Another High Ranking NYPD Officer Tries To Retire

Deputy Chief David Colon, the commanding officer of Brooklyn Housing, has been put on desk duty.

[From article]

Yet another high-ranking NYPD officer has put in his retirement papers amid the FBI’s gift-for-favors probe into the department, The Post has learned.
NYPD Deputy Chief of Housing David Colon filed for retirement at One Police Plaza on Tuesday – the day after Deputy Inspector James Grant put in his papers, police sources said.
Colon allegedly had close ties to a former Harlem restaurant owner, Hamlet Peralta, who was recently indicted by the Manhattan US Attorney’s Office on charges related to running a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme. Colon has been transferred to desk duty.
The head of Colon’s union said the deputy chief retired for “personal reasons.
“He has a newborn child he would like to devote all of his attention to,” Roy Richter, president of the NYPD Captains Endowment Association, said in a statement.
Five other NYPD honchos caught up in the scandal are expected to file their retirement papers in the coming days, including Deputy Housing Chief Michael Harrington, Deputy Chief Eric Rodriguez and Deputy Chief Andrew Capul, sources said.

http://nypost.com/2016/05/25/another-cop-tries-to-retire-amid-nypd-corruption-probe/

Another cop tries to retire amid NYPD corruption probe
By Larry Celona, Shawn Cohen, Jamie Schram and Tina Moore
New York Post
May 25, 2016 | 12:22pm | Updated

NYPD Detective Charged With Failure To Cooperate

NYPD Detective Michael Milici

[From article]
An NYPD community-affairs officer who is the target of a federal corruption probe was hit with departmental charges for failing to cooperate, police said Thursday.
Detective Michael Milici was placed on modified duty last month after invoking his Fifth Amendment rights before a grand jury.
Milici, a 20-year veteran who served in Brooklyn’s 66 Precinct, was either served Thursday directly or through counsel, NYPD spokesman Stephen Davis said.
[. . .]
Milici was being questioned about his relationship with two businessmen suspected of offering cash and gifts to police brass in exchange for favors, such as free NYPD security at special events and rides to and from the airport.
The Post reported exclusively that Milici and other police officials took at least one trip on a private plane with the men in 2014, and that at least some on board allegedly had sex with a hooker dressed as a flight attendant. So far, nine mostly high-ranking officers have been transferred or had their jobs modified as a result of the federal investigation.
A member of the Jewish Orthodox community was hauled into federal court on bribery charges in April as part of the probe for helping expedite gun licenses for members of his community. Shaya Lichtenstein was secretly recorded by the feds bragging that he helped obtain gun licenses through his connections in the unit.
Since then, the NYPD has suspended 37 gun licenses and 17 are pending suspension after an internal investigation, Chief of Department James O’Neill said. He said 17 more are pending suspension.
“When a license is suspended, the weapons are surrendered,” O’Neill said. “Then thorough review of the license application takes place.”

http://nypost.com/2016/05/12/detective-at-center-of-nypd-scandal-refuses-to-assist-investigation/

Detective in NYPD scandal charged with failing to cooperate
By Tina Moore and Shawn Cohen
New York Post
May 12, 2016 | 4:06pm

