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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 23, 2017 13:07:17 GMT -5
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Post by rgs318 on Feb 23, 2017 13:54:11 GMT -5
Congratulations, Chief Newsham.
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Post by Chu Chu on Feb 23, 2017 18:33:22 GMT -5
He also has a law degree! Looks like an excellent choice for a demanding and important job!
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Feb 23, 2017 18:52:04 GMT -5
We have another top law enforcement official with Tyree Blocker, HC 1974, as Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police.
Congrats to Chief Newsham
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Post by Chu Chu on Feb 24, 2017 12:39:44 GMT -5
This is a great tribute to our Holy Cross Criminal Justice Program.
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Post by sader1970 on Feb 24, 2017 13:05:59 GMT -5
Can anyone shed light on how he made the jump from North Adams State to HC? We take transfers but this sounds like an exceptional case.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Feb 24, 2017 14:13:25 GMT -5
Perhaps he was an outstanding student---may even have been accepted at HC as a high school senior---but went 1 or 2 years to North Adams for financial or family reasons?  |
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Post by hc87 on Feb 24, 2017 19:50:28 GMT -5
Not to be a conspiracy theorist, but I've nevah heard of the dude. Could be one of the few guys from 1986-88 or so I can't recall.
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Post by hchoops on Feb 24, 2017 19:57:28 GMT -5
Not to be a conspiracy theorist, but I've nevah heard of the dude. Could be one of the few guys from 1986-88 or so I can't recall. Meaning what ? |
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Post by hc87 on Feb 24, 2017 20:02:57 GMT -5
Meaning I just don't remember the name at all...classes at HC, intramurals, reunions, class letters, friends of friends etc....again, could be one of the few guys from that era I just nevah crossed paths with
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Feb 24, 2017 20:07:18 GMT -5
Not to be a conspiracy theorist, but I've nevah heard of the dude. Could be one of the few guys from 1986-88 or so I can't recall. I have to conclude, then, that he has either changed his name or may even be an alien visitor from Saturn or maybe Belgium. |
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Post by sader1970 on Feb 24, 2017 20:12:48 GMT -5
. . . . or Sweden.
Sort of seriously, though, not sure when he transferred to Holy Cross. If he did just one or two years on Mt. St. James he may well have not made many friends or even acquaintances. I would guess it is tougher for transfers to get into the social swing of things than someone there all 4 years.
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Post by hchoops on Feb 24, 2017 20:18:51 GMT -5
Could he have been a day student ?
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Post by hc87 on Feb 24, 2017 20:27:43 GMT -5
On linkedin he says he got out of HC in 1988....not in the '88 Purple Patcher that friends I just asked have....something's fishy
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Post by sader1970 on Feb 24, 2017 20:34:51 GMT -5
The on-line alumni directory has him class of '88 and I think they at least make sure this is accurate. Interesting that no wiki on him though.
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Post by hc87 on Feb 24, 2017 20:40:51 GMT -5
Just odd....looking at his pictures online, I don't remembah him at all.....no one else I've talked to seems to remembah him either....maybe he went to HC for a year or two
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Post by hchoops on Feb 24, 2017 20:43:48 GMT -5
Just odd....looking at his pictures online, I don't remembah him at all.....no one else I've talked to seems to remembah him either....maybe he went to HC for a year or two Did you read the above ? he was a transfer |
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Post by CHC8485 on Feb 24, 2017 20:46:54 GMT -5
Though he does not have a senior picture, he's listed in the class directory in the back of the 1988 Purple Patcher. You can find it online here. archive.org/stream/purplepatcher1988coll#page/332/mode/2upSays he's from Shrewsbury so could have been a Day Student, particularly as a transfer. |
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Feb 24, 2017 20:48:19 GMT -5
Here's the bio from the DC Government site
"Peter Newsham, Acting Chief of Police
Acting Chief Peter Newsham joined the MPD in 1989 and rose quickly through the ranks, serving in a number of district operational assignments. Chief Charles H. Ramsey promoted him to Commander of the Second District in January 2000.
In June 2002, Newsham was promoted to Assistant Chief in charge of the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), which included the Internal Affairs Division, Civil Rights and Force Investigation Division and Compliance Monitoring Team, responsible for overseeing the MPD's Memorandum of Agreement with the US Department of Justice. Newsham took the position of Assistant Chief in Charge of ROC-North in July 2004.
On September 23, 2007, Chief Lanier announced a reorganization to the Metropolitan Police Department and put Assistant Chief Newsham in charge of the Internal Affairs Bureau. In 2008, Assistant Chief Newsham was named the Assistant Chief of the Investigative Services Bureau. Mayor Muriel Bowser appointed Newsham Interim Chief of Police on September 15, 2016; he was named Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department on February 23, 2017.
Newsham holds a bachelor's degree from the College of the Holy Cross and a law degree at the University of Maryland School of Law. He is a member of the Maryland Bar."
I cannot imagine that he is some kind of impostor or fraud. I just don't see any reason to begin exploring conspiracy theories for this man. I'm going to take this at face value: he transferred into Holy Cross, graduated in 1988, joined the DC Police Department a year later and is now the Chief.
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Post by hc87 on Feb 24, 2017 20:51:57 GMT -5
Not exploring conspiracy theories....just simply don't remembah him at all at HC.....understandable as a transfer/day student.....
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Feb 24, 2017 20:54:47 GMT -5
Not exploring conspiracy theories....just simply don't remembah him at all at HC.....understandable as a transfer/day student..... ...but you said "something's fishy", didn't you? ? |
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Post by sader1970 on Feb 24, 2017 21:00:12 GMT -5
Look at that picture very, very closely . . . . . that is Tommy Lee Jones in that uniform and he was a Yale grad, not a Holy Cross grad.  |
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Post by hc87 on Feb 24, 2017 21:00:31 GMT -5
Not exploring conspiracy theories....just simply don't remembah him at all at HC.....understandable as a transfer/day student..... ...but you said "something's fishy", didn't you? ? Well, he isn't in the '88 Purple Patcher (main page)....just started to wondah |
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Post by hc87 on Feb 24, 2017 21:04:17 GMT -5
He is kinda lying on his linkedin page btw......but than again, who isn't?  |
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Feb 24, 2017 21:07:33 GMT -5
Not exploring conspiracy theories....just simply don't remembah him at all I'm sure he'd probably say da same ting bout you. |
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