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Slow Down, Move Over

Boston Herald: Cops pushed around on move-over law.

“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 [...]

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Veteran Trooper and Father of 4 Killed by Drunk Driver

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 [...]

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State police arrest 25-year-old Michael Morin of Chicopee following break-in to Chesterfield home

By George Graham, The Republican
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 [...]

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From the "Hate to say we told you so" department

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 [...]

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Alcohol Believed to be Factor in Wrong-way Crash

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 [...]

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An East Hartford man arrested for possession of 500 bags of heroin in Holyoke

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

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Holyoke high-speed chase ends in arrests, children rescued

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 [...]

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Col. Marian McGovern sworn in as 1st woman head of Mass. State Police

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

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Troopers announce support for Scott Brown

By Associated Press
Monday, January 11, 2010

SPAM CONTINUES ITS LONGSTANDING SUPPORT FOR STATE SENATOR SCOTT BROWN IN ENDORSING HIM FOR UNITED STATES SENATE

BOSTON — Martha Coakley may be the state’s attorney general, but her Senate rival is vying to match her law-and-order credentials.

Republican Scott Brown was scheduled Monday to receive the endorsement of the [...]

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S.P.A.M. Endorses Brown for U. S. Senate

SPAM CONTINUES ITS LONGSTANDING SUPPORT FOR STATE SENATOR SCOTT BROWN IN ENDORSING HIM FOR UNITED STATES SENATE

December 16, 2009

The Executive Board of the State Police Association of Massachusetts voted yesterday to continue our support for Scott Brown and endorse his bid for United States Senate.  Senator Brown has been a strong supporter of [...]

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