Award Ceremony & Executive Board Elections

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Spirit of MAWLE Award
Ceremony

Thursday, June 13, 2013
4:00 - 7:00pm

Boston College
Old Cardinal's Residence
2101 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA

Nominations for this award are being accepted until June 3, 2013.

Criteria for the award and a nomination form is available under Awards and at the link below - 

 

Please join us as we celebrate the achievements of women in law enforcment.  And consider nominating a woman you know who you believe fulfills the criteria for this award.  

 

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MAWLE Executive Board
Elections

June 13, 2013 

Nominations for the following positions are being accepted
until Saturday, May 25, 2013.

President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer

Ballots will be mailed to all active members.  Ballots will be accepted via mail until Friday, June 7, 2013 or may be deposited in the ballot box by 5:00pm at the Award Ceremony on June 13, 2013.

The results will be announced prior to the end of the Award Ceremony.
MAWLE's new Executive Board will take office on July 1, 2013.

Reminder:
To nominate, be a nominee or vote for a nominee for the Executive Board you must be an Active MAWLE member.  If you have not renewed your membership for 2013, this would be a good time to do so in order to be eligible to participate in this year's election.

 

Updates on these events will be sent via email.

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Other Upcoming Events -

Boston's Run to Remember
May 26, 2013

Boston Strong Responders Workout Marathon
June 22, 2013

 

 Boston's Run to Remember
May 26, 2013

A tribute to fallen law enforcement officers .
It's a 2-day celebration.

This year's Run was filled to capacity immediately following the tradegies at the Boston Marathon.  Though you may not be able to run in this years race, you can still participate as a volunteer at the water stations throughout the race.

  If we have enough MAWLE members, we would like to volunteer as a group at a water station.
 
Let us know if you will volunteer by sending your name and contact information to:  contact@mawle.org

For further information on volunteering at the Run please visit:
Boston's Run to Remember

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Boston Strong Responders Workout Marathon

Hosted by MeETROLEC SWAT and Gillette Stadium
June 22, 2013

The METROLEC SWAT team, in conjunction with Gillette Stadium, will host a 26-hour First Responder Workout Marathon to raise money to assist victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, including MBTA Officer Richard Donohue and the family of MIT Officer Sean Collier. All proceeds will be donated to The One Fund.

The workout marathon will be held at Gillette Stadium on Saturday, June 22. The workouts will be led by CrossFit & Fitness coaches, kicking off at 2:50 p.m. and concluding on Sunday, June 23 at 5:00 p.m. It will be open to Military and First Responders, including Police, Fire, EMS and hospital emergency staff, all of whom are encouraged to enter teams. The endurance event will not be open to the public.

Team size will be between 10 and 12 people and each team will be asked to raise a minimum of $2,600.00 in pledges per team.

The workout marathon will consist of 26 separate workout stations in and around Gillette Stadium and Patriot Place. Each team, not individuals, must complete a set amount of repetitions per exercise station. The workouts will be geared toward people of all fitness levels. During the first six hours of the event, the entire team will be required to workout. After completing the first six-hour portion of the event, a minimum of six competitors must continue the workout. Teams will be allowed to rotate personnel through the 25

th hour of the event. In the 26th and final hour, all teams will be encouraged to finish the event together.

All competitors will compete in and finish this event in the same way that they responded to the events at the Boston Marathon; One team, One mission!

Details are developing related to post event festivities. Family and spectator details will be posted soon. Stay tuned to the website for updates.

Please visit our website for signup and event information.

www.bswm617.com

Space is limited.  Please sign up today.
Donation details to follow.
www.bswm617.com

 

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National Police Week
May 2013

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation which designated May 15th as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which that date falls as Police Week.

Massachusetts Honor Roll 2012

Ambrose     Kevin E.      Massachusetts    06/04/12 
Kneeland     Peter J.      Massachusetts    10/07/12 
Torres     Jose      Massachusetts    07/26/12 
Tvelia     Ryan      Massachusetts    04/10/12


2012 Honor Roll

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Officer Sean Collier

MIT Police Department
End of Watch: April 18, 2013

Sean, may you rest in peace.

