PAX Centurion - January / February 2013

Page 20 • PAX CENTURION • January/February 2013 617-989-BPPA (2772) N ineteen Boston Police Officers and five EMS personnel were honored on October 19 th at the annual BPPA/ EMS retirement banquet at the Seaport Hotel in South Boston. Commissioner Ed Davis and BPPA president Tom Nee presented awards to each attending retiree and offered thanks to their families for years of sacrifice. As all of us know, countless holidays, birthdays and anniversaries are missed by police officers and EMT’s due to public safety needs which often come before family events. The oldest “four digit (ID#) dinosaur” was Officer Michael Broderick from PDS – ID# 6576, appointed 10-10-70, closely followed by Officer JimKeegan of the Harbor Patrol (ID# 6767), appointed 12-30- 70 and Officer Jack Joyce of the range, ID# 6764, also appointed 12-30-70. The BPPA/EMS wishes all of our retirees well in their well-deserved retirement years, whatever they choose to do. Some will seek a second career to keep themselves busy, others The BPPA/EMS honors its new retirees! BPPA 2011 – 2012 RETIREES ID Name District/Unit DOA DOR 7451 Wilena F. Julien Hackney Unit 01-12-78 04-30-11 6576 Michael W. Broderick Paid Details 10-07-70 07-31-11 8821 WilliamM. Kendricken D14 09-19-79 07-05-11 11454 Daniel F. Ryan Building Security 06-28-95 07-19-11 6767 James J. Keegan Harbor Patrol 12-30-70 08-31-11 8827 Kevin Carey Range 03-30-83 09-09-11 11414 Avonda C. Graham MOP 06-28-95 09-30-11 11938 Grant Callender School Police 06-25-97 01-27-12 6764 John M. Joyce Range 12-30-70 01-20-12 8034 Robert Woumn E18 06-27-79 01-12-12 7454 Robert P. Lundbohm MOP 01-12-78 01-31-12 2095 Richard M. Doherty C6 06-06-86 01-31-12 8741 Michael D. Walsh D14 11-01-82 02-29-12 11901 James H. Gunn B2 03-26-97 02-29-12 8451 Lawrence P. Applegate Bomb Squad 04-23-80 04-30-12 8769 John Harden B3 03-02-83 05-04-12 11400 Randall H. Childs D14 06-28-95 05-31-12 9366 Bridget Kaskeski Building Security 07-10-85 04-27-12 8465 Richard Ford D14 04-23-80 08-31-12 EMS David McClelland 06-02-81 08-31-11 KarenAugustin 03-06-91 06-08-10 Christopher Stratton 10-25-78 02-29-12 Kevin O’Connor 05-28-80 05-31-12 Joseph Michael Vojak 02-24-82 06-06-12 will break out the fishing rod and the rocking chair. At a minimum, they will no longer have to put up with the BS from the BPD or the EMS, and that, in and of itself, is a Godsend. Good luck, retirees: enjoy life, and don’t forget to join the Boston Police Retired Patrolmen’s Association. (Contact Bill Flippen – leave a message at the BPPA.) – Jim Carnell