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Posted by: lawdog671

I want a legitimate non-spin answer to a simple question. I was channel surfing at my house on a day off and there on my television was a large as life picture of Guy Glodis and an advertisent for the WCSO. Basically WCSO in large letters (smaller than GG's picture) and contact #'s and website information. My question......WHY??? What purpose does it serve to advertise? I have never seen a "law enforcement agency" advertise before. Are they having a bake sale to pay for the EM-50?
And for those who don't believe me....Charter cable....southern Worcester county....

Posted by: Delta784

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Originally Posted by lawdog671

I have never seen a "law enforcement agency" advertise before.

That's because legitimate police agencies have no competition. If someone doesn't like the way I handle a call, the neighboring PD will hang up on them and the state police will forward the call to us anyway.

The thing is, GG wants to be competition to legitimate police agencies.

Posted by: Loyal

Maybe someone from the Secretary of State's Office will realize that he is using county resources for personal political gain. It's similar to these Sheriff Dept cars from various agencies that you see with the Sheriff's name emblazoned on the front quarter panels.
There is only 1 reason his name is there; mobile advertising on tax payer owned property, for the name recognition he hopes to have for the next election. Totally unfair and sleazy. How many mayors or police chiefs put their names on municipal cruisers ? Even Governor Deval Patrick, the shameless sleaze,does not put his name on State Police cruisers...yet

Posted by: Sniper

GROSS !!!!!!! Someone please find me a picture of GG ........ PM it to me thanks....

Posted by: Delta784

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Originally Posted by Sniper

GROSS !!!!!!! Someone please find me a picture of GG ........ PM it to me thanks....

Interesting story;

http://www.worcestermag.com/archives...-06/cover.html

Posted by: SinePari

str8tshot52 has me sold...I'm thinking about doing a lateral. Who do I make the check out to?

Posted by: Sniper

Thanks Bruce..............

Sine, if you jumped ship you could still work State Police road jobs as a dep you tee........ Prolly have a take home 2009 whip and a dog too....... Access to boats, helicopters and INCIDENT COMMAND VEHICLES !!! Lions and Tigers and Bears. OH MY.

Posted by: lawdog671

How great is that article Delta posted??? STR8'S own boss answers all the questions he won't about renditions and specific training, which dont look like much at all, if any. Transportation guys, Special Services, OUTSIDE MERCENARIES???? Didn't see CO's mentioned.
Too bad we gotta wait until at least Monday at 0900 for the spin.
If STR8 wants to be GG'S mouthpiece he should at least know what his boss says to the press.....

Posted by: justanotherparatrooper

Monday is Martin Luther King Day....gonna have to wait till Tuesday LD

Posted by: WaterPistola

the guy is worried about making enemies because he doesn't promote them? are you serious?

Posted by: justanotherparatrooper

At first, Glodis adamantly denies breaking any regulation he is aware of, and says that every officer going on renditions is fully academy-trained and qualified, no matter where the rendition takes place. “What’s the difference between bringing them from the courthouse or from Oregon? They’re in our jurisdiction,” he says.
I would hope he is kidding

Posted by: kwflatbed

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Originally Posted by lawdog671

How great is that article Delta posted??? STR8'S own boss answers all the questions he won't about renditions and specific training, which dont look like much at all, if any. Transportation guys, Special Services, OUTSIDE MERCENARIES???? Didn't see CO's mentioned.
Too bad we gotta wait until at least Monday at 0900 for the spin.
If STR8 wants to be GG'S mouthpiece he should at least know what his boss says to the press.....

Lawdog I think the article answering every question asked on MassCops except dumshot8's qualifications points directly that it is Glodis posting on MassCops

Posted by: lawdog671

TROOP....thanks for raining on my parade....just another day in the week to the working slobs...

Its just so tiresome reading yet another article of Sheriff Arrogant insulting politicians, defying judges and insulting them in public forums, hearing another person telling me about negative run ins with the guy (we live in same town ugh), stroking his ego wasting money on paintjobs and television spots, playing cop....lying...but it's like driving by a car wreck....I still have to look....

