PAX Centurion - Summer 2017

Page 4 • PAX CENTURION • Summer 2017 617-989-BPPA (2772) INSIDEthePAX EDITORIAL POLICY 1. Opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association. 2. No responsibility is assumed for unsolicited material. 3. Letters or articles submitted shall be limited to 350 words and must be accompanied by the writer’s name, but may be reprinted without name or address at writer’s request. 4. Freedom of expression is recognized within the bounds of good taste and the limits of available space. 5. The BPPA reserves the right to edit submission and/or include editor’s notes to any submitted materials. 6. The deadline for printed materials for the next issue is AUGUST 18, 2017. 7. Any article printed in this issue may be reprinted in future issues. TO ADVERTISE IN THE PAX CENTURION Contact Director of Advertising Sponsorships Michael Joyce at: 617-529-9288 cell • 617-989-BPPA (2772) office Email: mjoyce@bppa.org • Fax: 617-989-2779 BOSTON POLICE PATROLMEN’S ASSOCIATION Tel.: 617-989-BPPA (2772) • Fax: 617-989-2779 www.bppa.org Office Personnel: Annie Morley Volume 47, No. 2 • Readership 125,000 Summer 2017 Patrick M. Rose, President Michael F. Leary, Vice President Christopher J. Broderick, Secretary Robert P. Colburn, Treasurer BOARD OF EDITORS Michael F. Leary, Executive Editor James W. Carnell, Managing Editor Mark Bruno, Assistant Editor Ed McCarthy, EMS Editor Robert E. Anthony, BPPA Historian James Orsino, President Robert Morley, Vice President EMS Officers Len Shubitowski, Secretary Anthony O’Brien, Treasurer Thomas Binall, Chief Steward BPPA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Nation’s First Police Department Union Printworks AREA A Matthew Carey • Brian Cameron James Carnell • John Connolly Kevin Golden Robert Luongo • Matthew Morris Vaden Scantlebury AREA B AREA C James Doiron • Charles Kelley James LaCroix • Rich McNeill Joseph Murray • Elizabeth Philbin AREA D Thomas Antonino • Joseph Coppinger Anthony Cutone Daniel McCarthy • James Moccia AREA E Robert Boyle • Daniel Byrne Lawrence Calderone Angel Figueroa • Arthur McCarthy William Moran • Anthony Moussalli Paul Nee • Paula Sutherland AREA F IDENT. UNIT – Peter Cazeau DRUG UNIT – Jack Rogers YVSF – Emanuel Canuto Michael Paradis SCHOOL POLICE – Heather MacKenzie BIKE UNIT – Mike McManus M.O.P. Otis Harewood • Richard Stanton BUILDING SECURITY John Conway • Curtis Carroll Horace Kincade ACADEMY / RANGE EVIDENCE MANAGEMENT HARBOR Joseph Matthews E.S.U. Richard Diaz • Michael Fayles HEADQUARTERS K-9 Kevin Griffith • Shawn O’Neil MASTERS AT ARMS Kevin Ford • Mike Murphy Jeffrey Tobin Gerard Boyce • Paul Downey Billy Flippin William Shaw PAID DETAILS Joseph Ruka PAXCENTURION Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, Inc. Boston Emergency Medical Technicians Luis Anjos • Daniel MacIsaac Joseph McDonough • Israel Marrero Steve Parham • Kevin Rooney Don’t let the job consume you this summertime 3 SJC upholds Arbitrator’s decision regarding Boston P.O. Dave Williams 20 BPPA demands more complex, time-consuming, frustrating, non-user-friendly computer system 21 & 22 Dedication of the new police boat 25 Boston’s TOP COPS honored 28 PREVENTABLE CRIME: Our choice – Murder, rape and robbery or civil rights for ILLEGAL aliens? 30 & 31 BPPA members “Buzz Off” for cancer research 32 & 33 BPPA 2017 Golf Tournament 52 - 55 RETIRED PATROLMEN’S DIVISION 295 Freeport Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02122-3513 Phone: 617-989-BPPA (2772) • Fax: 617-989-2779 • www.bppa.org The advertisers of the Pax Centurion do not necessarily endorse the opinions of the Pax Centurion /Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association. The advertisers are in support of the BPPA Scholarship Fund and every patrolmen who risks his or her life to protect and serve the community.