Cambridge Police today identified Supt. Jack Albert, who has been on the force for 32 years, as the person who mistakenly used the department Twitter feed to call US Rep. Joe Kennedy "a liberal fucking jerk" whose sole saving grace was that he was better than "the clown" Kennedy is running against, Sen. Ed Markey.
Police said, effective immediately, only the department's director of communications and media relations will have access to the department Twitter feed. The department also released a statement by Albert:
To the City of Cambridge, my colleagues at the Cambridge Police Department and my friends and family, I wanted to take full ownership and responsibility for my regrettable actions following inappropriate political commentary I inadvertently published on the Department’s Twitter account.
As a 32-year-member of the Cambridge Police Department, and someone who grew up in the City of Cambridge, I know the high standards the Cambridge Police are expected to uphold in the community. Those expectations are rightfully heightened with someone in my executive position - on and off-duty. Unfortunately, in a moment of heated political debate with friends, I posted commentary that was out of character and not something I am proud of. I - not the department - deserve the criticism that has been directed to the Police Department over the last 24 hours.
During this unprecedented time and COVID-19, my colleagues at the Cambridge Police Department have been doing extraordinary work supporting and protecting our residents. To detract from their exemplary efforts because of my poor lapse in judgement is something that I will forever carry with me.
I want to genuinely apologize to Senator Markey, Representative Kennedy, the Cambridge community, and the great men and women of the Cambridge Police Department.
The department added:
Superintendent Albert is subject to disciplinary action per Department policy and procedures. Pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws, the Department would be restricted from disclosing any specific disciplinary action involving such personnel matters. Rest assured, the Cambridge Police Department remains committed to providing the very highest-level of service to our community and will work tirelessly to restore any trust that may have been broken as a result of this unfortunate incident.
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I agree with Obama...
By Pete Nice
Wed, 05/06/2020 - 1:13pm
What he did and what you said is very different. You might need to be black to understand.
It was stupid. Gates gets arrested attempting to enter his own
By bulgingbuick
Tue, 05/05/2020 - 3:50pm
home and Obama was pilloried by conservatives and made the mistake of caving.
Interestingly, these same conservatives are fine with armed militia threatening police in Michigan, in a "slightly" more aggressive manner than Gates demonstrated, David Dennison labeling the FBI as "corrupt cops", the daily sea of lies and the abandonment of every conservative principal ever proclaimed to further their cult.
Thanks Obama
By Scratchie
Wed, 05/06/2020 - 11:24am
To this day, I can't understand why Obama told the Cambridge cops to arrest a man who was trying to enter his own home.
He ordered them to make the arrest through Hillary's email
By bulgingbuick
Wed, 05/06/2020 - 11:58am
account from that pizza place in DC using the screen name on his Kenyan birth certificate issued by Bin Laden, before the fake moon landing where Bin Laden was killed by falling klieg lights and before Alex Jones could kill Bin Laden and survive the pandemic by "eating his ass".
He should go
By Mark-
Tue, 05/05/2020 - 9:40am
If I were hiring a police superintendent, I wouldn’t hire anyone who spoke like this in public, period. Yeah, he could use a different name when he decided to spew, but this is not the temperament you want for a person in that position. I don’t care if he’s ranting about libtards or trumptards. You don’t want that worked-up state of mind in a person with a leadership position that important. Now, by mistake, he’s revealed himself and I don’t care if he has worked for 32 years on the job. The rest of the public and the rest of the force know who he is and not just what he believes, it’s how he believes it. He needs to go.
Stereotype that police are thugs
By Daan
Tue, 05/05/2020 - 10:20am
He affirmed that stereotype.
As a government employee he is obligated to be circumspect in what opinions he communicates. He has every right to express his opinions to friends, co-workers and family. But social media - that is SOCIAL - automatically extends beyond friends, co-workers and family.
Perhaps not in Cambridge, but in my experience part of the trade off of a job in public service is to be careful about expressing my opinions under any circumstances. It's not a First Amendment issue however. That's settled law.
How many employers have some kind of ethics or morals clause that addresses actions which cause harm to the employer's reputation. While that can not be an absolute line in the sand some things are just obvious. Gross insults are obvious.
One thing that Albert is wise to do is to close his Twitter account. Since he fails to distinguish between the two he at the least should just shut down his personal account.
But he now gets to deal with the fact that he has communicated to his citizen employers that he is a bigot.
I’m guessing it wasn’t “his” account.
By Pete Nice
Tue, 05/05/2020 - 10:32am
Probably a burner account that is probably still active.
He said thug Adam . Better
By Republican
Tue, 05/05/2020 - 12:42pm
He said thug Adam . Better delete! Poser
Careful and discerning reading is good
By Daan
Tue, 05/05/2020 - 2:17pm
Read carefully and you'll notice I wrote "'Stereotype that police are thugs." Do you understand the meaning of the word stereotype? Do you understand that this statement indicates that there exists a stereotype or prejudice that all police are thugs?
In other words that the reality is not the stereotype and therefore just as not all white people are racist not all police are thugs. My guess is that after all is said and done that the majority of both categories of people, at least in urban areas, the reality is that most white people and police are NOT racist or thugs.
But to grasp that logic does require careful reading.
Punishment
By John-W
Tue, 05/05/2020 - 10:21am
if those tweets are indicative of his attitudes...Then I think having to work in Cambridge is punishment enough. He has GOT to be the most miserable person in the world, because there are few things worse than Cantabrigian liberals. Prolonged exposure to them perhaps turned him into the person he is today. I know just a monthly trip to the book store is enough to make me want to never return.....and yet I always do.....
I can think of a better punishment
By lbb
Tue, 05/05/2020 - 11:33am
I can think of a better one: unemployment, and unemployability, in any police capacity, ever.
Isn't it cute how personal-responsibility types go all squishy and noodly when it's their ass in the sling?
Larry David knows what's up
By Kaz
Tue, 05/05/2020 - 1:26pm
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"I'm sorry, Officer Albert, did I do something wrong?"
Ha
By Ari O
Tue, 05/05/2020 - 3:55pm
I thought of this, too.
That was a good episode, with Jeff getting recognized as Harvey Weinstein, too.
Just like the media, Supt. Albert leaves his bias at the door
By O-FISH-L
Tue, 05/05/2020 - 5:06pm
For years, surveys have shown the media to be very liberal in their personal views. Despite this, journalism experts assure us that reporters have no problem maintaining neutrality in their work. Supt. Albert deserves the same consideration. A police officer never ceases to be a citizen and we shouldn't be surprised that an experienced MA police officer opposes Rep. Kennedy III.
Supt. Albert's harsh but heartfelt comments came around the same time that Kennedy III took the side of illegals who had violently attacked the Bristol County Sheriff. Already here illegally, these detainees committed new felonies, violently trashing the Sheriff's office and assaulting members of US law enforcement. The Cambridge Supt. may have used the wrong handheld device but his feelings are no mistake and are shared by most who cherish the rule of law. As for Kennedy vs. Markey, like the Iran vs. Iraq war, can they both lose?
Intelligence...
By lbb
Wed, 05/06/2020 - 10:42am
...has a provel liberal bias.
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