Cambridge, MA Police Commissioner To Retire In May 2016

Robert Haas, Cambridge Police Commissioner
Photo: Cambridge Police Department

[From article]
A week after the city manager announced his retirement in June, Police Commissioner Robert Haas said he will also retire this May, after nine years leading the department.
“It’s been 40 years for me in law enforcement. There’s no better place to serve as a capstone in ending my career,” Haas told the Chronicle. “My view is I want to leave at a high point, not in a situation where I regret leaving or something has happened. My decisions are based on my whole respect for this organization. Things are coming together and it’s just the right time.”
By focusing on community — from the homeless and seniors to at-risk youth and those suffering from mental illness — Haas has led the force in cutting-age policing, his colleagues say.
[. . .]
“He’s brilliant in the way he thinks about policing, and how he sets the example for his team,” said Rossi. “I love the way he engages the community and I love the fact that he’s kept the lid on Cambridge through tough situations. That’s a high-stress job. That’s not a job when you go home at night you leave behind. … His mark will remain here for a long, long time.”
[. . .]
“It may be heresy to say, but we, [police departments in general], set ourselves up [for a negative image] in the way we train our officers to be warriors in the community, fight crime, fight drugs. But that’s not who we are in a community,” Haas told the Chronicle. “The people who most need and are most deserving of our services are the people who’ve been victimized by police in the name of trying to make the community safer and that has made them feel disenfranchised.”
[. . .]
Prior to his role in Cambridge, Haas served as secretary of public safety for former Gov. Mitt Romney, as well as undersecretary of law enforcement and homeland security, where he oversaw such agencies as Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, the Department of Corrections and the State Police.
He was chief of police for 12 years in Westwood, and before that was a chief in New Jersey.
[. . .]
The department has two superintendents — Burke and Joseph Wilson, who was promoted to superintendent of operations last year — and five deputy superintendents. The choice will most likely be among those seven, said Rossi who will sit down with Haas to narrow down the pool.
The last three times a new commissioner was appointed, the process was “elaborate,” according to Rossi, with citizens, police professionals and business people all having a say in the selection. Rossi said while the interim commissioner is in place, he will figure out this year’s process, which will most likely be similar to past years.
Haas’ announcement comes just a week after Rossi said he will retire in June after 45 years of working for the city. Having two major figures in the city’s administration retiring within a month of each other was inevitable, according to Rossi.
“We’re in an era of baby boomers; there are a lot of people in this age bracket,” he said. “We’ve focused on the strength of the teams, so in the event of someone leaving, there are people behind them who certainly can keep the ship running and I’m sure we have that in the police department, which gives me great confidence.”
The strength of the police department and its commanding staff is a big reason why Haas decided to retire at this time.
“I’m particularly proud of the members of this department,” Haas said. “They’ve gone through a number of changes in a short period of time and that speaks to their character and their capacity and how devoted they are to this city.”
[. . .]
Haas said he didn’t just fall into this line of work; policing was his chosen profession. So he can’t imagine not continuing to work in this field in some capacity.
“I love policing. It’s noble work and I don’t want to divorce myself from it,” he said. “I can’t go cold turkey, so I suspect I’ll do a lot of work around the policing arena. It’s a critical time in policing. We’re in a crisis, and there’s opportunity to make significant change. And I can’t wait to be a part of that.”

http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/news/20160323/cambridges-top-cop-to-retire-in-may

Cambridge's top cop to retire in May
Police Commissioner Robert Haas announced he will retire this May, after nine years leading the department.
By Amy Saltzman
Cambridge Chronicle
Posted Mar. 23, 2016 at 1:15 PM
Updated at 1:37 PM
CAMBRIDGE

Cambridge, MA City Manager To Retire

Richard Rossi, Cambridge City Manager

City Manager Rossi did an admirable job keeping the city running smoothly. Streets were cleared of snow after storms. Police keep the streets safe for residents and visitors. Businesses thrive, and universities educate the next generation of citizens. He was unable to teach city councilors not to talk so much repeating what each other said at council meetings. They continue to waste everyone's time including the city manager's. Congratulations Mr. Rossi.

[From article]
The city manager position, arguably the most powerful in the city, carries great influence in Cambridge. As the chief executive of the city government, the city manager is responsible for enforcing laws and ordinances, advising the City Council and implementing their decisions, appointing city officials, and crafting the city budget.
The decision to retire was difficult, Rossi said, in part because he has worked for Cambridge for more than four decades.
“I have worked for the city for 45 years. I’ve been city manager for the past three, and I’ve been deputy city manager for 32 years prior to that,” Rossi said. He also served as acting director of the Water Department and acting commissioner of public works during his tenure with the city government.



