not delivered to our home.But milk was!

All newspapers were delivered by boysand all boys delivered newspapers. I deliv-ered a newspaper, six days a week. It cost 7cents a paper, of which I got to keep 2 cents.I had to get up at 4 AM every morning. OnSaturday, I had to collect the 42 cents frommy customers. My favorite customers werethe ones who gave me 50 cents and told meto keep the change. My least favorite cus-tomers were the ones who seemed to neverbe home on collection day.

Movie stars kissed with their mouthsshut. At least, they did in the movies. Touch-ing someone else’s tongue with yours wascalled French kissing and they didn’t do thatin movies. I don’t know what they did inFrench movies. French movies were dirtyand we weren’t allowed to see them.

If you grew up in a generation beforethere was fast food, you may want to sharesome of these memories with your childrenor grandchildren. Just don’t blame me ifthey bust a gut laughing. Growing up isn’twhat it used to be, is it?

MEMORIES from a friend:My Dad is cleaning out my grand-

mother’s house (she died in December) andhe brought me an old Royal Crown Colabottle. In the bottle top was a stopper with abunch of holes in it. I knew immediatelywhat it was, but my daughter had no idea.She thought they had tried to make it a saltshaker or something. I knew it as the bottle

that sat on the end of the ironing board to“sprinkle” clothes with because we didn’t havesteam irons. Man, I am old.

How many do you remember?Head lights dimmer switches on the floor.Ignition switches on the dashboard.Heaters mounted on the inside of the fire

wall.Real ice boxes (with the ice block on top).Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain

guards.Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner.Using hand signals for cars without turn

signals.Older Than Dirt Quiz: Count all the

ones that you remember not the ones youwere told about. (Ratings at the end.)

1. Blackjack chewing gum2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with col-

ored sugar water3. Candy cigarettes4. Soda pop machines that dispensed

glass bottles5. Coffee shops or diners with

tableside juke boxes6. Home milk delivery in glass

bottles with cardboard stoppers7. Party lines

8. Newsreels before the movie9. P.F. Flyers10. Butch wax11. Telephone numbers with a word

prefix (OLive-6933)12. Peashooters13. Howdy Doody14. 45 RPM records15. S&H Green Stamps16 Hi-fi’s17. Metal ice trays with lever18. Mimeograph paper19 Blue flashbulb20. Packards21. Roller skate keys22. Cork popguns23. Drive-ins24. Studebakers25. Wash tub wringers26. Lightning BugsIf you remembered 0-5 = You’re still

youngIf you remembered 6-10 = You are get-

ting olderIf you remembered 11-15 = Don’t tell

your ageIf you remembered 16-26 = You’re older

than dirt!

Last week, I purchased a burger andfries at McDonalds for $3.58. The cashier took my $4.00 and I pulled 8

cents from my pocket and handed it to her.She stood there, holding the nickel and 3pennies. While looking at the screen on herregister, I sensed her discomfort and triedto tell her to just give me two quarters, butshe hailed the manager for help. While hetried to explain the transaction to her, shestood there and cried. Why do I tell you this?Because of the evolution in teaching mathsince the 1950s....

Teaching Math in 1950:A logger sells a truckload of lumber for

$100. His cost of production is 4/5 of theprice. What is his profit?


$100. His cost of production is 4/5 of theprice, or $80. What is his profit?


TEACHING MATH$100. His cost of production is $80. Did hemake a profit?


$100. His cost of production is $80 and hisprofit is $20. Your assignment: Underlinethe number 20.

Teaching Math in 1990:A logger cuts down a beautiful forest

because he is selfish and inconsiderate andcares nothing for the habitat of animals orthe preservation of our woodlands. He doesthis so he can make a profit of $20. Whatdo you think of this way of making a liv-ing? Topic for class participation after an-swering the question: How did the birds andsquirrels feel as the logger cut down theirhomes? (There are no wrong answers.)

Teaching Math in 2007:Un ranchero vende una carretera de

madera para $100. El cuesto de laproduccion era $80. Cuantos tortillas sepuede comprar?

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What Happened tothe World War II

Movie StarsIn contrast to the ideals, opinions and

feelings of today’s “Hollywonk” the realactors of yesteryear loved the United

States...They had both class and integrity.With the advent of World War II many

of our actors went to fight rather than standand rant against this country we all love.

They gave up their wealth, position andfame to become service men & women,many as simple “enlisted men.”

This article lists but a few, but from thisgroup of only 18 men came over 70 medalsin honor of their valor, spanning fromBronze Stars, Silver Stars, Distinguish Ser-vice Cross’, Purple Hearts and one Congres-sional Medal of Honor.

So remember; while the “Entertainers of2007” have been in all of the news medialately I would like to remind the people ofwhat the entertainers of 1943 were doing,(64 years ago).

Most of these brave men have sincepassed on.

“Real Hollywood Heros”Alec Guinness (Star

Wars) operated a BritishRoyal Navy landingcraft on D-Day.

