WOW!

Thank you Cara Winslow for asking the question.

Here is the situation: You have a mooch, ready to retire from another Town as Chief of Police, mooching off of Wareham for a year or so, telling his HOME Town newspaper that he was staying on as Chief, telling his BOS he was staying on as Chief, and at the same time he is playing footsie with your TA, trying to get the best deal he can.

VERY dedicated and loyal guy.

Someone needs to call his local paper and have them write a story telling the citizens of his Town that he is a back stabber and is trying to screw them by leaving. Let them get a new Chief. They deserve one.

Meanwhile, Plans A and B by the TA are mixed up.

Plan A should be call for the Civil Service Police Chief exam (he...the TA.. claims they have done that...is that true?....I think he is lying...I think cops and others would know if an exam was called for....if he is lying, he should be terminated immediately).

Plan B is that Chief Stanley will be guaranteed to be one of the five finalists.

Watch and see how fast Stanley runs out of Wareham.

This is all bullshit. Time for the Selectmen ( save Ms. Winslow) to be leaders and start holding the Ta's and his minions feet to the fire.

The Town is on the verge of bankruptcy...spend more time on saving money and not trying to increase a money deal for an old man retiring from one Town and being wooed by another.

What a slap in the face to the Police Officers of Wareham.

What a bunch of clowns.

lets see andover says in there newspaper he is staying there in andover,yet andrews saying he is in negotions with stanley ,what gives, is this a shakedown of wareham ,wareham cant afford more than 100 k,period, we need a police chief we can afford and we need it rite now . .

Menrva wrote:

Could someone please explain Plan "C"

The short answer: plans A, B, and C are Andrews and Donahue blowing smoke to cloud their Civil Service irregularities. A quick google search [Police Assessment Center Massachusetts] turns up a lot of deleted, but still cached, links.

http://www.mass.gov/Eoaf/docs/hrd/cs/raci/raci_memo.rtf

Regional Assessment Center Initiative
Dear Appointing Authorities and Chiefs of Police,

For the officially issued announcement of this program, please see the Regional Assessment Center Initiative Memo Regional Assessment Center Initiative Memo(RTF).

The Human Resources Division (HRD) is proud to announce the continuation of the Regional Assessment Center Initiative. This Initiative will help many communities enjoy the benefits of Assessment Center testing, with a much lower cost than a Delegated Assessment Center.

Please note: Communities who participated in the 2009 Regional Assessment Center Initiative are not eligible to participate again in 2010.

Please see the Regional Assessment Center Q&A document for information regarding how to submit a request to participate in this Initiative; requests to participate should be filed as soon as possible, and no later than February 1, 2010. Seats are limited and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

Assessment Centers are a series of exercises designed to test how well a candidate would perform in a job, using task simulations and role players to replicate real, on-the-job situations. Candidates are evaluated on qualities such as Decision-Making, Written and Oral Communication, Interpersonal Skills, and Leadership. As these qualities are important in the promotion of Chiefs and Deputy Police Chiefs, and yet difficult to measure in multiple-choice written exams, the use of Assessment Centers to evaluate promotional candidates is growing and gaining acceptance in Massachusetts. For many communities, the only barrier to using an assessment center is the relatively high costs associated with it, especially during these fiscal hard times.

Through the Regional Assessment Center Initiative, HRD is committed to overcome this barrier by offering civil service communities the option of a joint assessment center for the 2010 Police Chief and Deputy Police Chief exam series, at the same fee rate to applicants as our multiple-choice written promotional exam.  We are also delighted that the initiative has brought forth a partnership among the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association (MCoPA), EB Jacobs, an international public safety testing consultant, and HRD. In the upcoming months, MCoPA continue to provide assessors and subject matter expertise at no cost to the Commonwealth, and EB Jacobs will assist in test validity.

If your community anticipates a vacancy in the title of Police Chief or Deputy Police Chief within the next two years, HRD encourages you to join us in this testing initiative. We believe that this is an exceptional opportunity since the use of an Assessment Center has proven to be effective and insightful for both candidates and Appointing Authorities.

If you do not foresee a Police Chief or Deputy Police Chief vacancy in your community, you can still join us and support this initiative by serving as an assessor or by assisting us at the testing site.

