Mr. Scribbles' contribution is AWESOME, but I cannot hold back...... "Let's see, he jumped and hit the ice. If I can keep my mouth shut and no one else notices, he JUST might sink below that ice until at least the end of my shift....."
Yes. He was an MDC cop; his son is (Joe Jr.) is a Sergeant with Somerville PD. http://www.amazon.com/Legends-Winter-Hill-McCain-Detective/dp/1400050766/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1353972281&sr=8-1&keywords=joe mccain I haven't gotten the book yet since I have a never-ending pile to make it through first, but it is on the list.
Comfy bench seats that made one slide to the other side of the car in, tight turns.. Good ride, except for the loud ass siren wailing over your head.... I think I wheeled #50 for a lil bit before the CV.. sigh.......
Fast as a mofo, too. I think there's a whole generation of us with hearing loss from those overhead sirens. Or maybe it was the Oingo Boingo concerts.
Ah, the days of the bench seats, when it was far more comfortable to work the overnight. Damn consoles suck.
Here's a historic photo from my OWN collection. I know a few will recognize the two fine looking gentlemen in this photo.
Massasoit Community College sometime in the mid 80s. On the left is Tom Finnegan, then sergeant and John Ward who, from what I've heard, essentially MADE that department. Two great guys. 25 points to KW!
I think that we are both wrong. I zoomed in on the pic and it looks like it says Harvard at the top of the seal on the car door.
So, that post goes back a few months, but in rereading it I gotta relate a similar event we had a few weeks back. A guy was going berzerk and after a stand off, a brief foot chase and a bit of a tussle, he was subdued by our guys. Seems he may have partaken in an illegal substance, but that's secondary. As the boys fough with him, one of them figured a strike to his leg with a baton might help. He raised the ASP and brought it down. At that same moment, one of the other guys FLIPPED the suspect over a bit, thus removing the target from the path of the ASP but leaving his own leg exposed. The 'victim' was out of work for a week. The 'suspect' was subdued with little other effort. The striking officer has take a HUGE amount of crap, good naturedly I might add.
You might want to call your eye doctor and schedule an appointment...I looked at the pic and it looks like Massasoit to me.
The look on the officer holding the gun SCREAMS for a sarcastic caption, but I'M rushing off to work so.....
