Will there be more officer's retiring from FPD in the coming weeks?

 

Could we see more officers with last name ending in A through H retire or move on as a result of the POST requirements for officers to be certified or be fired for not being so?  We’ve seen this in the past few years as the OT scandal unraveled at the MSP. The top four at the State Police knew they were caught and retired before they could be fired or criminally charged.

I’m not saying Blass could not be certified for sure but it does look suspicious he retiring last week. If you retire before the certification process, I believe you’d not make the list of those who didn’t. 

And lets not forget, the officer who shot and killed Eurie Stamps and the officer who got caught urinating on a building pulled his gun on the property owner and those who have sued FPD and those who are on the Brady list of officers who Marion Ryan will not ask to testify in court and those who have had excessive force charges and complaints lodged. I suspect Lester Baker is struggling with the POST certification process.

From the Patch: The Framingham Police Department announced this week the retirement of veteran officer Kenneth Blass.

Over the course of his 32-year career, Blass has served with the Mass Department of Corrections and the Ashland Police Department. For the past 24 years, he has been an officer with the Framingham Police Department, according to a department Facebook post Thursday evening.

Blass, known as "Hoss" by his friends and colleagues, was considered an "unofficial leader."