Rossi said he believes his ability to work with his office to serve the residents of Cambridge as best he can has made his time as city manager effective.
“We have an incredibly talented and competent team of public officials,” Rossi said. “This is an outstanding city that is far and ahead the best in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.”
City officials praised Rossi for his work bringing organized lobbyists and community members together during his term as city manager.
[. . .]
While Rossi’s contract ends in June, the City Council requested that he remain involved in the government should a successor not be found before the contract deadline. Rossi said he intends to stay on as long as needed to facilitate an “orderly transition.”

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2016/3/21/city-manager-to-retire/

Cambridge City Manager Rossi Announces Retirement
By JOSHUA J. FLORENCE,

Harvard CRIMSON STAFF WRITER
March 21, 2016
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Richard Rossi, City Manager

Here's a man who can look back on his life and be proud of what he accomplished. He was unable to condition the City Council to shorten their speaking time in order to reduce global warming. Cambridge human hot air continues increasing unabated.

[From article]
After 45 years serving the city of Cambridge, City Manager Richard Rossi announced Friday that he plans to retire this June.
With a palpable love of Cambridge and a seemingly endless knowledge of its inner workings, Rossi is an irreplaceable leader, say his colleagues.
[. . .]
But Rossi, a champion of affordable housing and public education, leaves a legacy that will be hard to replicate.
Rossi was born and raised in the city, living in East Cambridge and graduating from the city’s public schools, making him a unique advocate for residents. He said he knows first hand the importance of providing low-income housing as his own father lived at Millers River public housing.
“We lived in really cheap apartments, to be frank, and that was really because of rent control,” Rossi told the Chronicle last week. “As I got older, I recognized how important housing stability was to my father and it was really troubling him. He had to move out of Cambridge for two years until he was accepted into Millers River and in those two years he was miserable."
"I always felt the great thing about this city was the people from all different spectrums of life," he added. "I believe it’s an important thing for a city like this to maintain.”
Rossi’s service began at an early age, working summers at the Department of Public Works. He started an internship at the Water Department in 1971, which led to his first full-time job in the city. He eventually became the deputy city manager, working alongside then-city manager Bob Healy for 32 years.
[. . .]
I’ve really hung on for some time and I felt conflicted,” said Rossi. “I’ve been here 45 years and I’ve loved everything I’ve done. I’ve enjoyed my job. My family has been so supportive and so great and never not considered what I want to do. So it was the right thing for me to do.”
[. . .]
Turning Danehy Park from a 50-acre “dump” into an award-winning park is one of Rossi’s crowning achievements. He is also proud of his work in rebuilding and renovating the public schools, including transforming the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School into a near net-zero building.
But most of all, Rossi has enjoyed being a mentor figure and friend to his colleagues.
“Being in a position where I can influence the lives of employees, to mentor them and help them. … I really feel I was able to help people who have come along and have become great leaders in this city,” said Rossi.
It’s this connection to Cambridge and its workers that make Rossi an especially unique leader, his colleagues say.
[. . .]


Lisa Peterson, Deputy City Manager

Rossi said part of the reason he feels comfortable retiring at this time in his career is that the city is in great shape with consistent AAA bond ratings, plenty of money in the reserves and strong leadership.
“The quality of the people who are leading this administration right now and the fact that they’re natural-born collaborators, is just amazing,” said Rossi. “The fact that we have that kind of leadership, across the board, the strength that we’ve built in all these departments and having Lisa [Peterson] as the deputy, I feel the city is in good hands.”
At a Government Operations and Rules Committee meeting in Sullivan Chambers on Friday, Rossi made the announcement that he would not seek to extend his contract. The news came as a shock to his colleagues, many of whom were unaware of his plans. An emotional Rossi had trouble getting through his announcement, while his wife, Jane, stood by his side.
[. . .]
Rossi said Peterson would be a great choice as the interim manager, and he hopes the council moves in that direction.
“She is great with public process, great with people and employees and loves this city,” said Rossi. “I would hope that the council would really think long and hard. … You do need someone acting and there’s no better person. If asked, that’s the advice I’d be giving.”

http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/news/20160311/breaking-rossi-to-retire-as-cambridge-city-manager-in-june

