PAX Centurion - September / October 2014

www.bppa.org PAX CENTURION • September/Octoberr 2014 • Page 19 Republican Charlie Baker responds… 1. Yes. 2. I acknowledge this issue and its impact on public safety and would instruct my EDP to immediately begin to study and research the issue with the expectation that they provide recom- mendations no later than July 2015. All parties will be involved in this process. 3. No. 4. Yes. 5. No. 6. Yes. In certain busy in- tersections where it can be used as a deterrent to public safety. 7. Yes. 8. Yes. 9. Yes. 10. No. I’m in line with the recent SJC ruling on the test. Democrat Martha Coakley responds… Charlie Baker (R) Martha Coakley (D) 1. Yes. 2. My first priorities will be continuing to ensure public safety on MassPort properties within the city of Boston and ensuring ac- countability for taxpayer dollars. I look forward to working with the BPD and the State Police to find a practicable solution to this situation, which will include concurrent jurisdiction for Boston Police. 3. I believe that public safety on our city and town roadways needs be a top priority particularly during infrastructure improvements, new construction or road repair. As Governor, I will work with the BPD to find the right balance between civilian and police details to both protect public safety as well as taxpayer dollars. 4. Yes. 5. No. 6. No. Clearly, appropriate public surveillance is an important tool for law enforcement during investigations, like that into the recent Boston Marathon bombings, but I have concerns about expanding that surveillance into the enforcement of traffic violations. 7. Yes. 8. Yes. 9. I have spent my career in public service, and my husband was a police of- ficer, so I understand the importance of having a secure pension for so many public workers. I believe that we make a contract with pub- lic workers and, as Governor, I will work to ensure that the state upholds its end of the bargain for current workers. Our priority needs to be bringing down high costs, particu- larly related to health care and other OPEB benefits, that are forcing companies and municipalities to shift more and more of the cost onto workers.We must also continue to holdWall Street account- able, as my office has done, to ensure that they do not make risky or irresponsible investments with the money that hardworking families are relying on to retire with dignity. 10. Yes.