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IBPO members join rally against Gov. Patrick

Police Protest Governor Patrick During Governors Conference in Boston

July 20, 2010

More than two thousand municipal police officers and their supporters, including IBPO members, marched through Boston in the July heat in informational pickets during the National Governors’ Conference to criticize Governor Deval Patrick’s treatment of the state’s police officers.

Officers, including the IBPO members from Springfield shown in the photo above, brought their informational picket to Fenway Park on the Friday evening of the conference as the governors took in a Red Sox game. The following day, they descended en masse on South Boston’s Castle Island recreational area, where Governor Patrick was hosting an event for the attendees.

“It was impressive to see so many officers and their families speaking out about their dissatisfaction with the governor,” said Ray McGrath, IBPO legislative director.

“Governor Patrick says he supports local police, but then he cuts Quinn Bill benefits, pushes through civilian flaggers, and tried to eliminate collective bargaining rights. What happened to the 1,000 new police officers he promised in his campaign? Not only did he fail to give our communities those new officers, but we lost officers on the street to civilian flaggers. That doesn’t support officers or their families or their communities.”

A coalition of police organizations took part in the informational pickets, but noticeably absent was the NEPBA.