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During the week of October 26, Superintendent Graham Cole- While visiting General Headquarters, Superintendent Coleman
man of the Queensland, Australia Police Service traveled to was welcomed by Colonel Richard McKeon and several members
Massachusetts to familiarize himself with the State Police Behavior of the Command Staff. He was then provided a thorough over-
Observation and Suspicious Activity Recognition (BOSAR) train- view of the course by MSP BOSAR instructors, including an op-
ing program. The 11,000-officer strong Queensland Police Service portunity to participate in the practical application portion of the
is responsible for policing the Australian state of Queensland. Su- course, which utilized MSP members acting as role players in a
perintendent Coleman has been tasked with developing a security public setting.
plan for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, which will be held in
Queensland in April 2018. More than 6,500 athletes and team of- Since March of 2013, the Massachusetts State Police have trained
ficials from seventy one nations will participate in the Games. more than 1,300 Massachusetts-based law enforcement officers
in BOSAR. Those police officers have included other members of
Superintendent Coleman was presented with a history of the BO- the State Police, officers from numerous cities and towns, federal
SAR program, including the training of the Massachusetts State agents, Department of Conservation and Recreation Rangers, and
Police instructors by the course’s developers, the New York Police Military Police officers. Additionally, Department members were
Department Counterterrorism Unit, following the 2013 Boston invited earlier this year to Toronto, where they trained approxi-
Marathon Bombing. The NYPD provided considerable assistance mately 300 Canadian law enforcement officers prior to the 2015
in developing the Department’s two-day training course. Since Pan American Games, which were held in in that city this past
that time, the MSP course has continued to evolve, with topics July.
added to reflect recent terrorist and criminal events and trends.
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