Increase the \% of People of Color in key positions in Boston Police

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Petition to Require that the Mayor and the Police Commissioner Increase the Percentage of Persons of Color in Key Positions within the Boston Police Department.

Petition Summary & Background:
Since the inception of the Massachusetts Association of Minority Law Enforcement Officers (M.A.M.L.E.O.) in 1968, the City of Boston has resisted the reality of the persistent and prevalent lack of representation as it pertains to persons of color. Mayor Thomas Menino has falsely created a notion of a solid commitment to diversity. Though the Boston Police Department (BPD) has made small incremental increases, they have not been sustained and today in 2009 - the Boston Police Department has once again lowered the percentage of persons of color in key positions.

Action Petitioned for:
We, the undersigned, are concerned citizens who urge our leaders to act now to address the lack of representation of persons of color in the command and supervisory structure of the Boston Police Department.

118 Signatures

  • Octavius Salih /Rowe
    • Address
    • 29 Oldfields Rd
  • Darrin Howell
    • Address
    • 7 Havelock St
  • Derek Smith
    • Address
    • 499 Huntington Ave.
    • Comments
    • I want in the BDP
  • Rodcliffe B. Sinclair
  • Antoinette Howard
  • Sidney Davis
    • Address
    • 23 Montrose Street
    • Comments
    • I endorse the Increase the \% of People of Color in key positions in Boston Police Petition
  • Linda Davis
    • Address
    • 23 Montrose Street, Roxbury, MA
  • kathleen pantaleon
  • Agnaldo Monteiro
  • Larry Ellison
    • Comments
    • I think it is disgraceful what the mayor has done during his time to purpsosely try and keep officers of color from advancing.He needs to go.
  • Cynthia Brewington
  • Paul Joseph
    • Address
    • 56 Grew Ave Roslindale MA
    • Comments
    • We can all work together for a better community when we respect each others point of view.
  • Lisa R. Holmes
    • Address
    • 58 Erie Street, Dorchester Ma 02121
  • James L. Brown
    • Address
    • 2 Centervale Park, Dorchester, MA 02124
  • Gary J. Lewis
  • Bruce E. Smith
    • Address
    • 87 Sawyer Ave, Dor, Ma
  • Lamont Anderson
  • Ralph Muhammad
    • Address
    • 7 Rainier Road
  • Derek S. Wright
  • Jennifer Ward
    • Comments
    • Boston needs police officers to look and represent thier communities.
  • Leontine Muhammad
  • Fatimah Shahid
  • Minister Rodney Muhammad
    • Address
    • Muhammad's Mosque # 11, 10 Washington Street , Dorchester, MA
    • Comments
    • We Demand that this petition be enforce 1000\% immediately!!
  • J. Crawford
    • Address
    • PO Box 192135 Rox 02119
    • Comments
    • The only way to bring back community policing, is to break up the good ole boy network which produces officers who do not come from and are most often therefore insensitive to the issues of minority communities, and only serves to feed the mistrust and lack of faith in police by communities of color.
  • bro .emmanuel Muhannad
    • Address
    • 32 crawford st Dor.ma 02121
    • Comments
    • "GOOD IDEA LETS BE FAIR"
  • Donald Brown
    • Address
    • Mattapan, Mass.
  • Eddy Chrispin
  • Deborah Heyward
    • Comments
    • 2nd Support
  • Shella Vetiac
    • Address
    • 381 Blue Ledge Drive Roslindale, MA 02131
  • Mike Myers
  • Ginnette Powell
  • Stacey L. Schamber
    • Address
    • 28 Glen Road Apt 2F
  • Gavin Majors
  • Kermit Hamilton Jr.
    • Address
    • 92 Maple Street Dorchester Mass 02121
    • Comments
    • Am I to believe that there are no qualified nor eligible candidates (people of color) worthy of key positions within the Boston Police Dept?
  • Sarah Woodside
    • Address
    • 10 Boylston St.
  • Cristin Martineau
  • Delores Facey
  • Laura Dickerson
    • Address
    • Dorchester, MA 02121
  • Eric F. Hardin
  • cothenia d. cooper-paterson
  • Eric R. Braxton
  • Robert L. Tabb III
  • Karen Allen-Bowie
    • Address
    • 56 Lyndhurst St.
  • Richie Walker
  • Robert Tinker
    • Comments
    • The time has long since come. The citizens of Boston deserve a diversified work force. The old boy network of nepotism, cronyism and downright racism must cease.
  • Lucy L. Warren
  • Mark Bordley
  • Gwendolyn Brown
  • Janeen Mitchell
  • Harry Jean