Boston Police Patrolmen's Association

Boston Police Patrolmen's Association
Founded1965 (1965)
Headquarters295 Freeport St, Dorchester, MA, 02122
Location
Members1,500 (2020)
Key people
Larry Calderone, President
Publication
Pax Centurion
Websitebppa.org

The Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association (BPPA) is the largest of the police unions representing police officers in the Boston Police Department. As of 2020, it represents approximately 1,500 officers. The BPPA also respresents Boston Emergency Medical Services personal.


History

The BPPA was established in 1965, in response to new collective bargaining laws that allowed municipal employees to unionize (Mass. Gen. L. c. 149, §§ 178G-N).[1] As described by the association's attorney, its founding purposes was "to protect the patrolmen against widespread charges of police brutality and to hear civilian complaints."[2]

The union successfully negotiated a contract with the city of Boston in 1968. Despite the repeal that same year of a Massachusetts law which forbade law enforcement unions from affiliating with outside labor organizations, the BPPA did not follow the lead of other Massachusetts police unions and did not pursue affiliation with the AFL–CIO.[1]

Opposition to school desegregation

In 1975, efforts to integrate Boston schools via busing were complicated when hundreds of Boston police officers called in sick due to a BPPA contract dispute: a phenomenon termed the "blue flu." Officers complained that the busing plan violated the union contract by changing shifts and overtime schedules. The National Guard was ultimately called in to supplement the depleted law enforcement presence.[3] Many individual members of the BPPA were vocally against the busing effort, and the union's newsletter published antibusing material at the time.[4] A 1975 federal report of the United States Commission on Civil Rights found that "The Boston Police Patrolmen's Association seriously undermined its ability to help implement [school desegregation] by publicly opposing court-ordered desegregation."[5]

Contract negotiations

In 2004, BPPA members were joined in protest by other city labor unions after two years without renegotiation of a BPPA contract. The demonstrations became national news as they interfered with preparations for the 2004 Democratic National Convention at the FleetCenter in Boston.[6]

The BPPA has negotiated multiple bargaining agreements which resulted in large pay raises for Boston police officers. After the expiration of the 2012 union contract, a tense BPPA contract negotiation went to arbitration. The BPPA ultimately negotiated a contract that resulted in a 25% pay raise over 6 years.[7][8] Four years later, the 2016 contract negotiation also went to arbitration and further increased that pay hike, retroactively approving back-pay for a 29% raise between 2010 and 2016. Other city unions agreed to an average six-year raise of 12% over the same period.[9]

In December 2023, the union and Boston mayor Michelle Wu reached an agreement for a new contract.[10] Yawu Miller of the Bay State Banner described it as being, "the first [contract] in which [Boston] city officials have managed to secure significant reforms from the Patrolmen’s union."[10] Under the terms of the contract, it was agreed that officers would lose the option to use arbitration to appeal firings or other disciplinary measures if they are convicted of certain crimes.[10][11] The contract also saw the union agree to allow pay details of the department to be made public, and for their to be more strict outlines on when officers are permitted to take medical leave.[10] It was approved unanimously by the Boston City Council on December 13, 2024.[11] In March 2024, a similar contract was reached by Wu with the Boston Police Detectives Benevolent Society.[12]

Political advocacy

During the 1988 United States presidential election, the BPPA made headlines by endorsing Republican presidential candidate George H. W. Bush instead of the then-governor of Massachusetts, Michael Dukakis.[13][14]

In recent years, the BPPA has strongly lobbied, and sometimes litigated, state and city lawmakers around various policing-related legislation. In 2016, the BPPA sued to prevent the adoption of body-worn cameras.[15] The BPPA was a vocal critic of state and municipal police reform legislation passed in the aftermath of nationwide protests against racial injustice in summer 2020.[16][17]

The union is not a member of the Greater Boston Labor Council.[18]

Controversies

Pax Centurion newsletter

The BPPA's newsletter, Pax Centurion, came under scrutiny in 2012 for publishing material that was "hostile toward racial and religious minorities." The editor, Officer James Carnell, was criticized by many including the Boston police commissioner. Multiple advertisers cancelled their arrangements with the newsletter in response.[19][20]

Black Lives Matter

In 2020, BPPA president Michael Leary wrote a letter to the Boston Teachers' Union denouncing programming to promote racial justice in local schools. Leary referred to Black Lives Matter as an "antipolice organization" that "inaccurately demoniz[es] police as racists who kill innocent people." The letter drew criticism from the Teachers' Union, the NAACP, and some local police officers.[21]

Patrick Rose child rape scandal

In April 2021, an investigation by the Boston Globe revealed that the BPD and BPPA were aware of credible child sexual assault and molestation allegations against BPPA president Patrick Rose as early as 1995. Documents released by the Boston Police Department reveal that, after a brief punitive suspension to administrative duty, Rose was reinstated to full duty in 1997 after the BPPA sent a letter to BPD seeking information to assist them as they "consider[ed] whether to file a grievance" regarding Rose's suspension. Rose then went on to molest five other children during his next 23 years on the force.[22][23] In April 2022, Rose pleaded guilty to 21 counts of child rape and sexual assault, for which he was sentenced 10–13 years in prison.[24]