BREAKING: Rossi to retire as Cambridge city manager in June
By Amy Saltzman
Cambridge Chronicle
Posted Mar. 11, 2016 at 11:00 AM
Updated at 3:23 PM
CAMBRIDGE Chronicle

Retired NYPD Officer Killed On Thanksgiving By Hit-and-run Driver

Yvette Molina

Photo: Stephen Yang

[From article]

A 56-year-old Brooklyn woman who was killed on Thanksgiving by an out-of-control hit-and-run driver was a churchgoing, retired NYPD cop who spent her time taking care of stray cats, friends and family said on Friday.
Yvette Molina, a breast-cancer survivor, was getting into her Toyota Sienna van in East New York at about 7:15 p.m. Thursday when Michael McBean slammed his white Mercedes-Benz sedan into her, authorities said. The crash left 11 other people injured.
“She was so loving. She was so caring,” said Molina’s tearful niece Janna Bolt, 28. “She was very into her church, her spirituality. She loved everybody. She was a cat lover. She just did all she could.”
Molina, who retired from the NYPD about 10 years ago after a nearly 20-year career, stopped into a nearby deli to buy a newspaper just before she was struck at Linden Boulevard and Pennsylvania Avenue, Bolt said.
“I was devastated,” she said. “It’s Thanksgiving. Who wants to find out their family member passed away on Thanksgiving?”
Retired Detective Verna McLean, 54, who worked with Molina in Brooklyn’s 77th Precinct, said she was always giving stray cats a home.
[. . .]
McBean hit a Nissan Murano that was stopped at a stoplight before plowing into Molina.
While trying to flee, McBean caused a pileup when he hit a Dodge Caravan that, in turn, slammed into a Dodge Charger, which then hit an Audi Q7, cops said. All of the cars had been stopped at a red light.
McBean then tried to flee on foot and was chased by city EMS medics, police said.
Struggling to escape them, McBean allegedly ran back to the scene of the crash and ultimately into the arms of police.
McBean was charged Friday with attempted robbery, obstruction of governmental administration, disorderly conduct and leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in death.
He has five prior arrests on his record, including two for driving with a suspended license, police sources said. He had two sealed arrests.
http://nypost.com/2015/11/27/woman-killed-in-thanksgiving-hit-and-run-was-retired-nypd-cop/

Woman killed in Thanksgiving hit-and-run was retired NYPD cop
By Khristina Narizhnaya and Natalie Musumeci
New York Post
November 27, 2015 | 3:18pm

Lasting Cultural Changes To Society From Baby Boomers

Dance party: The development has gobbled up more than 20,000 acres (8,094 hectares) of pastureland, hay fields and vegetable farms in three rural counties, dominating most of the historic small towns nearby in both size and population.

[From article]
U.S. baby boomers have been on the planet for nearly 70 years, long enough to reshape almost every aspect of American life. Rock culture, consumerism and political activism are part of their legacy.
So too are the lasting changes they've made to the landscape. The modern American suburb was carved out of the unspoiled countryside around established cities to serve as the boomer nursery. As many boomers remained there to raise their own families, suburbs sprawled outward exponentially, plowing under the forests, farmland and natural habitats and covering the land with asphalt and lawn turf.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3253570/Boomers-leave-generations-imprint-U-S-landscape.html

The retirement community bigger than MANHATTAN: Florida oasis is home to more than 100,000 over-sixties and 45 golf clubs
Baby boomers are putting their final stamp on the landscape even further out of town in age-restricted communities like The Villages in Florida
At 34 square miles, The Villages is already bigger than Manhattan and approaching the size of central Paris, and it's still growing
The Villages is a self-contained exurb, a housing island sprung like an exotic fruit from rural central Florida, untethered to a city
By Reuters
Daily Mail (UK)
Published: 09:30 EST, 29 September 2015 | Updated: 09:41 EST, 30 September 2015

