Public safety money  ?  Maybe they'll pay for the fireworks  event with the money and still lay off  the police.
   Speaking of Coleman. What ever happened to the meeting. He doesn't want to come out and clear the air and prove he's a retired officer. And explain how he was actually a cop. And he never got in trouble in Boston....... He's suspiciously quiet....

Speaking of public safety... People have no clue how busy the Wareham Police are.  99.9 percent of what the police in this town do goes unreported. Even major incidents and arrests often do not end up in the paper. The Wareham Police do a great job arresting criminals but they do a bad job telling people about all the great work they do. Here are a few examples from this weekend.

1. Sunday night a young man was beaten, and robbed. Within an hour two suspects were tracked down and arrested. A third suspect has been identified and his capture will likely happen soon.

2. Saturday night the Wareham Police learned a woman was being held captive in a vehicle and that the vehicle may be passing through Wareham. Within just a few minutes an alert Wareham Officer located the suspect vehicle. When the victim saw the cruiser she ran to him yelling for help. The suspect was taken into custody.

3. Saturday night a large teenage drinking party was broken up and 23 people were arrested. Tragedy may have been avoided because one teenaged female was dangerously intoxicated and suffering from hypothermia. The officers on scene located her and called an ambulance. (Remind you of a fatal drinking party incident a few months ago where a teenaged girl was found dead in the woods after a teen drinking party?) That girl probably owes her life to Wareham's finest.

4. The guy that was all over the news last week for robbing a store in Brockton with a loaded shotgun and who had the shotgun wrestled away from him by the store owner was arrested by the Wareham Police on a traffic stop Saturday night. Good thing the robber had his gun taken away from him by the store owner because the unsuspecting officer could of been blasted as he walked up to the car. An officer never knows what he is getting into when he pulls over a car. (Remember a few months back when Brenda questioned the need for two or three cruisers at a traffic stop? There is your answer Brenda!)

Aside from these few incidents there was also the usual domestic violence calls, drunks, fights, breaking and enterings, and car accidents. If you don't believe me check out the police logs for March 14 and 15 on the Wareham Police website. Stay informed and support your local police.

Meanwhile, this week at the selectmen's meeting a guy who is VERY well known the police will likely be speaking at the meeting to complain about a parking ticket he got from Bruce's least favorite officer. It should come as no surprise to anyone that Bruce and Brenda encouraged him to come to the meeting and complain. Of course this guy will spin a GREATLY exaggerated story and Bruce and Brenda will try to hide their joy as the officer is bashed by a guy who has less credability than the former Iraqi Infromation Minister who was dubbed "Baghdad Bob" by the media because of his outrageous lies.

Last edited by TBL (2009-03-16 21:16:27)

does anyone know if bruce sent an apologey to officer pillsbury like he said he would for calling  officer pillsbury  a name. i doubt it . we need to know if he did or is just lieing again.

ihateliz wrote:

i think  the police should have some officers present tues. at the selectmens meeting to refute any lies brught bye bruce and brenda on any police officer.

That won't happen. They are professionals and are not going to get into an argument with the selectmen. Not to mention police officers can't just show up and speak for the department.

Last edited by TBL (2009-03-16 21:51:14)

commonsense wrote:

ihateliz wrote:

But hopefully not on "Official Town Letterhead" OH, THE HORROR!!!

BUT what if the media comes to the police station, do they need to take off their uniforms before they can speak?

We are very fortunate to have such dedicated individuals in all of the emergency services! Billw, maybe a specific link to the police reports would give people viewing this site the opportunity to access that info to show how busy our Police, Firefighters and EMT's really are.  We may as well start reporting on their hard work because none of those other assholes and one whole ass will!

Mixie wrote:

commonsense wrote:

ihateliz wrote:

But hopefully not on "Official Town Letterhead" OH, THE HORROR!!!

BUT what if the media comes to the police station, do they need to take off their uniforms before they can speak?

Rank and file officers are not allowed to speak to the media unless they have special permission. This is a common practice on every police force.

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/recoveryJA … tions.html

The above is a link to the distribution breakdown for the federal grant given to cities and towns for police officers. In Massachusetts there are 351 cities and towns. Out of those 351 communities, 144 were eligible for grant money. Out of those 144 communities, Wareham ranked 23 in the amount of money we are getting. That's right. Wareham with a relatively small population, is ranked in the top 25 for federal police money.

Here is the breakdown of the top 25 for grant distribution in Massachusetts based on crime rates.

1. Boston

2. Springfield

3. Worcester

4. Brockton - #1 Ranking in Plymouth County for police grant money

5. Fall River

6. New Bedford

7. Lynn

8. Lowell

9. Holyoke

10. Chelsea

11. Lawrence

12. Cambridge

13. Chicopee

14. Fitchburg

15. Pittsfield

16. Barnstable

17. Haverhill

18. Taunton

19. Quincy

20. Somerville

21. Revere

22. Malden

23. WAREHAM - Second only to Brockton in Plymouth County for police grant money

24. Leominster

25. Brookline

That is quite a group we belong to!