For more information regarding the Regional Assessment Center Initiative, please view the Regional Assessment Center Q&A document.  Appointing Authorities who have additional questions regarding the Initiative may contact Ms. Loren Columbare at (617) 878-9741 or Loren.N.Columbare@massmail.state.ma.us. This document will be updated as needed to address the most commonly asked questions, so be sure to check back often for more information. We look forward to hearing from you.

11/2009

justme wrote:

Cara wants to ask a question and make a comment.  Donahue takes over.  Very rude to cut someone off in mid sentence.

Justme, if Donahue or anyone else shit on you like that, you'd bite their head off and laugh about it.

We all of us have to get mad and object to this crap.

Doesn't matter, they do it all the time.  It is still rude.

And Bill, I've had people try to do that to me and I put them in their place immediately.  Biting their head off comes if they don't get the message - immediately.  I have to fume a while before I can laugh about it.  That's just my nature, I guess.

Oh, Bill - I am not really polite when I tell someone off!  I have a tone of authority (don't know where it comes from) that could cut someone down to their ankles.  And I don't yell or swear, because then all they hear is the yelling - not what I am telling them.  Sometimes I treat them like a second grader and TELL them to repeat what I just told them, back to me.  Works almost everytime.  I got my training on the "seagulls" that would come down for the summer from the city and try to step all over you.  Oh, how I miss those days.

What kind of game is this guy playing, and why are the administrators of Wareham even dealing with this guy?

His own brother Police Officer, and Chairman of the BOS in N.Andover,(strange form of government to allow a cop to be a Selectman) says the man promised to stay in their Town...you know...the Town this guy is CHIEF of Police...

He is a snake. He is playing one Town against the other. Let him play somewhere else and Wareham call for a Civil Service exam, get a list of candidates, transparently interview them, and pick a Chief of Police full time.

Someone young that is willing to devote his(or her) life to the Town of Wareham, not some old man looking to retire with the best "golden parachute" he can receive.

What the hell has he ever done for Wareham to justify kissing his ass so much?

Get real...get a Chief.

Let Stanley go back to N. Andover and do his Irish dance there and kiss the asses of those used to it and expect it of him.

Sleep with snakes and you will be bitten.

This whole thing is consistent with the incompetence of personnel hires, bus contracts that never materialize, involvement in affairs outside of the purview of the BOS, no reserve fund, more money about to be smacked against you for snow removal, millions in debt and no way out that has been presented.

I do hope you have candidates for Selectmen that are willing to speak up and speak out and make promises that they will keep.

This may be the most important election in Wareham in 50 years...no lie.

Ah, DanO. another of our reticent bloggers. Please tell us, in some detail, what you really think.

Now. i have posted before and it bears repeating: Stanley is all about a pension play. Well, OK, no doubt most of us would work 6-7 days a week for a limited time  -  say 2 years  - to boost our pension by 50 % give or take. Isn't it strange that BoBo and the real press have given Stanley a free pass on that rather simple question? and, as a follow-up, how is that pension calculated between the Essex Regional Retirement System and the Plymouth County Retirement system? and, how much is the Town of Wareham on the hook for in this retirement ploy?

There is one person at 54 Marion Road who knows, or ought to know. He (correct pronoun) is strangely silent. Perhaps he (ibid) will allow us to hear some real numbers thru a certain website, since there is currently NO print edition thereof. It appears that he (ibid) eschews any other media outlets, except for his beloved BoBo; as was the case during the health insurance fund issue. Time for the ol' parking lot rendevous.

As for Stanley, it doesn't matter to me if the Chief + Chief is the greatest law enforcement officer to tread the ground of Plymouth county since Myles Standish himself. that is not the point. For me, it ain't about Stanley, the individual; or Stanley the professional.

the point is the tainted, slippery, slimey, back-door methods your Town officials have used to bring him into the mix. If this were the only example, then one might say that the civil service requirements were considered a problem. But, this approach has been used over & over & over to address key personnel matters during the reign of terror that the BoS unleashed upon the Town. there has been a persistent attitude from the BoS over the past few years that "we know better". Oh, really? Where is the evidence?

Where is the over-arching, overwhelming, over-the-top evidence? don't look too hard  -  there ain't no such animal.