Posted by: PBC FL Cop

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Originally Posted by justanotherparatrooper

At first, Glodis adamantly denies breaking any regulation he is aware of, and says that every officer going on renditions is fully academy-trained and qualified, no matter where the rendition takes place. “What’s the difference between bringing them from the courthouse or from Oregon? They’re in our jurisdiction,” he says.
I would hope he is kidding

It just shows Guy's lack of BOTH training and experience.

Posted by: WaterPistola

speaking of renditions, reminds me of the chain guy that used to pick up fugitives from justice i saw occasionally at district court. you could hear that guy all the way down the hall from all the chains he had on clanging together

Posted by: mtc

Note the qualification - "No regulations he is aware of..."

Likely not being aware of many "regulations".... he's all set isn't he?

Posted by: lawdog671

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Originally Posted by justanotherparatrooper

Sadly that is the pompous, I can do anything I want to because I am sheriff, attitude that permeates his whole regime. And it only seems to be coming from the people who DON'T have training or experience in corrections or law enforcement in general. Like not being "aware" of a regulation is any excuse to violate regulations? Maybe he shouldn't have let all the Flynn guys who knew what they were doing leave....

Posted by: str8tshot52

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Originally Posted by lawdog671

Maybe he shouldn't have let all the Flynn guys who knew what they were doing leave....

Wow, that really sums it up perfectly right there, lawdog...you have said more about yourself in that one statement than you can even imagine. "The Flynn guys" as you called them, were ALL a product of patronage, and in fact completely epitomize every single thing you seemingly hate about the WCSO. Political hacks? Check. Hire only friends and family? Check. Abuse renditions and get arrested at strip clubs? Check. Demand campaign contributions from employees? Check. Fight tooth and nail with the unions and go to arbitration over the smallest things? Check. And you think they should be used as an example of what to do??? Can you even go one day without contradicting yourself?

And now you're complaining about some public access TV thing.....seriously, man....aren't there bigger fish to fry than paint jobs and local access programming?

Posted by: Q5-TPR

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Originally Posted by str8tshot52

Game on...... I'm taking cover.

Posted by: kwflatbed

It doesn't look like to many Flynn People are left

GLODIS APPOINTEES
Mike Stevens Sepcial Services
Mike Moore Classification/Community Services
Kathleen Shultz Classification/Treatment
Jeffrey Turco Deputy Superintendent
Amy Frigulietti Civil Process
George Valery Civil Process
Paul Legendre Line
Peter Whitney Maintenance
Dean Coletti Administration and Finance
Brian Knutilk

GLODIS SENATE STAFF AT JAIL
Jeffrey Turco
Keith Mitchell
Matthew Beaudet
Amy Frigulietti
Kathy Shultz

SENATE STAFF NOT AT JAIL
Steve Lemay
June Tomaiolo
Robert Pezzella
Steve Mendosa

FLYNN APPOINTEES
Mike Gray
Salvatore Degon Retired 2-06
Bill Akasten Retired
Mike Greaney Medical Leave
Mike Drumstas Demoted to Captain
Kevin Flynn Retired
Peter Bove Demoted to Lt.
Ed Keohan Retired

Trips to the cape with the family,lavish parties,gifts for the special few,
yup Glodis is the MAN
By the way dumshot8:

WHY DO YOU REFUSE TO ANSWER SIMPLE QUESTIONS REGARDING YOUR TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE??

Posted by: mtc

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Originally Posted by str8tshot52

Why yes, there are,,, but you won't bare your ass so we can batter it.

Posted by: str8tshot52

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Originally Posted by mtc

Why yes, there are,,, but you won't bare your ass so we can batter it.

Hey, I know we're in Massachusetts and everything, but I just don't swing that way, pal.

Posted by: str8tshot52

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Originally Posted by Q5-TPR

Game on...... I'm taking cover.

No, no, no...I'm not getting into any more online arm wrestling. I just saw that one comment from lawdog and knew nobody else would call him on it.

Posted by: kwflatbed

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Originally Posted by str8tshot52

No, no, no...I'm not getting into any more online arm wrestling. I just saw that one comment from lawdog and knew nobody else would call him on it.

No but we are calling you on:

WHY DO YOU REFUSE TO ANSWER SIMPLE QUESTIONS REGARDING YOUR TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE??

Posted by: mtc

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Originally Posted by str8tshot52

Hey, I know we're in Massachusetts and everything, but I just don't swing that way, pal.