Secret Service Agent Being Investigated For Drinking On Duty Retires

Marc Connolly


[From article]
The decision by Marc Connolly comes ahead of the public release of a report concluding that he and a colleague were likely impaired by alcohol on the night of March 4 as they drove into a temporary barricade and into an active crime scene, according to government officials briefed on the matter.
The findings of the report, scheduled to be released Thursday, prompted Secret Service Director Joseph P. Clancy to place both men on administrative leave pending further punishments, the officials said.
[. . .]
Secret Service officers on duty at the White House that night told investigators they believed one or both men were under the influence based on their odd behavior, the report will say. Some officers reported that the agents smelled of alcohol.
[. . .]
The investigation also found that numerous high-ranking Secret Service supervisors chose not to report the incident, and that it was omitted from a daily report of significant events at the compound provided to Clancy.
The officials’ silence left Clancy, the newly named Secret Service director, in the dark for five days while rumors of the incident spread among current and former Secret Service employees.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-agent-retiring-amid-probe-into-conduct-at-white-house/2015/05/13/86de428c-f806-11e4-a13c-193b1241d51a_story.html

Secret Service agent retiring amid probe into conduct at White House
By Carol D. Leonnig

May 13, 2015 at 6:48 PM

Transforming The CIA

The White House did not say when the CIA will begin taking orders from the KGB. 

[From article]

As a practice, the CIA doesn’t identify the head of the clandestine service by name. But Frank Archibald was outed in a Twitter post in 2013, and details of his biography were known to some journalists. Archibald, who was 57 when he took the job that year, reportedly served tours in Pakistan and Africa and also headed the CIA’s Latin America division. The Associated Press reported that Archibald "once ran the covert action that helped remove Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic from power."
Archibald’s retirement comes at a transitional moment for the CIA. The agency’s director, John Brennan, is considering major changes to the agency’s structure, including the possible creation of new intelligence centers and doing away with the traditional division of CIA into its analysis group and the clandestine service.

[. . .]

The CIA has also seen some shakeups in the senior ranks of late. Earlier this month, President Obama tapped David Cohen to be the CIA’s new deputy director. Cohen, a senior Treasury Department official, has been the chief architect of the administration’s sanctions regime against Iran.
Also this month, Lt. Gen. John F. Mulholland Jr., who previously was deputy commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, became the CIA’s new associate director for military affairs. In recent years, the CIA and special operators have worked more closely together than ever, most famously in the successful raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan 2011.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/23/exclusive-cia-s-top-spy-steps-down.html

01.23.15
Exclusive: CIA’s Top Spy Steps Down

Shane Harris

Jon Stewart Retires From Misleading A Generation

Bill O’Reilly and Jon Stewart onstage at O’Reilly Vs. Stewart 2012: The Rumble In The Air-Conditioned Auditorium.
Photo: Getty Images

[From article]
Brian Williams lied about his personal exploits a few times. Jon Stewart was unabashedly and habitually dishonest.
Though Stewart has often claimed he does a “fake news show,” “The Daily Show” isn’t that. It’s a real news show punctuated with puns, jokes, asides and the occasional moment of staged sanctimony.
It contains real, unstaged sound bites about the days’ events and interviews about important policy matters.
[. . .]
Get both sides of the story?
Hey, I’m just a comedian, man. Try to be responsible about what the real issues are? Dude, that’s too heavy, we just want to set up the next d- -k joke.
[. . .]
College students, of course, are both little acquainted with realities of adult existence and walled off from conservative views, so they’re the perfect audience for Stewart’s shtick, which depends on assumptions that are as unquestioned as they are false.
[. . .]


Jon Stewart’s defense of Brian Williams was “The Daily Show” in a nutshell — laugh off a scandal and change the subject.

Photo: Getty Images
If Stewart were a public defender, he’d be even funnier than he is as a comic.
What judge or jury could fail to bust out laughing if a defense attorney said, “I have no rebuttal of any of the charges against my client, but lots of other people not in this courtroom are guilty of stuff, too!”
[. . .]
Liberal comics make things up, liberal journalists chortle and praise and internalize the lies.
[. . .]
Brian Williams has become a joke for telling lies, but Jon Stewart is a liar for the way he told jokes.

http://nypost.com/2015/02/15/how-jon-stewart-turned-lies-into-comedy-and-brainwashed-a-generation/

How Jon Stewart turned lies into comedy and brainwashed a generation
New York Post
By Kyle Smith
February 15, 2015 | 6:00am

Most Decorated Detective In New York City

Retired Officer Ralph Friedman is the most decorated detective in NYPD history.

