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Lawmakers push to replace police with flagmen at some construction sites |
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Written by Matt Viser
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Friday, 28 March 2008 |
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Senate President Therese Murray and other Legislative leaders vowed today to use political muscle to fight the powerful police union and limit details at some construction sites. The proposal to use lower paid civilian flagmen in some work zones could, according to Murray’s office, help save $100 million over 20 years, which is $5 million annually. The police details have long been cash cows for officers. Lawmakers revealed few specifics, but said it would be studied over the next several weeks. They said the intent is not to eliminate all police details, but to spell out instances where they don't need to be used, such as dead ends or on less congested streets. Murray outlined the plan and a number of other transportation reforms at a press conference today in the Senate Reading Room as she was flanked by dozens of lawmakers, including Governor Deval Patrick and House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi. The proposals also include a plan to streamline construction projects, a crack down on retirement and pension plans at the MBTA, and a measure that would force the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority to explore getting rid of more manual toll collectors by adopting electronic tolling systems. But the police detail changes, which would allow lower paid civilian flagmen to direct traffic, are expected to be the most controversial. Critics of the police details have long argued the state and local municipalities should be allowed to save money by using flagmen, especially on less congested streets. The guidelines could be in place within months.
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Wisc. man who killed self in squad car had blade in wallet
By Tom Kertscher
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
MILWAUKEE - A man being driven to a mental hospital by two Washington County sheriff's deputies died after slitting his throat with a surgical scalpel blade he took from his wallet while he was handcuffed at the waist, the Winnebago County sheriff's...
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Razor wire added at Mexican border
Officials say the 5-mile stretch will protect agents. Critics contend it's inhumane and a terrible symbol.
By Richard Marosi
Los Angeles Times
SAN DIEGO - The U.S. Border Patrol is installing razor-sharp concertina wire atop border fencing between San Diego and Tijuana, marking a major shift in...
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Flying Dear Carcass Kills Driver
ELMIRA, Idaho (AP) - A man has died and a woman is in the hospital following a freak accident involving a deer north of Sandpoint.
Idaho State Police and Bonner County sheriff's deputies say the crash occurred Friday morning on U.S. Highway 95 near Elmira.
According to their reports, a deer was...
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Two Calif. departments unknowingly probe same mysterious murder
By Jill Leovy
Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES - Late one night in 2003, a body was found in a scorched minivan along a Watts riverbank.
The remains lay blackened and twisted in the front seat. The only recognizable parts were a Mexican cowboy-style belt buckle, a bracelet and a wad of cash in the...
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S.C. shooters videotape search for victim
By Ishmael Tate
The State (Columbia, S.C.)
COLUMBIA - The back-seat passenger, bobbing his head to a rap song playing in the truck, quickly flashes several gang signs to the video camera.
He leans back to show off a pistol from under his seat, clutching a can of Budweiser in a brown paper bag.
Up...
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Off Duty Officer Nabs Gunman At Church Festival
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Los Angeles police say a man with a rifle has shot three people, one of them critically, at a fundraising festival outside a San Fernando Valley church.
The shooting took place just before 11 a.m. today on a field at St. John Baptist de la Salle, a Roman Catholic church in...
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Firefighters Chase Robbers
DANIA BEACH, Fla. (WSVN) -- Police have detained two suspects who may have been involved in the armed robbery of a cell phone store with some help from a group of firefighters.
SWAT team members and police swarmed a neighborhood in search of the men who ditched their getaway car at around 1:30...
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Claim: Father Fed To Coyote's After Raping Son
*CORTEZ, Colo. -- *A 20-year-old man accused of killing and dismembering his father told police that after his father raped him, he shot his father, skinned and decapitated him and then fed his flesh to coyotes, according to court documents obtained by the Cortez Journal...
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Breaking News: Kennedy Hospitalized
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts has been hospitalized in Boston after suffering stroke-like symptoms, The Associated Press has learned. (http://www.lowellsun.com/breakingnews/ci_9294186)
Kennedy was taken to the hospital overnight, said an official who requested...
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Man Held In Colorado May Be Serial Killer
*DENVER -- *The FBI is looking at the possibility that four missing adults were murdered.They all had one link: They all knew Scott Lee Kimball.Kimball is currently sitting in the Jefferson County Jail on a weapons charge. Lafayette police also have several theft charges pending against...
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