Although I see your point, it is another step towards regionalization. Yes I am drunk with the Kool Aid, but that nasty R word would impact alot of Depts. negatively, not just the MSP.
I like where I work, and want no part of actively patrolling another town. I've gone to mutual aid incidents and covered some calls out of my city, but that's just helping other cops. If I retire working the same sector, that's fine with me. Our cellblock was recently painted by a sheriff's work crew. How ironic is that?
Didn't the Mets have like 5 cruisers out of some Met Police Stations per shift? I remember an ex Met telling me that. Unreal considering the MSP have 2 cruisers usually to cover the highways, the parkways and the properties. Those days are long gone.
The Mets would regularly run 10-15 officers out of the Old Colony Station on a first-half shift alone. The 1992 merger pretty much accomplished exactly the opposite of what it was intended to do.
My point exactly...EVERYONE is suffering from shrinking budgets, and there just aren't as many cops on the street as there used to be. I see this whole deputization thing (as it applies to us) as a way to make sure, if we're forced into a situation to take police action across a town border, that the bad guy doesn't get off on a technicality. I would hope everyone would agree, that's a good thing.
Re: Police Detail slashed in transportation refrom pitch (merged) Another one of Delta and my favorite people is going BYE BYE !!!! WENDY MURPHY: AND JUSTICE FOR SOME: Changes in newsroom can be seen beyond the pages By Wendy Murphy The Patriot Ledger Posted Jan 03, 2009 @ 02:20 AM QUINCY — This is my last column under the editorship of my buddy, Jack Sullivan, who is leaving The Patriot Ledger – and the newspaper business – at the end of next week. Jack and I go back about 15 years, from his days as a reporter at the Boston dailies where I had more than my share of opportunities to tell stories of crime and injustice. Unlike most reporters and editors, Jack had his ear firmly outside the box. While some writers would spit out the same predictable spin on crime week after week, year after year, Jack was different. Jack had no marching orders. And better yet, he listened when I would go on and on in his ear about how it isn’t only the accused who suffers at the hands of the state in criminal cases. When a crime victim is mistreated during the process – or if violence against women and children in general, is discounted by the system – the failure of government is as much an injustice as when the defendant is denied due process. Say this to some reporters, and they yawn. Say it to an independent guy like Jack, and it was likely to become an angle in a story. This is why when Jack became editorial page editor at The Patriot Ledger and asked me to write a column, I didn’t laugh out loud. Though I did giggle a bit. See I’m not really a columnist – or a writer. I’m an activist, a law professor and an attorney who specializes in helping victims of violence. If someone is raped or abused and they seek justice in the criminal courts, I can make sure they aren’t mistreated or disrespected during the process. But because our legal system is terribly unfair to women and children, most victims aren’t able to seek justice in any court. Our civil system doesn’t yet recognize violence against women and children as a civil rights issue, and our criminal system incarcerates less than 2 percent of rapists. So-called “advocacy groups” are partly to blame because they refuse to call violence against women a “civil rights” issue for fear they might offend antiracism groups. And they abide a knee-jerk liberal philosophy that abhors incarceration, opting instead to spend all their resources on “education and prevention.” This anti-punishment approach helps perpetuate the very violence they claim to be fighting against. Unless the perpetrator is a cop, these groups stay silent about inadequate jail time for offenders even though studies show that incarcerating violent criminals is a very effective deterrent. Say this out loud to some crime reporters, and they pretend to go deaf. Say this out loud to an independent thinker like Jack Sullivan, and the response is “tell me more.” (For a really cool story about Jack, read my book “And Justice For Some,” where I describe how Jack helped a rape victim achieve justice 15 years after the jury said “guilty” and the whole system turned its back on the young woman in order to protect her attacker). This, among other things, is why I’ll miss Jack. He’s a dying breed in an industry that’s losing its lifeblood at gushing rates. With layoffs and bankruptcies at major newspapers a near-daily event, when the news is so predictable as to be irrelevant, there should be an increased demand for independents like Jack Sullivan. But that would require us to accept a false premise: that market forces in the news business work as they should to serve the needs of the public. OK so this is a cynical rant – but so what. Between Madoff, Blagojevich, AIG and the auto industry beggar-heads, my cynicism is generous. An awful lot of people think we should be marching in the streets! I’m not giving up yet. I believe the media can reform itself. In a time of so much turmoil, journalism will find a new foothold; a space to rise above the fray where public faith can be reborn – and where newspapers can again become relevant not because they’re selling ads but because they’re producing better truth. A tall order, to be sure. But here’s hoping when that day comes, someone like Jack Sullivan will be among those in charge. Wendy Murphy is a leading victims rights advocate and nationally recognized television legal analyst. She is an adjunct professor at New England Law in Boston and radio talk show host. She can be reached at wmurphy@nesl.edu
Re: Police Detail slashed in transportation refrom pitch (merged) Na-Na-Na-Na, Hay-Hay-Hay, Goodbye!!!! "Don't let the door hit ya in the ass on the way out the door.
YOUR OPINION: Quincy police receive high marks for performance The Patriot Ledger Posted Jan 06, 2009 @ 11:32 AM QUINCY — I recently mailed a check from Quincy to my sister in Waltham but she advised me that she never received it. In checking my account online, I found that the check in question was forged and cashed. I went to the bank that the check was cashed at. They were absolutely no help and told me to go my bank that it was drawn on. My bank told me it was the other bank’s problem. After two hours of frustration, I drove to the Quincy Police Department for some help. Upon arriving, a very nice officer took my report and I supplied him with copies of the forgery. The next day, Detective Jim McIssac called me and said he would look into this and get back to me. I thought that meant that someday he would call me back. In fact, he called the very next day and told me the alleged forger had been tracked down and he knew who it was. Unfortunately, the person was already in jail on unrelated charges and was being deported. I figured that I was out the money; I was wrong. Detective McIssac called back and told me that he contacted the bank and my money would be refunded in a couple of days. The funds were back in my account in two days. Moral of the story: The Quincy Police Department is here to help and deserve much more credit than they receive. They vow to protect and serve and that is exactly what they did and should be respected for the job that they do. LINDA HIRTLE Quincy http://www.patriotledger.com/opinio...ncy-police-receive-high-marks-for-performance
It's actually Detective Jason MacIsaac, but Ms. Hirtle's sincere gratitude is still nice to read. Every time I see this thread updated, I still cringe. It must be operant conditioning from the past 4 years.
Ladies and gentlemen, you're simply not going to believe what the next installment in this saga is going to be.
I don't want to ruin the surprise, but let's just say that the former chief is determined to not go quietly into that good night.
We look forward to the next installment...I wonder if he is a lurker on here and its blowing his top.
No, but you're getting warm. I don't think I've ever had a more entertaining interview with a Ledger reporter as I did tonight.