Photo: J.C.Rice
[From article]
They watched a group of teens ask a man, Joaquin Castro, 37, for money. Castro turned them down.
“The kid called him a cheap bastard, so [Castro] pulls out a gun and shoots him right in front of us — his chest explodes,” Friedman recalled.
The cops sprinted after Castro along John Street, the killer firing at Friedman as he fled. De Matas tried to outflank him. Castro jumped behind cars and reloaded.
[. . .]
Friedman , now 66, is the most decorated detective in the history of the NYPD.
He has been in 15 gun battles and shot eight perps, including the four he killed. He collected 219 NYPD awards and 36 civilian honors, while piling up more than 2,000 arrests, 105 off duty. He has been stabbed, broke his hand twice, fractured his skull, and was smashed over the head with a tire iron.
[. . .]
“The ’70s were a different animal,” said Friedman, a Bronx-born DeWitt Clinton HS grad and massive bodybuilder who could once bench press 400 pounds. “You had to be combat ready.”
He had no friends or family on the force — his dad was a hotel manager — but when two pals asked if he wanted to take the police test with them, he agreed. After he passed, he ditched his furniture-moving job to join the NYPD in 1968 as a trainee handling calls for the city’s new 911 system.

http://nypost.com/2015/02/15/meet-the-most-decorated-detective-in-nypd-history/

Meet the most decorated detective in NYPD history
New York City
By Brad Hamilton
February 15, 2015 | 10:26am

Obama Team Accelerates Demise of Social Security

[From article]
in 2010, President Barack Obama ensured the worried audience that “Social Security is not in crisis.” Obama was wrong.
Not only is Social Security in the worst shape it has ever been in, a recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report reveals the problem has grown significantly worse under the Obama administration.
[. . .]
slow demise of Social Security trust funds should surprise no one, but what is disturbing is the rate at which the CBO’s projections for Social Security’s survival has dropped under Obama.
[. . .]
The 13-year decline in CBO estimates for Social Security’s viability from 2009–2014 under the Obama administration represents a major failure by the president to solve -- or even mitigate -- a crisis everyone knew was coming.
“We’re going to have to make some modest adjustments in order to strengthen [Social Security],” Obama said in Ohio in 2010, but rather than strengthen the system, the president’s economic policies have contributed to its downfall.
Since his inauguration, Obama has implemented countless destructive taxes. In fact, taxes have risen faster under Obama than they have under any other president since the end of World War II.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/01/cbo_report_social_security_going_bankrupt_faster_under_obama.html

January 14, 2015
CBO Report: Social Security Going Bankrupt Faster under Obama
By Justin Haskins

Sue Clippinger Cambridge Traffic Department Chief Announces Retirement

[Notice from Michael Brandon, Minster of Information for the North Cambridge Stabilization Committee.]

Susan E. Clippinger, longtime director the Cambridge Traffic and Parking Department (somehow renamed the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department without local or state legislative authorization) has announced that she will officially retire and leave her staff position on November 14. She expects to continue working for the Community Development and TPT departments as a paid consultant to the Planning Board.

According to Ms. Clippinger, City Manager Richard Rossi has not found a replacement for her and will appoint an interim department head until he does (someone other than Transportation Planner Adam Shulman). On sound information and belief--despite persistent rumors to the contrary--the city's new transportation chief will not be George Teso, Lauren Preston, Richard Easler, or Steve Kaiser.

If your skill set matches the incumbent director's and you can reach the local post office without getting trapped in a traffic snarl or rundown in a crosswalk by a bicyclist or speeding motorist, apply now or forever hold your peace.