I wasn't offering.

Besides, I prefer a man that knows how to handle a woman without having to be told what to do.

Posted by: lawdog671

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Originally Posted by str8tshot52

Yeah you dont dissapoint when you return....I asked what is the purpose of advertising a "law enforcement" agency on television....and yet again you go on a tangent rant with no answer to the question....I can wait...

Since you mentioned, did Flynn hire people not under employ of WSCO to do renditions? Not that I know of. Political hacks? Yeah some, that won't change until Sheriffs get dissolved into DOC with legit testing for jobs and promotions based on merit not donations...Flynn wasn't great, but he didn't run a campaign on it and then start promoting buddies with no experience..Abuse renditions? explain that one because I missed that one...thought you were complaining about the high profile renditions of which you do approx 4 or 5 a year according to your boss.....the strip club guy married into the family tree...was there for a training seminar...I met the cop who locked him up over the summer...and he married into the family tree....oh yeah and if he was so bad, which I don't dispute he made bad choices often, where's he working now?? Oh yeah, you still employ this bad seed..interesting...demand contributions? I worked there under Flynn for about 6 years and I never gave a dime....Unions and management fight all the time....you want us to believe theres no arbitration currently between GG and MCOFU (union that represents CO staff)?? So what is your magic answer to arbitration? Throw taxpayer money around without any financial responsibility?....HOW ABOUT A LEGIT REASON FOR ANY OF THESE AND ILL STOP ASKING....
OR HOW ABOUT YOUR TRAINING AND/OR EXPERIENCE THAT MAKES YOU SO QUALIFIED??

Posted by: PBC FL Cop

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Inmates helping to cut labor costs

‘It’s a win for the inmates … it’s a win for the communities’

By Danielle M. Williamson TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
dawilliamson@telegram.com

Worcester County House of Correction inmate Jason Brooks holds a ladder as inmate Gary Chestna paints a ceiling at Gardner City Hall yesterday. (T&G Staff Photos/RICK CINCLAIR)
Worcester County House of Correction inmate Scott Stromberg paints a window in Gardner City Hall.

GARDNER— Like the majority of his counterparts in Worcester County, Mayor Mark P. Hawke isn’t expecting a cash windfall to pad the city’s budget anytime soon.

'Therefore, certain projects have been pushed aside. Leaks in the roof at City Hall have gone unrepaired, while paint in the building’s stairwell and council chambers has been chipping away.

Aware of a community service program that puts minimum-security inmates to work on such projects, Mr. Hawke spoke to Worcester County Sheriff Guy W. Glodis at his inauguration earlier this month. On Monday, a crew of four inmates started plastering, drywalling and painting at City Hall. var tcdacmd="sa=a;sz=3;ad";

“A lot of neglected portions of City Hall are being taken care of,” Mr. Hawke said. “We had money for supplies but didn’t have people to do the work. The city simply can’t afford to pay for labor costs.”

Launched under former Sheriff John M. Flynn, the community service program grew after Sheriff Glodis took office in 2005. Sheriff Glodis estimates that his inmates have saved Central Massachusetts communities $3.8 million since he’s been in charge, and completed projects increased from 30 to 100 annually. There’s a roughly three-month waiting list for municipalities or nonprofit organizations to be considered for the program, which has touched most communities in the county.

In Gardner, the inmates’ efforts over the next couple of weeks should save the city $20,000 in labor costs, according to Sheriff Glodis. Including the ongoing work, inmates will have saved the city $50,000 since 2005.

“It’s a real pleasant surprise to get this stuff done,” said Building Inspector Richard Reynolds. “Repairing the leaks in the second floor of City Hall Annex would cost money that we just don’t have.”

Local, state and federal agencies, as well as nonprofit organizations, are eligible for the program, which uses nonviolent inmates who are reaching the end of their sentences. The municipalities or organizations need only provide the supplies and lunch for the inmates. A few hundred dollars in painting supplies was funded in this year’s budget, Mr. Hawke said.

“If we hired someone, we’d have to pay the prevailing wage, probably $30 an hour, not including benefits,” Mr. Hawke said.

The community service program is voluntary. Generally, participants have committed such crimes as larceny, drug possession or drunken driving. Sex offenders are not eligible. Work crews, which include up to five inmates, are escorted and supervised by an armed correction officer. Sheriff Glodis said there have not been any issues with inmates trying to escape. Six crews are working in various Central Massachusetts locations each week.