One more thing. Stanley embarked on a personal mission to pad his pension, within the then-current rules. Fair enuf. The General Court (i.e the state legislature) saw fit to change the rules, to the detriment of the Stanleys of the state. But...did they?

In a conversation with an administrator of one of the retirement boards in the state (not Essex or Plymouth), the point was raised that the changes voted are being challenged in the courts. So,  will the chief + chief be allowed to spike? will the Town's T/C ever reveal the cost to the Town of Stanley's spiking play? Will Stanley ever defecate or abdicate?

Stay tuned....

How nice it would be to channel all of the energy that is used by these people to find ways to "double dip" into resolving the serious issues that face Wareham.

Since it would be ridiculous to pay the Chief of Police more money than his "boss", the TA, does that mean the TA is due for a BIG raise?

Watch next week's love fest....decide then.

Well...isn't it nice to be so loved by your own neighbors and Town's people?

According to all accounts in Wareham, he walks on water.

A mooch is a mooch is a mooch.

It's tough to break up a group of mooches that spend all day trying to figure ways to mooch more... especially if one of the mooches is the boss of the other mooches.

A couple of points from the Eagle-Tribune editorial deserve comment.

"The job of a police chief does not run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., five days a week. A city or town relies on its police chief to be available 24 hours a day, ready to respond to any crisis."

They are talking about North Andover! Does that principle apply any less in Wareham? In case you may have missed it, there appears to be a crime wave in the Town of Wareham. Some may call it a "crisis". Isn't it time that there was a full-time Chief IN wareham to address the current crime spree? Make that: beyond time.

"Stanley says he's also working in Wareham nights and weekends. He commutes between the two towns in a vehicle provided by Wareham."

Well. Lotsa stuff in that litle sentence.

1. They mention that the distance between the two Towns is 80 miles. Seems a bit light to me, but let's go with it. The first question should be: Is Stanley on the clock for the two hours (that's right, try it) each way? If yes, then aren't you all just wonderful sports to pay someone mega-bucks to COMMUTE. You all get that perk at work, right?

2. the car, "a vehicle provided by Wareham." Well, isn't that just ducky. Not only do you pay someone for his drive-time, you pay for the vehicle, gas, maintenance, etc. those Wareham taxpayers, a real sporting crowd. Just ask Stanley.

3. With what you are paying the part-time portion of the Chief/Chief, you could have had a FULL-TIME Chief over the past 17 months, and probably many more going forward. Why is there so little outrage over this clearly defined outrage. Why is there so little demand for a quick & final resolution of the situation?

4. This fiasco has been brought to you courtesy of your Board of Select-bozos. Two of them may be up for re-election. One of them, coming off a life-shattering defeat last April, has the temerity to re-enter the fray. Here's your role in all of this: Send a message. Tell Bren-duh, Jane on-the-wane, and Cronan the Barbarian that you disagree with their sloppy, inefficient and ineffective handling of the hiring of one of the most important employees in the Town. How?

VOTE

VOTE FOR CHANGE

REMEMBER IN APRIL

danoconnell wrote:

Wareham doesn't owe [Rick Stanley] a damn thing. Wareham DOES owe the men and women of the Wareham Police Department the right to advance in their chosen field of law enforcement. Why should you be a training ground for a person that can serve you for thirty years only to lose them to another Town because you don't want to reward them for their hard work and dedication.

Loyalty wouldn't be an issue with a local cop, would it?

I'll find a place on my wall for that quote, right next to the painfully literate remarks of other notable Wareham cops. I've said this before but it's worth repeating. The intellect and writing skills of this town's police department outshine any other I've encountered. I'm not altogether sure why but maybe they've always had the wage and hiring pick of the litter.

Stanley has more crap than a Christmas goose.

The people of N. Andover can't trust him, and either can Wareham.

No loyalty, except to himself.  Get a new Chief. Call for a State-wide exam, let the cops in Wareham have a shot at it, if they don't qualify or pass the test, so be it.

It's time to hire a young Chief willing to grow with Wareham for the next three decades.

How will the BOS justify paying a Chief more than a TA?

A young Chief will work for a decent salary, consistent with the salary for a Chief in a Town of a population of 20,000 people, and will grow with the job, as well as his/her salary.

The last one says it all.

No loyalty.