James Doohan(“Scotty” on Star Trek)landed in Normandy

with the U.S. Army onD-Day.

Donald Pleasance(The Great Escape) re-ally was an R.A.F. pilotwho was shot down,held prisoner and tor-

tured by the Ger-mans.

David Nivenwas a Sandhurstgraduate and Lt.Colonel of the

British Commandos inNormandy.

James Stewart en-tered the Army Air Forceas a private and workedhis way to the rank ofColonel. During WorldWar II, Stewart served as

a bomber pilot, hisservice record credit-ing him with leadingmore than 20 missionsover Germany, andtaking part in hun-dreds of air strikesduring his tour of duty.Stewart earned the AirMedal, the Distinguished Flying Cross,France’s Croix de Guerre, and 7 Battle Starsduring World War II. In peace time, Stewartcontinued to be an active member of the

Air Force as a reservist,reaching the rank ofBrigadier General be-fore retiring in the late1950s.

Clark Gable (Mega-Movie Star when warbroke out) Although hewas beyond the draftage at the time the U.S. entered WW II,Clark Gable enlisted as a private in the AAFon Aug. 12, 1942 at Los Angeles. He at-tended the Officers’ Candidate School atMiami Beach, Fla. and graduated as a sec-ond lieutenant on Oct. 28, 1942. He thenattended aerial gunnery school and in Feb.1943 he was assigned to the 351st BombGroup at Polebrook where flew operationalmissions over Europe in B-17s.

Capt. Gable re-turned to the U.S. inOct. 1943 and was re-lieved from active dutyas a major on Jun. 12,1944 at his own re-quest, since he wasover-age for combat.

Charlton Hestonwas an Army Air

Corps Sergeant in Kodiak.Ernest Borgnine was

a U.S. Navy GunnersMate 1935-1945.

Charles Durningwas a U.S. Army Rangerat Normandy earning aSilver Star and awarded

t h ePurple Heart.

Charles Bronsonwas at a i lg u n -ner int h eArmy

Air Corps, more specifi-cally on B-29’s in the 20thAir Force out of Guam,Tinian, and Saipan.

George C. Scottwas a decorated U. S.Marine.

Eddie Albert(Green Acres - TV) wasawarded a Bronze Star

for hish e r o i ca c t i o nas a U.S. Naval officer aid-ing Marines at the horrificbattle on the island ofTarawa in the Pacific Nov.1943.

Brian Keith (Family Affair - TV) servedas a U.S. Marine rear gunner in several ac-

Guinness

Doohan

Pleasance

Niven

Stewart

Gable

Heston

Borgnine

Durning

Bronson

Scott

Albert

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Crossword Puzzle Answers(see puzzles on page C9)

tions against the Japa-nese on Rabal in thePacific.

Lee Marvin was aU.S. Marine on Saipanduring the Marianascampaign when hewas wounded earningthe Purple Heart.

John Russell. In1942, he enlisted inthe Marine Corpswhere he received abattlefield commis-sion and was woundeda n dhighlydeco-rated

for valor at Guadalcanal.Robert Ryan was a U.S.

Marine who served with theO.S.S. in Yugoslavia.

Tyrone Power (an es-tablished movie star whenP e a r lHarborw a sbombed)j o i n e dthe U.S.

Marines, was a pilot fly-ing supplies into, andwounded Marines out of,

What Happened to the WWII Movie Stars(continued from page C20)

Iwo Jima and Okinawa.Audie Murphy, little 5’5” tall, 110

pound guy fromTexas who playedcowboy parts:

Most Deco-rated servicemanof WWII andearned: Medal ofHonor, Distin-guished ServiceCross, 2 Silver StarMedals, Legion ofMerit, 2 BronzeStar Medals with “V”, 2 Purple Hearts, U.S.Army Outstanding Civilian Service Medal,Good Conduct Medal, 2 Distinguished UnitEmblems, American Campaign Medal, Eu-ropean-African-Middle Eastern CampaignMedal with One Silver Star, Four BronzeService Stars (representing nine campaigns)and one Bronze Arrowhead (representingassault landing at Sicily and SouthernFrance) World War II Victory Medal Armyof Occupation Medal with Germany Clasp,Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Combat In-fantry Badge, Marksman Badge with RifleBar, Expert Badge with Bayonet Bar,French Fourragere in Colors of the Croixde Guerre, French Legion of Honor, Gradeof Chevalier, French Croix de Guerre WithSilver Star, French Croix de Guerre withPalm, Medal of Liberated France, BelgianCroix de Guerre 1940 Palm.

So how do you feel the real heroes of

Keith

Marvin

Russell

Ryan

Power

Murphy

the silver screen acted when compared tothe hollywonks today who spew out anti-American drivel as they bite the hand thatfeeds them?

Can you imagine these stars of yester-

year saying they hate our flag, making anti-war speeches, marching in anti-Americanparades and saying they hate our president?I thought not, neither did I!


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