“We have ironworkers, electricians, painters, plasterers … these are people who practiced these trades for a living,” Sheriff Glodis said. “It’s a win for the inmates, and it’s a win for the communities. The inmates are learning work ethics and knowing they’re giving back to society, and it’s a real win for cash-strapped municipalities.”

Inmates who want to be part of the program but lack skill in a particular trade can help with such jobs as graffiti removal and streetscaping, the sheriff said.

Yesterday, Sheriff Glodis toured parts of West Brookfield, where inmates have been working at the library, Town Hall and fire station. Those projects have saved the town $53,000 in the last month, he said.

A full list of completed projects, listed by community, is available on the sheriff department’s Web site, www.worcestercountysheriff.com.

More free press

Posted by: lawdog671

PBC nothing beats him weighing in on the local section of police canine units in the area ....

Wednesday, January 30, 2008 Ruff duty

K-9 units welcome a chance to unleash the dogs

WHERE WE LIVE

By Scott J. Croteau TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
scroteau@telegram.com

Worcester K-9 Officer and dog trainer Stephen C. Cortis carries Brie, 2, a Belgian Malinois, on his shoulders. Officer Cortis trains, handles and cares for Brie, who is involved in about 100 drug raids a year, searching houses, garages, attics, cars and packages. (T&G Staff/CHRISTINE PETERSON)

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Lt. Mark Kent, left, with Rusty, a chocolate Labrador; Officer Shawn Conley with Hope, a bloodhound, and Officer Thomas Welch with Dago, a German shepherd.
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A suspect’s footprints started the trail, but a snowplow obliterated them. Then it was all up to scent and the 600 hours of training that a police dog goes through to track someone’s smell.

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'On Jan. 14, Auburn Police Officer James Ljunggren and his police dog, Bier, a Belgian Malinois, followed a half-mile trail to the Auburn Mall from a stolen car used by the man wanted for allegedly robbing a Worcester gas station.

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'Worcester County Sheriff Guy W. Glodis puts the use of police dogs, or K-9 units, and their effectiveness in simple terms. “They are a huge weapon in the war on crime,” he said. “They can be used in so many different ways.”

The sheriff’s department uses its seven dogs and six handlers in numerous capacities. Searches for people, cell searches, drug finds — including cooperating with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service — and keeping a dangerous inmate at bay during transfer are all duties the dogs and their handlers perform.

The dogs, which include a chocolate Labrador, bloodhounds and German shepherds, are part of the operating budget for the sheriff’s office. Rusty, the chocolate Lab, has sniffed out 10 kilograms of cocaine and more than 68 pounds of marijuana during its career.

Rusty and handler Lt. Mark Kent recorded the highest yield of drug seizures in Central Massachusetts over the past two years, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration. Last year, Rusty won top honors at the U.S. Police Canine Association New England competition.

Dogs are commonly used by law enforcement in Central Massachusetts to track hidden drugs, including cocaine, heroin, marijuana and sometimes methamphetamine, although their handlers quickly point out that dogs also undertake other crime-fighting tasks.

Rusty can also detect oxycodone and other prescription drugs.

Massachusetts Environmental Police dogs have been taught to track the scent of fish or venison, aiding in that agency’s enforcement of game laws.

With about 25 times more smell receptors than people, trained dogs can find drugs hidden in special compartments, called hides, in cars, as well as on people, in houses and other places.The balancing act for most local police departments is finding cash and using it for dog training during lean financial times.

Worcester has one dog, Brie, a Belgian Malinois, trained by K-9 Officer Stephen C. Cortis. The department will soon have another dog, Gizmo, currently in training and undergoing a physical to assist the vice squad in drug searches.

Worcester Police Chief Gary J. Gemme said the dogs find drugs and perform patrol duties. In the 1990s, Worcester had several dogs, but the animals were not replaced as they retired.

He hopes to bring more patrol dogs to the city, but said there are obstacles such as finding handlers — officers — and funding. Specialized vehicles are also needed — about $1,500 worth of modifications to a cruiser — and the department is responsible for the dog, its food and veterinary services for the dog’s life, even after it retires.