Second Highest NYPD Official Retires

[From article]
The NYPD’s second-highest-ranking official is stepping down next month, apparently forced out by the man whose job he wanted — Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, sources told The Post on Monday.
First Deputy Commissioner Rafael Pineiro told staffers Monday that he will be leaving effective Oct. 31, after more than 40 years with the department.

http://nypost.com/2014/09/15/second-highest-ranking-nypd-official-stepping-down/

Second-highest-ranking NYPD official stepping down
By Larry Celona
New York Post
September 15, 2014 | 5:24pm

Two Star General Reduced in Rank, Retired, Failed To Investigate Sex Assault of Colonel

Major General Michael T Harrison, who has been stripped of his rank and forced to retire after failing to investigate claims of sexual assault against a colonel on his staff.

[From article]
A two-star U.S. Army general who failed to investigate claims of sexual assault against a colonel on his staff has been stripped of his rank and forced to retire.
The Army has announced that Major General Michael T. Harrison will be retired as a brigadier general after being suspended from his duties as commander of U.S. forces in Japan.
[. . .]
An inspector general's investigation report released in April said that in March 2013 a Japanese woman accused the unidentified colonel on Harrison's staff, who he had known for 20 years, of sexually assaulting her.
But Harrison waited months to report it to criminal investigators, which was deemed a violation of Army rules.
In the report it was also said that he failed to treat the alleged victim with dignity and fairness and failed to remove the colonel from his position despite a pattern of allegations, according to Stars and Stripes.
But despite his subsequent suspension, the Army brought him to the Pentagon to make him director of programme analysis and evaluation for an Army deputy chief of staff.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2735907/Army-knocks-2-star-1-star-rank.html

Two-star U.S. Army general stripped of rank and forced to retire for failing to investigate sexual assault claims against officer he had known for more than 20 years
Major General Michael T. Harrison will be retired as a brigadier general
Failed to report claims of sexual assault against a colonel on his staff
Was suspended from duties as commander of U.S. forces in Japan
Critic have cited the case as why victims don't trust military to protect them
By JENNIFER NEWTON FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 12:23 EST, 27 August 2014 | UPDATED: 09:15 EST, 28 August 2014

Retired Cambridge Officer Arrested, Charged With Hit and Run

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/03/19/driver-arrested-in-mass-ave-pedestrian-crash/

Retired Cambridge Police Officer Arrested In Pedestrian Crash In Boston
March 19, 2014 3:05 PM

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http://www.wcvb.com/news/massachusetts-avenue-in-boston-closed-after-person-struck/25048804

By Todd Kazakiewich
Retired police officer arrested in Boston hit-and-run
Police find car in Quincy after hit-and-run crash, officials say
 UPDATED 3:24 PM EDT Mar 19, 2014

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http://youtu.be/mRd6UPONORc

Former Cambridge Police Officer Arrested In Pedestrian Crash In Boston

Boston Police Commissioner To Resign, Join Harvard University

Comment from
Bruno
September 24, 2013
Davis,ranks as average; no immense scandals but too much a inside guy and menino puppet.He would not tackle union privileges-such as highly overpaid detail duties; also minority recruitment issues. Boston has one of the weakest and toothless citizen review boards and processes in the nation .Davis,over significant public and City Council abolished the mounted unit "for reason of cost" but spent over 2500K on purchase and training for a micro-wave crowd zapper that will never be used. Give this old pol a well deserved NON-Harvard retirement.

[Comment from me]
One more celebrity government official joining Cambridge City Manager Healy, former Cambridge Mayors, to increase university firepower for fund raising. Will Davis assist promoting Harvard University's public policy encouraging security over freedom, and covering up HUPD abuses of power?

