PAX Centurion - May / June 2015

www.bppa.org PAX CENTURION • June/July 2015 • Page 55 Boston EMS Corner: Ed McCarthy The Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association Golf Tournament Thursday, August 27, 2015 President’s Golf Course 357 W Squantum St, Quincy, MA 8 AM Shotgun Start Cost includes: Golf, Cart, Food, and a Gift! Raffles to be sold at lunch $125 per Individual $500 per Team of Four Call 617-989-2772 or stop by the Union to register number and was assigned to the Committee on Public Health. We are also happy to report success made in Washington by The National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO): Senate Passes Rafael Ramos andWenjian Liu National BlueAlert Act. OnApril 30, 2015, The US Senate passed Rafael Ramos andWenjian Liu National BlueAlert Act. The new law will establish a nationwide BlueAlert system to apprehend violent criminals who have injured or killed police officers or who have made an imminent or credible threat to cause serious injury or death of a law enforcement officer.  This Bill is named in honor of two NewYork City Police Detec- tives, and NAPO members, who were assassinated while sitting in their police patrol car in December 2014.  Their killer posted threats to law enforcement on social media before the attack.  Implementing a nationwide BlueAlert system will help to ensure that information on credible threats, like those posted by the individual who killed Detectives Ramos and Liu, is widely disseminated so that officers have advanced warning, and can apprehend the criminal before he or she can do more harm. This Bill was signed into Law on May 19, 2015 by President Obama. In closing, I would like to congratulate Boston Police Officers Ryan Lenane, WilliamTraft, and Sergeant Thomas Teahan. On May 12, 2015, these Officers were honored inWashington D.C. by The National Association of Police Officers as recipients of the 2015 NAPO Top Cops Awards for their heroic actions in the of duty as Boston Police Officers. CONGRATULATIONS TOALL OFYOU!! Legislators utilizing “old rules” to keep legislation rolling… From Legislation on page 17