Conley

Detectives Benevolent Society

District Attorney Dan Conley's stunt over turf is embarrassing.

The fourth grade style antics from Conley this summer earned him a well deserved NO CONFIDENCE VOTE by the executive board of the Boston Police Detectives Benevolent Society. Conley's tantrum reached new heights of absurdity when on Tuesday

October 2, 2007 after agreeing to meet with the Detectives Society on October 11, 2007 he abruptly cancelled the meeting without explanation.

We never came looking for this fight and we never expected that a District Attorney in charge of prosecutions for a county with 687,000 residents would willingly jeopardize homicide investigations by placing his political ego in front of his political responsibility.

Be that as it may, we as a union representing 350 members have an obligation to stand up and protect our work, and as detectives, we have an obligation to the public which we cannot allow to be compromised thereby forcing us to take dramatic action we are presently engaged in.

We are further obligated, by Dan Conley's silly bravado and stubbornness, to educate the public on this issue in order to allow the people of Suffolk County to be the final arbitrator in this matter.

It is painfully obvious that "picketing" is indeed a difficult task, one that we would like to avoid. However the basic responsibility of a bargaining agency is to protect the work of the members, and that requires some sacrifice. Dan Conley has made a mistake and it's an error that could only be made by an uniformed politician, he has failed to calculate the fallout. It is up to us to inform the public and expose Conley's error. THAT IS WHY WE PICKET.

We can all agree that picketing alone will not change Conley's mind, but that is not our intention. We first inform the public and then force Conley into the neighborhoods where we can confront him in a neutral venue. Although it now seems an impossible task to change th District Attorney's mind, we must make him pay politically. Conley took our jobs we must take his reputation. We must always be aware that the State Police are watching our collective reaction to this issue and they are always ready to pounce!

We only get one chance at this! So although it may be difficult and some of us may disagree with our response to this issue, for one reason or another, we must remain in solidarity or we'll be assisting the State Police!

BOSTON POLICE

BPDBS:

Detectives Benevolent Society

District Attorney Dan Conley's stunt over turf is embarrassing.

Quick Links