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 “It’s not taken seriously by the courts and maybe it’s not being respected by the public and it’s my troopers and emergency workers who are at risk,” - Rick Brown, president of the State Police Association of Massachusetts. More than 1,600 Bay State motorists cited for breaking the highly touted move-over law – and jeopardizing the lives of state and local cops – have beat the reckless driving rap in court despite aggressive ticketing efforts by cops, a Herald review has found. (…more →)
At approximately 1:30 am this morning Sergeant Douglas A. Weddleton assigned to State Police Foxboro was struck and killed by a vehicle while outside his cruiser during a stop of a suspected impaired driver on Rt. 95 North in Mansfield.
Sergeant Weddleton, 52 of Brockton, is a member of the 65th R.T.T. who began his career in Troop D in May 1983. Sergeant Weddleton spent most of his career assigned to the Firearms Identification Section from 1993 to 2008 before recently transferring to Troop H. Sergeant Weddleton is survived by his wife Judith and four sons Stephen, 26, Mark 23, Ross, 18, and Matthew, 14. (…more →)
May 14, 2010, 8:06AM
SPRINGFIELD – A pair of sharp-eyed state troopers, working a construction detail on Interstate 91 Thursday night, saw a 25-year-old Chicopee man suspected of breaking into a house in Chesterfield earlier in the day and placed him under arrest.
Unfortunately for the suspect, the two troopers working the detail had first-hand knowledge of the break-in because it had occurred on their watch out of the Northampton barracks nearly seven hours before…
More: http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/05/state_police_arrest_25-year-ol.html
Civilian flaggers cost state more cash: Mass. to pay $54/hour for Route 128 workers
By Bruno Matarazzo Jr. and Alan Burke
Staff Writers
http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_081183507.html
DANVERS — When the state changed the law to let civilian flaggers work traffic details, it was expected to save money.
It’s hard to see where there will be savings, however, on the three-year project to widen Route 128, which begins this spring.
The state will pay $53.81 an hour for civilians to direct traffic on some roads, according to contract documents. That’s almost $10 per hour more than it will be paying for police officers to do the same work…
Read the rest of the Salem News article…
All in a night’s work.
March 14, 2010
Troopers in the Springfield barracks (B-3) receive a cell phone report of a hit and run in Springfield with some minor damage and the responsible SUV fleeing the scene. Caller stays on the phone and follows the offending vehicle up Route 91 onto 391 into Chicopee. B-3 cruisers catch up to the SUV and stop it just before the Holyoke line. Undaunted by the obvious signs of an impact on the front of her vehicle, the female operator insists she never hit another car. She is found to be not only drunk but in possession of suspected crack cocaine and placed into custody by Trooper Jarred Tiberi. Her 8-year old child who was asleep in the vehicle is brought to the barracks by Trooper Aaron Kane until a sober and responsible family member can come pick him up while Mom is being booked and DYS is notified.
During the booking process, the name of the defendant’s other children’s father rings a bell with Trooper Mark Weiner. Apparently the father led Trooper Weiner on a chase up Route 91 about a year and a half back, during which time he attempted to discard – (wait for it) – crack cocaine on the highway. A set of Stinger tire deflation devices and the diligent pursuit by the B3 mid shift patrols brought this miscreant’s flight to a halt, and the discarded crack was recovered. Turns out our failed criminal also failed to pay up his court costs and fines after being convicted, and when he showed up at B3 to bail out his lady friend, the Troopers threw him an unexpected reunion, where he was once again marched into the booking room in handcuffs.
Icing on the cake: The noble gentleman takes the bail money intended for his woman friend and uses it for himself, leaving her locked up. Class act, all the way.
SPRINGFIELD (February 15, 2010):
 - The operator of a vehicle involved in a crash after going the wrong way on the South End Bridge is extricated from his vehicle by State Police and Agawam EMS personnel.
Jerzy Auguscik, 49, of Ware was hospitalized after going the wrong way on the South End Bridge in Springfield and crashing his Chevrolet Lumina into a Honda Ridgeline SUV operated by Matthew Hubbard of Agawam at approximately 11:30PM. Although both vehicles airbags deployed, Auguscik was not wearing his seatbelt and as a result was thrown into the windshield of his vehicle, sustaining head injuries. Hubbard was seatbelted and did not require medical attention at the scene.
Auguscik is being charged with wrong-way operation, negligent operation and operating under the influence of alcohol. The crash was investiagated by Troopers assigned to the Springfield barracks.
HOLYOKE – Police arrested a man on charges of trafficking in heroin, accusing him of discarding a bag containing about 500 smaller bags of heroin while running from officers at about 4:50 p.m., Sunday.
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/02/an_east_hartford_man_arrested.html
Photo: State Police Association of Massachusetts
Copy By: Elizabeth Roman / Masslive
January 31, 2010, 5:14PM
 Troopers Jonathan Nugent and Matthew Simpson secure an infant in a warm cruiser after it was removed from a car involved in a late night vehicle pursuit. (Photo by the State Police Association of Massachusetts) HOLYOKE – Two Hartford men were arrested Sunday morning after leading police on a high-speed chase down Interstate 391.
Lt. Michael Higgins said Holyoke police officers tried to stop the vehicle around 1:30 a.m. Sunday for a taillight which was out.
“The driver did not stop, but instead hopped on 391 southbound and led police on a chase driving the car up to 120 miles per hour with two small children in the car,” he said…
…Link to Masslive article
By The Associated Press
January 14, 2010, 2:15PM
WORCESTER – The first woman to command the Massachusetts State Police has been sworn into office.
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http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/col_marian_mcgovern_sworn_in_a.html
I applaud Trooper Louis Torname…
Article URL: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1225490
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