[Massachusetts-NFB] IMPORTANT UPDATE: Police cadets for travel for Central Square Senior Center meeting

[Helen Kobek]

Hi, folks,
I've heard back from Community Relations Police. They have run this quickly
up the flagpole to the Commissioner and the following is in process, to be
confirmed:
Two uniformed Police cadets (unarmed, unbadged) will be positioned at 5:30
pm, as follows: One in front of Starbucks, and one in front of CVS. The
Starbucks group will cross the street and pick up the group in front of
CVS, and head down at 5:40 to the Senior Center. The cadets will go back to
the T meeting locations, sweeping to see if there are late-comers who might
wish escort. At 7:45pm the same cadets will meet the group, escort back to
the T stops, in reverse order, and go to both stations. I will have the
names of the cadets to post here before the meeting, and we are just asked
to let the police know of cancellations for any reason.

I wish to be clear that I don't assume everyone will want to make use of
it. I also want to be clear that this option - if it's available - is not
to be degrading of anyone's blindness. The option can be discussed by the
chapter if you feel led next week. (I felt an urgency on this until I
realized it's not until next week, so there's some space to range this.) If
NFB decides not to have this option, that's fine, too. I know that NFB has
a strong sense of independence.

If anyone is annoyed with me for being protective, that's fine. LOL.

I will confirm here when it's a done deal, but, given how quickly it was
run up to the Commissioner, I trust it's done. They will have a meeting to
visit all of this this afternoon. I'm grateful to the police for being so
quick and respectful.

Kindest regards, yours in blindness (smiling)
Helen
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