A civilian flagger with the state Highway Commission directed traffic as a Woburn police officer watched last fall. Mayor Menino says Boston’s roads are too complex for a civilian to manage.
(David L. Ryan/ Globe Staff)
Menino pushing for police as flaggers
Wants to reverse a Patrick initiative
A civilian flagger with the state Highway Commission directed traffic as a Woburn police officer watched last fall. Mayor Menino says Boston’s roads are too complex for a civilian to manage.
(David L. Ryan/ Globe Staff)
Mayor Thomas M. Menino has proposed reworking state laws governing the use of police details on city roads, a politically sensitive issue that could challenge one of Governor Deval Patrick’s key initiatives. (Full article: 662 words)
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