2008 BPPA Annual Golf Tournament

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BPPA Voluntary Life Insurance Program
through Aetna

Dave Fitzgerald and Brian Reaney will be available during the week of May 5th for any members who have questions concerning the voluntary life insurance program being offered through Aetna Insurance.

Please feel free to drop by the BPPA offices between the hours of 10am to 3pm with any questions or concerns about the program.

If you have not received your informational package about the program, please contact Dave or Brian at
617-989-2772. Remember that there is a 90 day period in which to enter this program without taking a medical physical.

New Deferred Options

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For Instructions click here

RESTATING THE FACTS OF DETAIL REFORM
April 14, 2008

Dear BPPA members,

This letter is in response to the many questions we have received concerning the detail reforms included in the Transportation Bond Bill that has been sent to Governor Patrick’s desk for his signature.

The BPPA has worked diligently on Beacon Hill to protect our membership’s interests as this so-called detail reform progressed. We have made every attempt to keep you updated with the facts of this proposal as the bill progressed through the Senate and the House. Despite those efforts, we have received many questions from members expressing their concern about parts of the bill that are just not accurate. Many of these questions have been attributed to statements made by some uninformed and uninvolved labor groups. It is easy to toss out emotional rhetoric, point fingers, and get people all charged up over details, but the real work of fighting for our members and protecting their families on the Hill is not easy nor is it sensational. Whether those statements have been made by misinformation or by fabrication, the facts still stand.

The BPPA and their members have gained no advantage during this debate but more importantly, we did not lose anything.

The BPPA has attempted to deal with the factual record and not the fictional accounts you may have heard or read. The facts are this; the legislature has approved and sent to the Governor’s desk for his signature a transportation bond bill that contains language that authorizes the Patrick administration to promulgate regulations and guidelines to decide how and when police details can be used on public works projects on roads under state jurisdiction. As it stands right now this language would have little to no effect on Boston Police details. However these regulations could impact detail work on Mass. Highway and Mass. Turnpike public works projects. The BPPA membership does not perform many details where the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the vendor.

For BPPA members, the language put forward, as an amendment by Senator Tolman, specifically states that police details under local authority (ordinances & by-laws) and collective bargaining agreements are recognized and upheld. Boston Police details shall remain much the same way they are right now.

The bill also adds clarification on two points. First, that any regulations shall examine the actual costs of the utilization of alternative personnel. (Prevailing wage). Secondly, that a report that must be submitted by year’s end, detailing the amount the commonwealth has paid for police traffic details. The amended language calls for the report to separate and distinguish municipal police details from state police details on these projects. It shall identify separately the total amounts paid and the percentage of the total cost of the project the police traffic detail work represented.

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All Police Officers or EMS personnel who responded and worked in New York City after the attacks on September 11th, 2001, should register with the New York Workers Compensation Board. The deadline to register is August 14, 2008.

Officers are entitled to physicals every year and a half, with an Occupational Health Doctor. These Doctors will look for illnesses and symptoms of illness specific to having spent any length of time at Ground Zero, the Fresh Kills Land Fill site, or the temporary morgue on the West Side of Manhattan. The program is being run by the Mount Sinai Hospital. To set up an appointment you can call
1-888-702-0630.

To register with the New York State Workers Compensation Board, a Notice of Participation form must be filled out. A copy of the form can be obtained by accessing www.wcb.state.ny.us. Proceed to Common Forms and click WTC12 and follow the directions. To contact the NY State Workers Compensation Board you can call
1-877-632-4996.

If you have any additional questions, please contact Police Officer Julie Colburn (Office of Family Assistance) at department pager
617-343-7242

9-11 Ride Foundation Scholarship

For Details and Application click here

Blue Cross Health Insurance Change

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Any BPPA members, who changed their health care insurance, during the October Blue Cross Blue Shield open enrollment, should contact Boston City Hall
at 617-635-4570.

You may have overpaid your premium and may be entitled to a re-imbursement.

NAPO Members Flower Discount

Members

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Liberty Mutual Discount Plan for BPPA Members

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Viewing Your Overtime Hours Paid
Using the BPD Intranet Home Page

Police Department employees can now view their overtime hours paid using the BPD Intranet Home Page. Below are the steps to guide you through the process. If you have any questions or need assistance please contact the Payroll Department at #343-4405.

Step 1: Login to the BPD Intranet Home Page

Step 2: Click “REPORTS” on the top menu bar

Step 3: Click “FINANCE” on the second menu bar

Step 4: Click “MY OVERTIME”.

Step 5: Enter the date ranges using the calendars

Step 6: Click Submit

Step 7: Print you report by using the tool bar print tool.

Information for IOD Officers and their Health Care Provider

Click here to download Letter to IOD Officers

Click here to download a Letter for IOD Offficers Health Care Provider

BPPA Passes

The following passes are available at the BPPA offices

1. The New England Aquarium

2. The Children’s Museum

3. Zoo New England (Franklin Park & Stone Zoos)

4. Roger Williams Zoo

Every member of the BPPA (Police Officers, EMS, and Cadets) is eligible for use of the passes.

Each member may receive up to four passes to the Aquarium, Children’s Museum, and the Roger Williams Zoo.
The Zoo New England pass is good for up to six people per day and must be returned after its use