NEPBA PRESS RELEASE
Disturbance at Bourne East Rotary
BOURNE, MA. 09/16/2020: At 10:43 am, a Bourne Police cruiser was parked in the grass area at the center of the Bourne East Rotary. The officer was monitoring for traffic violations at the time when he observed a vehicle stop in the roadway, blocking traffic near the CVS pharmacy. The rotary is a heavy travelled area, particularly at this time of day. A man exited the vehicle and began immediately throwing items from the bed of the truck into the road and at passing cars. As the officer attempted to engage the man in conversation, he ignored the officer and climbed onto the roof of his vehicle where he began dancing while gesturing to passing motorists.
Repeated attempts to get the man down off the vehicle ended when he told the officer that “what was going to happen today was we gonna die.” The man then jumped from the roof, lunged into his vehicle, out of sight only to emerge quickly again with his hands out of sight and facing away from the officer. Based on his statements and actions, the officer drew his service weapon. The man then abruptly spun towards the officers with his hands raised, holding a stack of US currency. He then turned away again and walked out into traffic throwing the money in the air. This action caused numerous vehicles to stop and motorists to exit their vehicles.
The officer followed behind, still attempting to engage the man. While walking up the exit ramp away from the rotary, the man suddenly stopped, turned towards the officer and quickly advanced on the officer. The officer, having holstered his service weapon, drew his Taser and ordered him to stop. The man continued to advance while clenching his fists and making bizarre statements to the officer. The officer deployed his Taser which stopped the man’s advance, at which point the officer was able to gain compliance. Additional officers arrived and the man was secured and later taken to a local hospital for a medical evaluation.
Bourne Police Officer Brian Lucier actions were that of an experienced, dedicated and professionally trained police officer who used his training to defuse a situation that could have had dire consequences for the suspect, himself and/or the safety of the public.
NEPBA State Director & Executive Vice President Sean McArdle stated, “This is a prime example of the day to day action our members are confronted with and the split second decisions they must make in order to provide safety to the public and to ensure they survive themselves.”
NEPBA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JERRY FLYNN Stated, “Bourne Police Officer Brian Lucier is a prime example of the professionalism and dedication to duty every Police Officer in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is trained to do and as a result of his actions a life was saved and this police officer should be applauded for his heroic actions.”
NEPBA PRESIDENT CHRIS RYAN remarked, “ Officer Brian Lucier’s heroic actions are in keeping with the highest tradition of the law enforcement community. Officer Lucier’s actions are a prime example of what the Governor and the legislature needs to know – the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is NOT Minnesota. “Some legislators have recently suggested that police officers are simply “Chillin in their cruisers” in an attempt to paint us all with the same broad brush – nothing could be further from the truth and the heroic actions of Officer Brian Lucier are a testament to that professionalism and dedication to duty.”