“Right now we’re looking at a proposal, but we have tough fiscal times and competing needs,” Chief Gemme said.

Vehicles need repair and replacement, jobs need to be filled and capital improvements needed at the police station all compound the balancing act.

Westboro’s now retired police dog, Xsara, was well-known for her skills at finding drugs. The dog and her handler, Sgt. Peter Goodney, were frequently used by neighboring departments. But at the end of last year, budget constraints forced an end to the canine program in Westboro. The program cost up to $15,000 a year, including food, training and medical expenses, with the bulk going for overtime pay to officers.

Hudson Police Chief Richard A. Braga said his department had two dogs in the 1970s — before his tenure in the department. Bringing dogs back has been discussed, though such a move would likely be a tough sell, he said.

“Any new expense in the lean times we’re facing right now certainly would be difficult to justify,” Chief Braga said.

Shrewsbury police brought back the canine program after $12,000 was appropriated at town meeting in May. Before 2000, the town had a successful program with several high-profile dogs. Buzzy stays with Officer Chad Chysna; donations of more than $1,500 along with kennel materials offset some of the cost. A local veterinarian donates services.

Business and company donations have helped Worcester’s Officer Cortis pay for his dogs over the years. Police dogs cost from $4,000 to $6,000 and many come from Europe, Officer Cortis said.

Sutton Police Officer Christopher C. Cowan — he’s had his Belgian Malinois Titan for two years — paid for the $6,000 dog by soliciting donations. He even receives food and veterinary services for the life of the dog from the Uxbridge Animal Hospital.

“I would say most canine handlers will do whatever it takes to keep their program going as long as their department allows them to go out and ask for help from the community,” Officer Cowan said.

Titan has made drug busts, tracked a missing person using a scent retrieved from a door handle and is often called to assist neighboring towns. Officer Cowan said what affects the neighboring towns also creeps into his, and that’s why he helps out. Calling in neighboring dogs or state police dogs happens often in Central Massachusetts.

Sutton Police Chief Denis Towle said drug money from seizures makes the program largely self-sustaining.

Officer Ljunggren, president of the U.S. Police Canine Association’s New England area — Officer Cortis is vice president — said his budget to run Auburn’s program is about $1,600 a year, which covers food and veterinary services.“We’ve been able to fund our K-9 unit and the equipment with the seizures the dog makes,” he said.

The officer said a minimum of 16 hours of in-service training each month is required for the handler and dog.

The overtime is something departments need to look at. Some officers do the work on their own time.

“I’m constantly training her,” Officer Cortis said. “I will set up a hide to find and give a reward.”

When local departments and sometimes departments from outside Central Massachusetts need dogs trained, they go to Officer Cortis and Officer Ljunggren, who has helped train drug dogs in Florida. They often train at the vacant former Best Western Yankee Drummer Inn in Auburn.

Towels covered in the scent of the drugs are hidden and the dogs go searching. That’s a method handlers use to introduce scents to the dogs.

Shrewsbury’s dog Buzzy is undergoing a 26-week program at the Boston Police Department, and in the first six weeks will be trained in drug recovery and scent detection for narcotics. The dog will then learn criminal apprehension, building searches and tracking people.

Officers Ljunggren and Cortis, who have years of dog-training experience, say a training facility is needed in Central Massachusetts. Officer Ljunggren has been searching for grants or private donations for a regional facility.

The varied use of police dogs was demonstrated over the past few weeks in Worcester. Dogs and handlers from the state police fire and explosion investigation section assigned to the state fire marshal’s office were called for a suspicious fire and an explosives investigation.

State police Sgt. Timothy P. Bombard and his accelerant-sniffing dog, Cedar, checked around 43 Lancaster St. on Jan. 23. The dilapidated condition of the vacant three-decker, which was destroyed by a fire later deemed arson, made it hard for the dog to find a scent.

Contact Scott Croteau by e-mail at scroteau@telegram.com.

Posted by: mpd61

This gives me a stirring in me loins!

Posted by: BB-59

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Originally Posted by mpd61

This gives me a stirring in me loins!

I knew you loved the big guy!

Posted by: rg1283

Someone should put "Emergency Call 911" stickers on the front of the WCSO Office in Webster

Posted by: sherifflittle

that would be a good idea

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