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Nation’s First Police Department • Established 1854 • IUPA Local 16807, AFL-CIO

Volume 37, Number 2 • March/April 2007

PAXCENTURION Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, Inc. Boston Emergency Medical Technicians

Bargaining Update

Guardian Angels WON’T be receiving police radios

CELEBRATE!

Media, ministers should check Sliwa’s background before welcoming him…

Almost a full year without a contract! By Jim Carnell, Pax Editor

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s Pax press time neared (April 10th), the BPPA bargaining committee appears to be stuck in increasingly fruitless negotiations with the City. After a brief period where some hope existed that the City was moving towards offering a fair and equitable contract similar to that which it offered the teacher’s union, negotiations now appear to be stuck in neutral. Lisa Signori, (AKA “Dr. NO”), the city’s budget director, explained the city’s dire financial situation (so what else is new, when hasn’t it been “dire”, yadda, yadda, yadda, ad nauseum,) to our bargaining committee and also attempted to explain (without success) why the city could offer the teachers 14.8% over 4 years while publicly announced of(continued on page A6) The advertisers of the Pax Centurion do not necessarily endorse the opinions of the Pax Centurion/Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association. The advertisers are in support of the BPPA Scholarship Fund and every patrolmen who risks his or her life to protect and serve the community.

By Jim Carnell, Pax Editor urtis Sliwa, the egomaniac publicity hound and owner of a $1.2 million townhouse in New York City, announced to the newspapers and radio talk shows after a meeting with BPD Commissioner Ed Davis that the reconstituted Boston Guardian Angels chapter in Boston will soon be receiving police radios. The Pax is pleased to report that that statement is NOT TRUE. Despite widespread reporting to the contrary, Commissioner Davis’ office released a memo following the meeting which specifically denied Sliwa’s claims.

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“ …At the meeting, he [Sliwa] suggested that the best model would include the Boston Police conducting background checks on his Angel applicants, receiving police-issued radios, patrolling Ronan Park and making citizen arrests. I [Comm. Davis] voiced my concern regarding these issues. I was surprised to read today that there were statements made by Curtis Sliwa after our meeting which indicated that I had adopted his entire proposal. That is inaccurate. Boston Police will not conduct background checks for their members and they will not be given Boston Police radios. (Source: Commissioner’s memorandum 07-019, 4/5/07, emphasis added) (continued on page A6)

The community complains about crime, but attacks the police… A society that makes war on its police, must be prepared to make peace with its criminals publicity from Boston Herald reporters Michelle McPhee and Joe

public record and the excerpts are verbatim:

history: Officer Gero, alone in a one-man car, was patrolling the high-crime area around hen confronted Sonoma St. in Roxbury and with “solutions” But after numerous occasions of having observed drug-related activto increasing incharges of “hurlyburly on a police officer” ity involving possibly armed ner-city crime such as candlesuspects. Upon seeing the oflight vigils, calls for city coun- tossed out of the court system and getting ficer, the suspects fled in varicil hearings, community sym- no support from the allegedly concerned ous directions. Officer Gero posiums, and hip-hop/rap caught up with one of the suscommunity, many a cop is becoming sick summits, a little dose of facpects in a backyard birthday tual reality is sometimes help- and tired. party at 31 Sonoma St.) ful. Police officers know from “…Officer Gero asked suspersonal experience that many Fitzgerald that were quickly BPD CC# 060582681, 7/16/06, pect Goffigan to move out of the times when we attempt to do what glossed over and forgotten by the 27 Sonoma St. Roxbury, 7:46PM, middle of the party and over to a “the community” says it wants the (continued on page A9) larger community. Both reports are Officer Gero reporting: (Incident police to do (i.e.: arrest drug dealers, gang-bangers, stop violence, Lateral transfer opportunity attracts 250+ to BPD ranks etc. etc.), what actually occurs is By Jim Carnell, Pax Editor for some 130 prospective BPD officers and another exactly the opposite. Too often, nformation received from reliable sources shortly session will be held shortly to accommodate other many police officers fail to docubefore Pax press time indicates that Comm. interested officers. (The chiefs of police from the ment these incidents, dismissing Davis’ call to accept lateral transfers from other various applicants’ departments would have to them as simply an ugly reality Massachusetts civil service police departments has “OK” each individual’s request for lateral transfer.) about the job that we have to attracted over 250 candidates in a very short peApplications have been received from numermeekly accept. Here’s two recent (continued on page A14) riod of time. Orientation sessions were held recently incidents which received some By Jim Carnell, Editor, Pax Centurion

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