 SCollier

 

 

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Officer Jennifer Sebena 

 

April 3, 2013
Thank you to one and all.  Your voices were heard!

The decision to include the name of Officer Jennifer Sebena on the roll of honour on the National Law Enforcement Officer Memorial in May of this year has been positive and unanimous.  The board of Directors of the NLEOMF listened to the law enforcment community and citizens of Wisconsin.  

"Gov. Scott Walker, the Wisconsin Professional Police Association and more than 16,000 signatures on an online petition helped persuade the group to reverse its decision in a unanimous vote Wednesday, said WPPA spokesman Jim Palmer, who cast one of the 15 votes."

 

Jennifer, rest in peace.

 
Sebena

Officer Jennifer Sebena
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
End of Watch – December 24, 2012

On Thursday, March 21, 2013, the Board of Directors of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, NLEOMF, decided to delay a decision to include Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Officer Jennifer Sebena’s name on their roll of honour until 2014.

Officer Sebena was killed while on duty on December 24, 2012. The Board of Directors of NLEOMF have deferred the decision to include her on their roll of honour while they “continue to examine and investigate” the circumstances of her death.

I urge the Board of Directors of NLEOMF to focus on Officer Sebena and her actions as an honorable member of the law enforcement community, and not on who or the reason why he killed her.  She was tragically killed while serving and protecting the citizens of Wauwatosa. May the final decision that is reached by NLEMOF be to place her name on their roll of honour at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.   

I urge my colleagues to research the facts surrounding Officer Jennifer Sebena's death and make your voices heard regarding the decision not to include her name on the Memorial in 2013. 

June Murphy
MAWLE President

Online petition -
https://www.change.org/petitions/the-national-law-enforcement-memorial-wall-put-wauwatosa-police-officer-sebena-on-the-national-le-memorial-wall

Other sites for your consideration:

NLEMOF site -
http://www.nleomf.org/facts/recently-fallen/recently-fallen-2012/police-officer-jennifer-sebena.html?autologin=true

Officer Gwen Downs -
http://www.nleomf.org/officers/search/search-results/gwen-downs.html

Officer Yvonne d’Pettit -
http://www.nleomf.org/officers/search/search-results/yvonne-d-pettit.html

Congratulations Superintendent Deborah Friedl!

Lowell Police Department shoulder patch

 

MAWLE extends congratulations and our best wishes to Deborah Friedl as she takes over the Superintendent postion of the Lowell Police Department.  This is an historic occasion as she is the first female to lead the organization.  Though for anyone who knows Debbie, it is an expected step in her career.  How fitting that her appointment to this position takes place in March - Women's History Month!

Debbie Friedl has served the Lowell Police Department for over 26 years, most recently in the position of Deputy Superintendent.  She is the Executive Director of the International Association of Women Police and has been a MAWLE member since it's beginning days.

As she takes the top job at the Lowell Police Department at the end of this month, may all our best wishes and support go with her. 

Congratulations Debbie!

 

Join the Discussion!

A new section will soon be added to the website titled "Join the Discussion".  This section will allow for dialogue among MAWLE members, enabling them to voice their opinion, exchange information or ask for advice on subjects that relate to their work in the law enforcement field on-line.

Until that section is up and running, we will post the question/subject here and will post your comments that you send to us at contact@mawle.org.  

Our first subject for your consideration:

Pregnancy/Maternity Best Practices and Policies -

In the past MAWLE has been a part of conversations that resulted in positive changes for women in law enforcement.  For example, MAWLE took part in the conversation on PAT academy testing which resulted in them being standardized and fair to females as well as males in Massachusetts. 

MAWLE is currently conducting research on pregnancy/maternity practices and policies.  Although FLMA covers a 12 week period, it appears that issues surrounding non-confrontational positions are arising during the mid to third trimester time frame of the offices who are working and are pregnant.  MAWLE would like feedback, both positive and negative, from officers who have experienced a pregnancy while working and interested in how the departments handled this.  It is MAWLE's hope to once again be instrumental in positive changes that effect women in law enforcement who wish to also be mothers.   

Please send your comments and any documents/policies that you want to share on this subject to: contact@mawle.org

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