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Monthly Archives: October 2009

Mass. State Police agree to send extra troopers to Springfield

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October 23, 2009

Masslive:  State Police agree to send extra troopers to Springfield to help combat surge of violence Remember, criminals don’t take furlough days.
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Patrick Administration Ignoring $13M in SP Cost Cuts?

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October 23, 2009

Cop union blue over Deval Patrick’s cost-cut focus By Hillary Chabot | Friday, October 23, 2009 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Local Politics The state police union rebuffed Gov. Deval Patrick’s attempts for cost cutting before an early-morning meeting today, saying Patrick hasn’t acted on easy savings available by reshuffling top brass. Patrick plans to discuss...
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Springfield Crime Meeting at WNEC Draws Hundreds

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October 21, 2009
Springfield Crime Meeting at WNEC Draws Hundreds

(UPDATE: Mass. State Police agree to send extra troopers to Springfield to help combat surge of violence ) By Patrick Johnson The Republican, October 20, 2009, 9:41PM SPRINGFIELD – After a surge of violence that saw three people killed in a four-day span, as many as 900 city residents turned out Tuesday for a community...
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Flag man “Out of Control” and cursing at motorists

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October 16, 2009
Flag man “Out of Control” and cursing at motorists

Essex Police/Fire: Flag man, motorist exchange words September 26, 2009 05:31 am — ESSEX — A motorist contacted police to complain about a flag man directing traffic during the Route 133 construction project. The driver called police at 1:37 p.m. Thursday to report a flag man was “out of control” at the intersection of...
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Troop B – In The Book

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October 15, 2009
Troop B – In The Book

by Mike O’Neil October, 2009 Trooper Dan Sheehan (SP-Russell) was assisting a disabled motorist on a local road in Westfield one recent mid shift when he noticed a vehicle approaching him and the DMV without any working headlights. Dan waved his flashlight and signaled the vehicle to stop as it passed the DMV and...
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Police release new photo of New Britain Jane Doe

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October 15, 2009
Police release new photo of New Britain Jane Doe

Copyright 2009 The New Britain Herald Wednesday, October 14, 2009 10:46 PM EDT By LISA BACKUS Staff writer NEW BRITAIN — Police have obtained a newly retouched photo of a woman found murdered near a dumpster in 1995 in the hopes of discovering her identity and that of a woman found in Massachusetts in...
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SPAM Pushes for Collective Bargaining Change

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October 8, 2009

More than 40 State Police officers packed into a small State House hearing room Tuesday morning to show support for a change in state collective bargaining law that would block the department’s commanding officer from wielding what they say is excessive authority. The State Police Association of Massachusetts say they want to preserve the...
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OUR GREEDY GHOSTS ARE TERRIFYING

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October 5, 2009

By Michele McPhee I love fall in New England. There is no better time of year then fall. We have haunted houses galore — like the Witch’s Woods at the Nashoba Valley Ski Resort, which I visited this past weekend. Screeching at the creepy clowns and the blood-streaked ghouls in Westford on Saturday night...
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Trooper Newspaper October 2009 Editor’s Note

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October 2, 2009
Trooper Newspaper October 2009 Editor’s Note

A year ago, many of us heard Secretary of Transportation Cohen at the public hearing on the Detail/Flagger issue, state that no matter what testimony was presented, there would be flaggers, because there would be a substantial monetary savings to the state. No matter what testimony was presented? Why let the truth get in...
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