Thats seems interesting........... not a city employee, but in their retirement program?Yes most of them are sworn in as constables for there powers. There patch is just like Cambridge Police but it has hospital above police. They carry OC and Baton. I put in for the posted security I job about 4 months ago and I recieved a call to set up an interview. I started asking questions before I made an appointment for an interview. I found out at security officer I you do not get powers and the starting pay is 13.00 an hour. After that , living on the south shore I was not driving to cambridge for 13.00 an hour. So I believe that the security officer II's are the police officers???? I dont know??? I never got to asking about the police side. But I have seen them, Cambridge Hospital Police Officers. I know they put in the job description about making arrests and stuff. I dont know, But again I was told as a security officer I, I would not get police powers. I dont know????? Oh Yeah I was also told that you do go into the city of cambridge retirement program, but your not a city employee.
Fall River does this also... It raises a lot of confusion but nonetheless, gets the job done I guess... Strange route to go if you ask me.Don't hit me over the head but...
In Cambridge "Constable" is synonomous for "Special". AKA Special Officer.
Since Cambridge is the only municipality that does this, (Semantics) it causes a lot of tilted heads. So yes, in other words, a Constable in Cambridge is a "special" police officer.
I'm sure somebody (Kilvinsky) can back me up on this analogy.![]()
I back you up on that analogy. All the folks I've met are pretty good people even though our interactions are fairly brief, I haven't met anyone I could say anything bad about.Don't hit me over the head but...
In Cambridge "Constable" is synonomous for "Special". AKA Special Officer.
Since Cambridge is the only municipality that does this, (Semantics) it causes a lot of tilted heads. So yes, in other words, a Constable in Cambridge is a "special" police officer.
I'm sure somebody (Kilvinsky) can back me up on this analogy.![]()
At Cambridge Hospital they have a fairly busy psych ward and there's plenty of ambulance traffic and it's setting is right outside Inman Square (Inman? I'm pretty sure that's Inman) so there's certainly the potential. As for the other campuses, no idea on this end.Anybody know if this hospital is "busy" or not? I'm sure it's no BMC but just curious if a regular shift has a steady work load?
Well, you are off a little bit... I worked for the New Bedford institution you speak of for 4 1/2 years up until I received a much better offer at a much better place in March. Those eligible (passed an accredited academy), are NB SPO's and get sworn in by the mayor once they pass the background by NB police detectives. They would NEVER swear in a constable. Undertrained? You could say that most of the guys are. There are a few though I would go to the gates of hell with. As for the others... well, i'll bite my tongue for now. The institution is HORRIBLY managed (micro managed) and very cheap, yes. Good experience though, very very busy.Not true. The hospital in Fall River/New Bedford uses the constable appointments for their security as well. Not sure what good it serves other than being the cheap-ass, cop-out way for adminstration of saving money to hire half-assed, undertrained security to function as "police" when they are probably not needed in the first place. It's a joke like all the other institutions looking to hire in-house security or substitute contract security to function as police for bottom-dollar price. What a lovely way to get the most under-educated, least qualified, over-rated wanna-bes to serve your needs. lol Do it right or don't do it at all!!! They make me sick. Whether you are employed by private or public institution is besides the point. If you have the need, secure the resources to make it happen in-house or supplement with contract security becuase you don't really need it. Quote me on it.