Thomas Nee conviction

In 2021, former president Thomas Nee pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit theft concerning programs receiving federal funds and embezzlement from an agency receiving federal funds. Nee admitted to submitting false and fraudulent overtime slips from 2015 to 2019 which allowed him to collect $16,642 for overtime hours he did not work. He was the fifteenth current or former BPD officer charged in connection with an investigation into overtime abuse at the department's evidence warehouse.[25]

List of presidents

Since its founding in 1965, the BPPA has had 10 presidents:[26]

  1. Richard "Dick" MacEachern (1965-?)
  2. Dan Sweeney (?-1972)
  3. Chester "Chet" Broderick (1972-?)
  4. Robert "Bobby" Guiney
  5. Don Murray
  6. Richard "Dick" Bradley
  7. Thomas "Tom" Nee (1997-2014)
  8. Patrick "Pat" Rose (2014-2018)
  9. Michael Leary (2018-2020)
  10. Lawrence "Larry" Calderone (2020 - present)

References

  1. ^ a b Russell, Rosalind (2005). A City in Terror: Calvin Coolidge and the 1919 Boston Police Strike. Beacon Press. pp. 232–233. ISBN 9780807096666. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  2. ^ Albert, Rory Judd (January 1975). A Time for Reform: A Case Study of the Interaction Between the Commissioner of the Boston Police Department and the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association (PDF). MIT. p. 6. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  3. ^ Kifner, John (8 September 1975). "Guardsmen in Boston for Busing Today". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  4. ^ Formisano, Ronald (2012). Boston Against Busing: Race, Class, and Ethnicity in the 1960s and 1970s. Univ of North Carolina Press. pp. 83, 145. ISBN 9780807869703. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  5. ^ United States Commission on Civil Rights (1975). Desegregating the Boston Public Schools: A Crisis in Civic Responsibility, a Report. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 108. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Pickets may delay Dems' preparations". NBC News. 8 June 2004. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  7. ^ Weir, Richard (27 September 2013). "Council: Tom Menino makes us play bad cop on contracts". Boston Herald. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  8. ^ Cramer, Maria (4 December 2013). "Boston City Council approves hefty police pay raise". Boston Globe. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  9. ^ Ryan, Andrew (24 February 2016). "City Council approves 29 percent pay hike for detectives". Boston Globe. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  10. ^ a b c d Miller, Yawu (13 December 2023). "Wu secures crucial reforms in new police contract". The Bay State Banner. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  11. ^ a b Rios, Simón (13 December 2023). "New Boston police contract could ease backlog for construction details". WBUR. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  12. ^ McDonald, Danny (March 4, 2024). "Wu announces agreement reached with Boston police detectives union". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  13. ^ Connell, Christopher (2 October 1992). "Bush Gets Police Group Endorsements". Associated Press News. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  14. ^ Furstenberg, Mark H. (27 September 1988). "Opinion | From Boston Police, Endorsement or Indictment?". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Boston police body camera program delayed by union lawsuit". Boston.com. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  16. ^ Gavin, Christopher (17 July 2020). "Mass. police unions cry foul over Senate-backed reform bill". Boston.com. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  17. ^ Tziperman Lotan, Gal (15 October 2020). "Boston police union pushes back on planned reforms, believes little will change". Boston Globe. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  18. ^ "Constituency Groups". Boston Labor Council. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  19. ^ Andersen, Travis (6 July 2012). "Editor of Boston police union newsletter urged to resign - The Boston Globe". Boston Globe. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  20. ^ Baker, Katie (27 June 2012). "Boston Police Department Union Has an Incredibly Fucked Up Newsletter". Jezebel. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  21. ^ McDonald, Danny (5 February 2020). "In letter, Boston police union blasts Black Lives Matter, drawing sharp rebuke - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  22. ^ Wintersmith, Saraya (20 April 2021). "Boston Police Documents Show Then Commissioner Knew Of Sex Charge Against Patrick Rose In 1996". News. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  23. ^ Ryan, Andrew (10 April 2021). "For years, the Boston Police kept a secret: the union president was an alleged child molester - The Boston Globe". Boston Globe. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  24. ^ Manzoni, Mike; Fortier • •, Marc. "'Monstrous, Monstrous Acts': Ex-Boston Police Union President Pleads Guilty to Child Rape". NBC Boston. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  25. ^ "Yukon salmon void, South Beach battle, Bloody Sunday project: News from around our 50 states". USA Today. October 5, 2021.
  26. ^ Rose, Patrick (September 2015). "50 years ago, eleven brave men made history and founded the BPPA" (PDF). Pax Centurion: 3. Retrieved 8 May 2021.

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