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Date Posted: 09:53:12 07/18/10 Sun
Police organizations line up to support Cahill’s campaign
July 18, 2010
If there’s an emergency on election night, forget calling 911 and head over to the party Timothy P. Cahill is holding for his supporters.
What the independent candidate for governor currently lacks in fund-raising prowess and poll numbers, he is making up for in police endorsements. On Thursday, he picked up the backing of the Massachusetts Municipal Police Coalition and the Medford Police Patrolmen’s Association. They joined the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, Quincy Superior and Patrolmen’s Union, Springfield Police Union, and Hanover Police Union in endorsing Cahill.
“His commitment to law enforcement will allow our officers the appropriate assets and capabilities to ensure the continued protection of our state,’’ Harry MacGilvray, president of the Massachusetts Municipal Police Coalition and Medford Police Patrolmen’s Association, said in a statement.
Police unions are furious with Governor Deval Patrick for allowing flaggers, instead of uniformed officers, to control traffic at certain construction sites and for cutting a program, known as the Quinn Bill, that boosts the pay for officers who receive degrees.
Cahill strongly opposes Patrick’s position on those issues, asserting that it costs less to use officers at construction sites and that the Quinn Bill encourages an educated police force, thereby averting costly lawsuits from poor policing.
— Michael Levenson
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