There are 119 other communities in Massachusetts that received smaller amounts of grant money. Many of them have much larger populations and larger police departments than Wareham and they are located in urban and semi-urban areas. Meanwhile the town administrator wants to layoff police officers and cut already understaffed dispatchers. Which means that some of the police officers that still have jobs will be inside answering phones, instead of out on the street where they are needed.

Remember this list during the selectmen meeting when the selectmen are spending their time pampering a guy with zero credability and who is looking for a big payday, courtesy of Wareham taxpayers, complain about a $15.00 parking ticket he deserved to get.

Last edited by TBL (2009-03-17 14:06:51)

I probably will vote in favor of the laser.  I hope people will be there to line up at the microphone to educate the voters on the use of tasers.  I wonder if brucie will use the amnestry international ploy to evoke sympathy.  Where is Howie Carr when you need him?

Pet Peeves - Drivers who don't use their turn signals. Drivers who drive in the left lane and won't pull over to let you pass (one of the number one causes of road rage). Drivers who pass on the right (you can only do this on a divided highway), Drivers who go 50 mph on Cranberry Hwy where it is conspicuously posted 35 mph - strictly enforced, Drivers who go 40 plus in front of Decas School (20 mph all day, all night), Drivers who don't slow down when approaching a construction zone where there are police officers, workers in the road, orange cones, flashing lights, etc. ( 100.00 dollar fine), drivers who weave in and out of traffic, Drivers who don't stop at stop signs..especially Gibbs Ave by the church, Hathaway at Main, Old Town Hall, blowing through red lights by Gateway Gas in the morning, bypass west at Depot Street, drivers who turn right at red lights without stopping first, people who want the police to scare their kids so they will behave, adults who engage in physical fights (grow up...are you in the 7th grade?), people who call the police to solve all of their problems, people who say, "I pay your salary", Drivers who have their cellphones glued to their ear, drivers who take off after hitting your car in parking lot, hundreds more...What are your pet peeves?

I'm glad to see the taser purchase was approved. I know Bruce tried to make it look like the Wareham Police are zapping everyone in sight. But when you consider about 2,000 arrests made per year and with the increase of people resisting arrest as respect for the law declines, along with the rest of our society, then 17 taser uses within a year is a very small number. Unfortunately statistics are not kept for how many criminal suspects decided to surrender peacefully after being warned that a taser would be used.

As far as Bruce comparing Wareham taser uses to other communities, like this quote from Bruce from a Courier article, “It’s statistical data,” Sauvageau said. “Big cities around us don’t have half the taser activity we do.”

Bruce, how many big cities are there around Wareham? Are Carver, Marion, Rochester, Bourne, and Plymouth big cities? Maybe Bruce was talking about New Bedford. Well Bruce, New Bedford police have yet to be equipped with tasers.

Tasers have been around in many other parts of the country for about twenty years, but tasers were only approved for use in Massachusetts a few years ago. Wareham was one of the first towns to put tasers to use. Being on the cutting edge of anything is very unusual for the Wareham Police. Despite what some people in town may think, there is no fat or excess in the police budget. Wareham has a very basic police force with no fancy equipment or special units. Even the laptop computers in the cruisers are ancient and cannot run modern computer programs that let officers do reports in their cruisers instead of leaving their patrol areas unprotected to return to the station to do a report.

Because tasers are so new to Massachusetts the vast majority of police departments still do not have them. So it is very unfair and misleading for Bruce to compare the use of tasers by Wareham Police to a city like New Bedord that does not even have tasers to begin with.

As time goes on tasers will be become much more common as more and more Massachusetts police departments put them into service. But for now Wareham officers are among the fortunate few who can rely on a taser to help keep them safe.

Last edited by TBL (2009-05-01 10:35:14)

slagisDB wrote:

do other towns our size have a police log anywhere as large as ours??..keep up the good work WPD..

See post #16 above and look at that list. Look at the cities that Wareham is near on that list. If Bruce wants to compare Wareham to big city police departments maybe he should start with the low manpower compared to those cities on that list. Yeah money is tight but Bruce would try to stick it to the police even if Wareham was awash in cash.

TBL:
Yes the Inept Butt Monkey removed the tasers.
Just for the record, the Courier has linked to the articles Bruce quotes and Amnesty International has not cited Wareham, the AI article compains about taser use, but to put them in perspective they are opposed to stoning people too.

Don't cut the tazer budget, bro!



Seriously, if you do, then dudes like this will be left untazed...

Last edited by Hamatron5000 (2009-05-03 21:29:10)

This selectman seems to be doing well after being tazed....

Don't get too excited TBL, that only happens when the selectmen are law abiding citizens!

big john wrote:

Public safety money  ?  Maybe they'll pay for the fireworks  event with the money and still lay off  the police.
   Speaking of Coleman. What ever happened to the meeting. He doesn't want to come out and clear the air and prove he's a retired officer. And explain how he was actually a cop. And he never got in trouble in Boston....... He's suspiciously quiet....

He was just a special cop.  Years ago in Wareham, all firemen,  all school bus drivers, crossing guards and some construction supers were given that title, basically to stop traffic for the kids to cross the street off the bus and direct traffic around a construction site.  Now - I mean years and years and years ago.