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UPDATED January 10, 2017

New Dispatcher Retirement Legislation to be in filed on Beacon Hill
The Massachusetts Communications Supervisors Association is happy to announce that we have confirmed Representative Todd Smola-R of the 1st Hampden District has filed new legislation relative to dispatcher retirement "An Act Relative to Massachusetts Certified Emergency Telecommunicators" with the 190th session of the Massachusetts Legislature.

The goal of this critical new piece of legislation is to ensure that the public safety dispatch community is moved from Group 1 to Group 2 retirement status.

MCSA has been working tirelessly on this effort for many years and thanks to the efforts of all of our members and Telecommunicators across the Commonwealth we were able to made great headway in the last Legislative session. The new Legislative session is now under way. The MCSA Retirement committee has ensured that our new bill has been filed on time so that the first requirements in hoping to see this bill become law are met.

As part of this new piece of Legislation we are reaching out to you, our members and fellow public safety colleagues for assistance in the early stages of this process.

We need all of you to contact your State Representatives and request them to sign onto HD215 as Co-Sponsors. The time frame to Co-Sponsor this bill is limited and closes on February 3, 2017. If you receive and push back from your State Reps office please email the retirement committee (retirement@ma911.org) so that we can meet with that member on a more formal basis.

Make no mistake; this will be a long and difficult process and not a guarantee! This legislation will not pass if we don't have YOU involved. The time to act is NOW and your support is critical early on! We urge you to contact your Representatives on Beacon Hill and gain their support for this legislation. The more co-sponsors we have for this bill the better the chances we have for getting it passed in the new legislative session.

Again the time to act is NOW! Contact your Representatives and get them to commit to co-signing this bill. Spread the word among your co-workers and Union Representatives, have them make calls as well and show their support for this critical legislation. The more calls the louder our voice is heard and the more our movement grows, to finally get Emergency Telecommunicators reclassified under Group 2 retirement.

If you have any questions please contact retirement@ma911.org
Sincerely,

MCSA Legislative Retirement Committee

Addition Retirement Info - Located Here

Communications Center Manager Conference
Since 2012 State 911 has awarded grants to the Communication Center Managers Conference and MCSA has been honored to assist in the selection process.

2012  GRANT RECIPIENTS- Erin Hastings (MSP-New Braintree), Darrell True (Wrentham PD), Don Hancock (Billerica PD),  Chris Ryan (Andover PD), Kim Parker (Boston PD) PHOTO

2013 GRANT RECIPIENTS - Skip Botelho (Cambridge), David Mazza (Littleton), Lauren Mielke (Southhampton), Robert Rowe (Wellesley), Amy West (Newburyport) PHOTO

2014 GRANT RECIPIENTS - Barbara Boiteau (Sturbridge),  Penny Ryan (Charlton), Anthony Newell (Nashoba RECC), LeeAnn Delp (Essex County RECC), Stacy Poutas (Newton), PHOTO

The CCM GRANT was not funded in 2015 due to budgetary issues.

2016 GRANT RECIPIENTS MaryAnn McLaughlin (Acton), Fred Hart (Cambridge), Charles Goodwin (Natick), Tracy Eldridge (Rochester), Chris Campbell (Seekonk) PHOTO