This footage was shot today just outside my office in Chinatown. You can clearly see the officer talking on a cell phone in the street, totally ignoring his surroundings, and arguably making the situation more dangerous by almost walking into a vehicle.
This is just another example of how police insistence that they be assigned details instead of far cheaper “flaggers” is just scare tactics. Deval Patrick is right. These guys should be taken off these double-time assignments ASAP. Stop exploiting tax payers and get back to serving and protecting!
Please share widely!
People could video hundreds of cops doing this all over the state but if one cop happens to do something heroic or happens to be at the right place at the right time, al we’ll hear about is how lucky we were that Officer X was working the detail. BS!