PAX Centurion - September / October 2015

Page 14 • PAX CENTURION • September/October 2015 617-989-BPPA (2772) A reduced legal fee is continuously offered to police officers and has been for more than thirty (30) years. Our office has successfully represented countless law enforcement officers in their personal injury claims (on or off duty) and other legal matters. The first Law Offices of Donald E. Green was opened in Boston’s waterfront in 1982 and the second office in Dudley Square/Roxbury in 1988. The Firm also has satellite locations in Braintree, which is convenient for South Shore residents and downtown Boston; both locations are by appointment only. The Law Offices of Donald E. Green is a multi-ethnic. multi-lingual law firm, concentrating in personal injury matters as well as medical malpractice, dental malpractice, wrongful death, worker’s compensation, slip and fall, criminal defense, civil rights, immigration, family/probate, bankruptcy, real estate and sexual harassment claims. Don Green served in the United States Marine Corps from 1957 to 1961 before being honorably discharged. In 1968, he joined the Boston Police Department and retired in 1990 after serving the city for nearly 22 years, the last 15 years as a Sergeant in the Roxbury district. He is married to Annette Hill Green, a native of Dorchester, who is also an attorney and his law partner. “We are proud of our investment in the community and the trust our clients have instilled in us to handle and resolve their legal matters over the past 30 years. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the community for their support and patronage!” We would like to say “thank you” by inviting you to stop by our Roxbury office, Monday through Friday, between 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. to pick up a free Cell Phone Dashboard Pad in an effort to promote your safety (hands-free talking) on our roadways! (Limited to one per person, while supplies last) To learn more about the Firm, call Don or Annette at (617) 442-0050 or via e-mail at dgreen@donaldegreen.com . Feel free to visit our website at www.donaldegreen.com or in person at 2235 Washington Street in Roxbury (Dudley Square). Evening andWeekend Appointments Available • Home and Hospital Appointments Available D on G reen A nnette H ill G reen D on G reen By Andy Metzger, Lowell Sun AG Healey wants to expand scope of wiretap law S tymied from bugging gun runners and modern slavers by a nearly 40-year-old provision of the wiretap law, Attorney General Maura Healey recently asked lawmakers to update the statute. “Right now you can't use a wire in a human trafficking case or a gun trafficking case,” Healey told the News Service af- ter testifying before the Judiciary Committee. Healey didn't back any bill in particular and didn't specify any areas of difference between her position and that of her predecessor, Martha Coakley, who pushed unsuccessfully for a change to the law. Advocates for the change have argued that the prerequisite in the 1968 wiretap law that the target be involved in "organized crime" does not comport with modern violent crime, which often involves more loosely affiliated street gangs. Secretary of Public Safety and Security Daniel Bennett testified in favor of bills (H 1638 and H 1554) filed by Rep. Paul Tucker, the former Salem police chief, which would omit the organized crime requirement and a lengthier proposal filed by Rep. Angelo Puppolo, Jr., a Springfield Democrat. A former prosecutor, Bennett wrote in testimony that wiretaps require ap- proval by a Superior Court judge after all other avenues of investigation are exhausted and they are the only type of warrant filed by the prosecuting at- torney rather than the police. “On two separate occasions, the current Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court has called on the legislature to address this problem,” wrote Bennett, continuing that “no one heeded his call.” Bennett said that Puppolo’s bill would expand the list of designated offenses where a wiretap is allowable, including child enticement. SenateWays and Means Chair- woman Karen Spilka, who had opposed an attempt to allow for more wiretaps last session in 2013, said she has not seen the bills currently before the Judiciary Committee. “I would have to see what the bill stated before I could say whether I support it or not,” Spilka told the News Service. (Reprinted from the Lowell Sun, September 17, 2015.)