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NAPO PREVENTS COP-KILLER FROM SPEAKING AT UMASS! |
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NAPO SUCCESSFUL IN PREVENTING COP-KILLER FROM ENTERING MASSACHUSETTS
VICTORY!
A convicted bomber and cop-killer will NOT be able to speak to students at the University of Massachusetts after all. The killer, who is on federal parole for his crimes, has been refused permission by the United States Parole Commission to travel from his home in Maine to the event in Massachusetts. This change occurred after the National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO), its president, Tom Nee, and executive director Bill Johnson personally lobbied the United States Attorney General and the U.S. Department of Justice to revoke permission for the killer to travel. Nee's experience as a Massachusetts police officer with 27 years on the job, and Johnson's knowledge of parole laws (as a veteran prosecutor he taught the subject to new prosecutors in Miami) enabled NAPO to present legal reasons to the AG and DOJ strong enough to allow them to revoke the travel.
Because of NAPO's standing at the national level, it has also been able to obtain a policy change in the U.S. DOJ that from now on, cases like this must be reviewed in Washington before any U.S. federal parolee be allowed to take part in such an event.
Raymond Luc Levasseur (rhymes with "sewer"), the former leader of the revolutionary group United Freedom Front, was released from federal prison in 2004 after serving 18 years for his role in the group, which plotted a series of bombings and bank robberies along the East Coast between 1976 and 1984. New Jersey State Trooper Phil Lamonaco was fatally shot by members of the United Freedom Front in 1981. The group also attempted to kill two Massachusetts State Troopers. Trooper Lamonaco was survived by his wife and three children. |
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NAPO Legislative Scorecard for October 2009 |
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Banding Civil Service Results |
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CONTACT: ALAN SHAPIRO or BRYAN DECKER 617‐523‐2500
JUDGE ORDERS HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION TO NOT “BAND” SCORES ON POLICE PROMOTIONAL ELIGIBILITY LISTS
MAJOR VICTORY FOR THE BOSTON POLICE PATROLMEN’S ASSOCIATION AND MASSACHUSETTS COALITION OF POLICE
In a case filed by the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association (BPPA) and the Massachusetts Coalition of Police (MCOP), Superior Court Judge Bruce Henry today ordered the Human Resources Division (HRD) to NOT “band” scores on police promotional eligibility lists. This is a significant victory for the merit based principles on which the Civil Service system is established.
HRD is the state agency responsible for administering and scoring civil service tests for police promotions. After an exam is administered, HRD creates “eligibility lists” for promotion based on the scores achieved by the test takers. HRD’s rules require the agency to rank scores in order of “whole numbers.” In other words, HRD ranked both 88.4 and 88.1 as an 88. Once the lists are established, a municipality will normally select the highest ranked candidate for promotion. Under Civil Service law, a municipality may “bypass” the highest ranked candidate for a lower ranked candidate, but must justify its decision to do so in writing, and the “bypassed” candidate has a right to challenge the process in a hearing.
In February, HRD announced the “whole number” scoring would no longer apply, and that it intended to rank scores in groups, or “bands” of up to seven points. In other words, an officer with a 95 would be “tied” with an officer with a perfect 100 score. Given the blatant violation of the rule, the BPPA and MCOP, through their attorneys at Sandulli Grace, PC, filed suit. After the Civil Service Commission sided with HRD, the Unions sought a court injunction against banding. In his decision, Judge Henry ordered that HRD is “enjoined from issuing eligibility lists for promotions of police officers in score bands rather than” in whole numbers from 1‐100. He based the issuance of an injunction on the finding that “[t]he scoring bands are a significant change in the manner of scoring and establishing the eligibility lists and that change should have been put in place using the procedure established by the Legislature for making a significant change in the rules.” The Judge ruled, however, that HRD is free “to issu[e] eligibility lists in the same fashion that it has done so for years.” BPPA President Thomas Nee and MCOP President Hugh Cameron applauded the decision. In a joint statement, they said “As police officers, we must have faith in the civil service system and in the fact that promotions will be ‘merit based.’ That faith was tested here by HRD, but the Superior Court has restored it.” |
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A roadway flagger was apprehended by state police on drug charges Wednesday night as he drove a pickup truck north on Interstate 395.Emilio J. Mendez, 32, of Lynn, was stopped about 10 p.m. by Trooper Martin C. Concannon, who was randomly entering registration numbers of vehicles he was passing. When he entered the Ford pickup truck’s license plate number, he learned the registration was revoked because of an insurance cancellation. According to a police report on the arrest in Dudley District Court, after the trooper stopped the vehicle, Mr. Mendez “blurted out, ‘Officer, I work with you guys all the time.’ ”He also told the trooper he had “a lot of respect for the police.”During the encounter, the trooper said in the report, that he detected a strong odor of marijuana and could see multiple black trash bags in the crew cab of the truck. The trooper said he could see green leaves sticking out of the plastic bags. When the trooper asked him if the plants were marijuana plants, he admitted that they were. When the trooper asked how many plants he had in the truck, Mr. Mendez reportedly said “nine, no, I mean 11.” During the booking process at the state police barracks in Sturbridge, Mr. Mendez “continuously stated … that he worked with the state police on construction projects.” The police report said Mr. Mendez had an identification card in his wallet that certified him as a commonwealth of Massachusetts roadway flagger. Mr. Mendez then provided police with a statement detailing his involvement in the buying and transporting of marijuana plants from Connecticut to Lynn. Mr. Mendez is charged with manufacturing a controlled substance, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, a number plate violation, driving an uninsured vehicle and an unregistered vehicle. He pleaded not guilty yesterday in Dudley District Court. Cash bail was set at $200 by Judge Neil G. Snider. His case was continued to Sept. 3. |
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Motorcycle Ride For Diabetes |
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I am a retired P.O. from Leicester, and former VP from MCOP local 168. My son Jay was diagnosed with type one diabetes just after I retired and we moved to Florida. We have moved back to Leicester and he is now involved with the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston. The Barton Center For Diabetes Education in Oxford runs "CAMP JOSLIN"., a summer camp for kids with diabetes. I am hosting a Motorcycle Ride to raise money for the "Campership program". Could you let everyone know about this event that may want to sponsor or ride. You can check out www.bartoncenter.org .You can download sponsor and rider registration forms from the site. Go to news and events and then to events. If you have any questions you can contact me at 508 892-5332 or 508 847-7119. Good luck with the convention...
Thanks Joe Hamm |
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