Monday, April 1, 2013
Wellesley Police publish a video news update on the website, covering local topics.
The safest town in America, and a meeting with a congressman make up the latest update from the Wellesley Police Department. The latest WPD Web News Update (see videos, right) focuses on two major topics: the town being ranked 15th safest in the country, and Chief Terrence Cunningham meeting with Congressman Joseph Kennedy III. The first minute of the video focuses on a recent study on Neighborhood Scout indicates that, thus far in 2013, Wellesley ranked 15 out of the top 100 safest communities nationwide. The town has moved up from from 19th place in 2012. The odds of falling victim to a crime in Wellesley are in 1 in 7271, compared to the Massachusetts-wide odds of 1 in 233. The second half of the video catches up with Chief …
Friday, March 22, 2013
Mayors Against Illegal Guns airing ad featuring Wellesley Police Chief Terrence Cunningham and other law enforcement professionals.
Mayors Against Illegal Guns recently released an ad featuring a number of law enforcement professionals, including Wellesley Police Chief Terrence Cunningham. Chief Cunningham spoke in Washington earlier in the year with the National Law Enforcement Partnership to Prevent Gun Violence to call on congress to put an end to gun violence. He also met with the President on the same subject. He issued the following statement with the ad: Background checks are not only a preventative measure to stop criminals from obtaining deadly weapons – they’re also a critical law enforcement tool that help us solve crimes and keep our streets safe. Police officers across the country are risking their lives every day to protect our communities from the …
Friday, March 1, 2013
NECN's BroadSide examines the Weston Road hit-and-run crash and the verdict with cycling advocates.
We may never know why the grand jury elected not to indict in the hit-and-run crash that took the life of 41-year-old Alex Motsenigos, but some suggest it is a larger issue than one case. The incident was a topic of discussion on NECN's BroadSide with Jim Braude earlier this week. He sat down with David Watson, executive director of MassBike, and Josh Zisson, a lawyer who writes the Bike Safe Boston blog. Both spoke to the Globe in their report on the outcome. The failing, Watson told Braude, was not on the police or prosecutors, but on the members of the grand jury connecting more to the driver of the truck, Dana McCoomb. He supposed a lack of empathy could have been a factor. The grand jury proceedings are secret, so Zisson could not …
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Wellesley Police Chief and a number of law enforcement groups came together in Washington, D.C. to speak on gun control.
Yesterday, Mr. Cunningham went to Washington. Correction: Chief Cunningham went to Washington. Wellesley Police Chief Terrence Cunningham, speaking as Vice President of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), joined a number of other law enforcement officers in Washington, DC. The group was calling on Congress to enact several gun control measures. In the D.C. press conference yesterday, Cunningham said, “In the years since the terrorist attacks of 2001, over 300,000 American lives have been lost to gun violence. That is more than 70 lives a days. 70 families that have been devastated by the loss of loved one. A parent deprived of their son or daughter, a spouse deprived of their partner or a child deprived of their …
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Chief Terrence Cunningham among 25 law enforcement leaders gathering this week to demand stronger gun laws.
Chief Terrence Cunningham, who is also Vice President of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), is among the law enforcement leaders who will be calling on Congress to take action on gun control, according to a press release (below). A total of 25 representatives of the National Law Enforcement Partnership to Prevent Gun Violence will come together for a press conference on Wednesday afternoon to call on congress to, According to the release, "Law enforcement supports these measures because they know from experience they will prevent dangerous people from acquiring firearms and prevent weapons designed for war from inflicting the devastating carnage seen too often in communities all across America." Cunningham joins …
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Before the crash, Patch readers voted the Weston Road-Linden Street intersection one of the most dangerous in Wellesley.
A Massachusetts grand jury returned no indictments against truck driver Dana McCoomb in the Weston Road hit-and-run from last year. The Boston Globe reports that the area cycling community is reacting with anger to this case. During the trial, Wellesley Police Chief Terrence Cunningham tells the Globe he got the impression that one juror did not understand that, in this situation, the driver of the truck was obligated to yield to the cyclist. “Personally, I don’t feel they [the grand jury] followed the law,” Chief Cunningham said to the Globe. “But that’s the process.” Warning against speculating on the jury's decision, Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey added that he thinks there may be an overall bias against cyclists, …
Mike Brennan
4:57 pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2013
The sad part of your idiotic comments is that you don't seem to recognize the tragedy for all involved here regardless of fault. That said, current laws allow cyclists to ride on the road. It's actually against the law for them (us) to ride on sidewalks. But let me guess, you're the guy who brakes for a squirrel in the middle of the road and then 1/4 mile later goes into a rage about a couple of … more ›