Howie Carr-
Meet Joel Devine – suspended without pay since January, living in New Hampshire (according to the Attleboro Police), and charged with assaulting his gal pal.
Devine was only on the job for seven months before his ex obtained a 209A restraining order and he was arrested.
But don’t confuse this statie with Sgt. Bryan Erickson, also suspended without pay since January, living in New Hampshire and charged with assaulting his gal pal.
One difference is, Devine is charged with assaulting the female in Massachusetts, after which he has since headed north. Erickson is charged with throttling his woman in New Hampshire and then fleeing to Massachusetts.
Another difference: Devine remains a free man, out on bail. Erickson, who had a brief court appearance Thursday in Rockingham County, has been locked up for more than two months now.
As Devine awaits his next court appearance, the Herald has obtained the full incident report of the Attleboro Police Department on the multiple charges — assault on a family member, assault with a dangerous weapon and threats.more
As the “good” cops get fed up and retire or move to another state, these are the kind of guys they have left in blue states. Get used to it.
“Get use to it” is the very problem with American’s. In other words for it is acquiescence to hell of hell. It’s gradual like elimination of senator recall.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuoWykVNwyI
Texas has a few as well! https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2021/04/19/austin-texas-shooting-stephen-broderick-arrested/5181618844300/?ur3=1
The MSP was “consolidated” with various and sundry other redundant state departmental police in 1992; the law governing the agency was changed and it has been all downhill from there. They have been trying to consolidate the Consolidated State Police with the MBTA (train) Police ever since then; it’s only a matter of time.
If everyone who is eligible for retirement pulled the plug, that would be the end of the agency as a viable LE force.