PAX Centurion - Summer 2017

www.bppa.org PAX CENTURION • Summer 2017 • Page 41 BOSTON POLICE PATROLMEN’S ASSOCIATION, INC. 295 FREEPORT STREET H BOSTON, MA 02122-3513 H T/617.989.2772 H F/617.989.2779 H www.bppa.org Patrick M. Rose President Michael F. Leary Vice President Christopher J. Broderick Secretary Robert P. Colburn Treasurer Lawrence A. Calderone Legislative Agent UNITY & STRENGTH H THE NATION’S FIRST POLICE DEPARTMENT BOSTON POLICE PATROLMEN’S ASSOCIATION, INC. 295 FREEPORT STREET H BOSTON, MA 02122-3513 H T/617.989.2772 H F/617.989.2779 H www.bppa.org Patrick M. Rose President Michael F. Leary Vice President Christopher J. Broderick Secretary Robert P. Colburn Treasurer Lawrence A. Calderone Legislative Agent UNITY & STRENGTH H THE NATION’S FIRST POLICE DEPARTMENT June 20, 2017 Mayor Martin J. Walsh 1 City Hall Plaza Boston, MA 02120 Your Honor, We, at the BPPA, are once again in receipt of the City’s generous offer to our members to apply for “Graduate Degree Scholarships for Northeastern University and Boston University,” (see: http://hub. boston.gov/career-growth#financial-resources ) As we have stated in the past to You, the Commissioner and the Labor Division for both the City and the Department; even though we believe that the offer to further our education in an effort to become a better educated Police Officer/Force is a noble gesture, we are hard pressed to understand why the City will not recognize these same institutions of higher learning for qualification under what is known as the ‘Quinn Bill’? We ask once again, that the City look to abolish the name and attached criteria that goes with the defunct and obsolete ‘Quinn Bill’. We ask that the City rename this Educational Incentive, (possibly: TheMartin J. Walsh Police Education Incentive Program, or possibly The City of Boston Police Education Incentive Program, etc.). We also ask that the City rightfully recognize the Legitimate Institutions of Higher Learningwithin our own City and locally, (that are reveredworldwide), for inclusion to this Educational Incentive Program. Why the City of Boston continues to adhere to state policies that govern a defunded and defunct State law, that actually is prejudicial to improving the education of its’ own Police Department and Officers assigned to that department, is not only unconscionable but only serves to undermined the entire idea of having a highly educated more professional Police Department. Sir, I ask you; is the City actually interested in fielding a professional, educated and socially responsible Police Officer to protect this great City of ours, or are we so focused on saving a few dollars by excluding schools such as Northeastern, BU, Harvard, Yale, Penn State, etc., (to name just a few), from the current Education Incentive Plan; that we will continue to follow and adhere to the policies of a defunct State Law that was ended in FY-10? The choice is clearly in your administration’s hands. In closing, please accept my Thanks and Sincere gratitude for recognizing this issue and intimating through prior conversation that you would like to see this issue corrected. Respectfully submitted, Patrick M. Rose, President, Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association cc: Commissioner Evans City Labor Dept Labor BPSOF BPDBS BPPA President Patrick Rose looks for clarification in Educational Incentive Program