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Written by Steve LeBlanc (AP News)
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Thursday, 07 August 2008 |
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Governor Deval Patrick says he is forging ahead with plans to chip away at one of the most closely defended police perks in Massachusetts: paid details at roadside construction sites. Patrick said his administration is working on new regulations that would open the door to replacing some of the police details by hiring civilians, equipping them with orange safety vests and flags, and training them to direct traffic, especially on secondary roads. "We've been working on it, and rather than just do a sort of a grandstanding gesture, we've really been trying to get something that we know will work," Patrick said in an interview with the Associated Press. The call for the new regulations was included in a transportation bond bill signed by Patrick in April. The law required the secretaries of transportation and public safety to draft the regulations within 90 days. The departments are also supposed to report on the cost of police details during the past five years. The administration has missed the 90-day deadline, but Patrick said he wants to make sure his officials get the regulations right the first time. "We've consulted with a lot of people and that's taking some time, but it's been time well spent and I think we are close," Patrick said. The plan has come under fierce criticism from police unions who said the use of civilian flag bearers could jeopardize public safety. They say police on details are better equipped and trained to respond quickly to emergencies. Rick Brown - president of the State Police Association, the union representing state troopers - said police officers have the authority to stop traffic, close lanes, and issue citations, all of which make for safer construction sites. "The traffic is flowing so fast, public safety has got to be the main issue here," he said. "You're going to see more accidents out there without seeing the police presence. They're not going to slow down for a flagman." |
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Written by AP News Wire
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Saturday, 28 June 2008 |
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MASSACHUSETTS - Massachusetts state police are crediting an increased number of sobriety checkpoints for a 70 percent rise in drunk driving arrests since 2005. Last year, state police arrested 4,879 people for operating under the influence, compared to 2,869 in 2005. During that time, police have increased the number of sobriety checkpoints from 14 during all of 2005 to 82 last year. State police Colonel Mark Delaney said troopers set up sobriety checkpoints somewhere in the state nearly every Friday and Saturday night. Police announce in advance the county where they'll be setting up a checkpoint, but not the specific location. Fatalities involving at least one drunk driver have dropped with the rising arrests. There were 181 such fatalities in 2004, compared to 137 in 2006, the most recent year statistic were available. |
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Written by AP News
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Sunday, 15 June 2008 |
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BOSTON --Sen. John McCain has won the backing of three police unions. The MBTA Police Patrolman's Association, the MBTA Police Superior Officers' Association and the board of the Massachusetts Association of Italian American Police Officers issued a statement Friday declaring their endorsement of the Republican nominee-in-waiting. The unions say train bombings in London and Madrid highlight the need for a president committed to fighting terrorism. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Police Patrolman's Association and the MBTA Police Superior Officers' Association are labor unions focusing on counter-terrorism efforts in the state. The Massachusetts Association of Italian American Police Officers is a fellowship and support organization for members of the law-enforcement community who are share Italian heritage |
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Newton MA Police Chief to Retire
http://www.dailynewstribune.com/news/x2004894168/Newton-Police-chief-announces-retirement
NEWTON — Police Chief John O'Brien will retire at the end of the year, ending more than three decades of public safety service in Newton. His last day will be Jan. 2, 2009.
O'Brien, who will turn 60 in...
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Suspicious Death Investigated At New Boston Campground
*NEW BOSTON, N.H. -- *Police and the attorney general's office on Monday were investigating a suspicious death at a campground in New Boston.
Few details were released about the death at the Friendly Beaver Campground. A crime scene was established at the campground, and the State Police Major...
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Cops & Citizens Nab Purse Snatcher
Citizens and the Rocklin,CA Police Department combined to catch a suspect who allegedly knocked a woman to the ground in an attempt to steal her purse.
Terrance Doutherd, 20, of Auburn was arrested on suspicion of attempted robbery and violation of probation for an incident that occurred shortly...
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U.S. consulate in Mexico attacked with gun, grenade
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Unknown gunmen shot at a U.S. consulate in northern Mexico and threw a grenade at the building but it did not explode and no one was injured, the consulate said.
"Two unidentified men approached the U.S. Consulate General in Monterrey. One of them fired several times...
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Kentucky Officer Struck in Head-On Crash
COVINGTON, Ky. --
Investigators are looking into what caused a head-on collision between a police cruiser and another car.
It happened Sunday evening in the 2600 block of Benton Road.
There was one officer and a prisoner inside the cruiser at the time of the crash.
Police said that the other...
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Florida Officer Injured in Cruiser Crash
GOLDEN BEACH, Fla. --
A Golden Beach police officer was rushed to the hospital Monday morning after his cruiser was hit from behind on A1A during a traffic stop.
Detectives said the officer had just gotten into his car when it was hit.
The driver whose vehicle hit the officer was arrested and...
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Fugitive Couple Captured in San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO --
An Indiana couple who are suspected in the sexual assault of two children were arrested Sunday in San Antonio.
Bradley and Luann Chase were apprehended at a boarding home for disabled veterans on the city's north side where they had lived for years, said Officer Joe Rios, a...
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NYPD launches 'blue blitz' against crime
By Larry Celona and Andy Geller
New York Post
NEW YORK — Trying to fight a shocking spike in murders and shootings, the NYPD has launched a blue blitz against violent crime by boosting overtime for patrol cops and narcotics detectives, law-enforcement sources said yesterday.
Two weeks ago, the...
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Va. police cold case unit just getting warmed up
By Kristin Davis
The Virginian-Pilot
SUFFOLK, Va. — Sgt. Stephen Smith never kept count of the cases. There were too many - robberies and burglaries, car accidents and sexual assaults, missing people who made it home and swimmers who never made it out.
Almost 32 years' worth .
But the murders...
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Conn Officer Pinned By Rolling Cruiser
MERIDEN,CT -- A rolling police cruiser sent Officer Nick Sherwood to the hospital with minor injuries Saturday.
At about 6:30 p.m., Sherwood turned into the Brown Jug parking lot on the corner of East Main and Broad streets to pull over a suspicious person, Police Sgt. Leonard Caponigro said....
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