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/9/24/police-commissioner-resigns/

Boston Police Commissioner Will Resign Within 60 Days
Davis still undecided on accepting Harvard IOP Fellowship
By ANTONIO COPPOLA and JOHN P. FINNEGAN,
Harvard CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS
September 24, 2013

Mariano Rivera Retires

Mariano Rivera is a Panamanian baseball pitcher who has played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees. Wikipedia

Born: November 29, 1969  Panama City, Panama
New York Yankees, #42, Pitcher
Salary: 15 million USD (2012)

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/yankees/the_end_for_an_icon_is_never_easy_KFoqpJONQmBuTLT1NA5A2K

Rivera next to show the end for an icon is never easy
By MIKE VACCARO
New York Post
Last Updated: 10:21 AM, March 8, 2013
Posted: 1:51 AM, March 8, 2013

Pope Announces Retirement

[From article]
The Faith is Europe, Europe is the Faith, wrote Hilaire Belloc. And when the faith dies, the culture dies, the civilization dies, and the people die. So historians and poets alike have written.
[. . .]
And the people have begun to die. No Western nation has had a birthrate in three decades that will enable its native-born to survive.
[. . .]
The Secular City seems to have triumphed over the City of God. But in the Islamic world, an ancient and transcendental faith is undergoing a great awakening after centuries of slumber and seems anxious to re-engage and settle accounts with an agnostic West.

http://www.wnd.com/2013/02/a-godly-man-in-an-ungodly-age/

END OF A PAPACY
A GODLY MAN IN AN UNGODLY AGE
Pat Buchanan looks at pope's resignation in light of multi-century decline of Christianity
February 11, 2013
Patrick J. Buchanan

RETIRE WHERE?

*RETIRE WHERE? Here are some of your choices:

*You can retire to Phoenix, Arizona where...**
**1. You are willing to park 3 blocks away because you found shade.
2. You've experienced condensation on your hiney from the hot water in
the toilet bowl.
3. You can drive for 4 hours in one direction and never leave town.
4. You have over 100 recipes for Mexican food.
5. You know that "dry heat" is comparable to what hits you in the face
when you open your oven door.
6. The 4 seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and ARE YOU KIDDING
ME??!!**

OR
**
You can retire to California where...**
1. You make over $250,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house.
2. The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.
3. You know how to eat an artichoke.
4. You drive your rented Mercedes to your neighborhood block party.
5. When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it
will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.
6. The 4 seasons are: Fire, Flood, Mud, and Drought.

OR
**
You can retire to New York City where...**
**1. You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan ..
**
**2. You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus
Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.**
**3. You think Central Park is "nature."**
**4. You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language
makes you multi-lingual.**
**5. You've worn out a car horn. (Ed. Note if you have a car).
6. You think eye contact is an act of aggression.
*
*OR
**
You can retire to Minnesota where...**
1. You only have four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco ..
2. Halloween costumes fit over parkas.
3. You have more than one recipe for casserole.
4. Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons.
5. The four seasons are: winter, still winter, almost winter, and
construction.
*
*OR
**
You can retire to the Deep South where...**
**1. You can rent a movie and buy bait in the same store.**
**2. "Y'all" is singular and "all y'all" is plural.**
*
*3. "He needed killin" is a valid defense.
4. Everyone has 2 first names: Billy Bob, Jimmy Bob, Mary Sue, Betty
Jean, Mary Beth, etc.
5. Everything is either "in yonder," "over yonder" or "out yonder." It's
important to know the difference, too.**

OR
**
You can retire to Colorado where...**
1. You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car.
2. You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home and so he
stops at the day care center.
3. A pass does not involve a football or dating.*
*4. When you talk about powder, you don't plan to pat it on your nose or
snort it up your nose.
5. The top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.
*
*OR
**
You can retire to the Midwest where...**
1. You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.
2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.
3. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.
4. You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at?"
5. When asked how your trip was to any exotic place, you say, "It was
different!"
*
*OR
**
FINALLY You can retire to Florida where.**
1. You eat dinner at 3:15 in the afternoon.
2.. All purchases include a coupon of some kind -- even houses and cars.
3. Everyone can recommend an excellent dermatologist.
4. Road construction never ends anywhere in the state.
5. Cars in front of you often appear to be driven by headless people.
*

Boston Cop Under Scrutiny Retires

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1304760

Boston detective retires amid investigation
By O’Ryan Johnson
Boston Herald
Wednesday, December 22, 2010