One Alone
Chapter 1. Growing up
July 29, 1949, Joan arrived into this world to a loving couple named Virginia and Joe L'Esperance. She was their first child. Two...
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WHO IS JOAN FARRELL WISHER?
Joan was one of the first two females ever to graduate from the Massachusetts State Police Academy as a "Trooper". Being the first presented some challenging situations but one proved so unjust that she was forced to stand up for herself. She never realized that standing up for what is "right" and "just" would come with such a high price. She never realized her biggest adversary in life would be...the Massachusetts State Police.
The only trooper to be denied both a job and retirement pay...her punishment for speaking the truth. This is Joan's story.
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Chapter 2. The Light Goes On
Two weeks after Joan's revelation, she was enrolled in her first class, Psychology. It was in this class where she met the Chief of...
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Chapter 3. The Agility Test
In or about the summer of 1973 Joan received a letter from the MA State Police advising her to report for a physical agility test. This...
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Chapter 4. The REAL Agility Test
Joan found herself driving to the Framingham State Police Academy for the second time. She felt more optimistic about this test arriving...
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Chapter 5. The Rest of the Tests
A few weeks later, Joan arrived for a Standard Physical Examination given by the MSP Surgeon. This involved routine testing such as...
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Chapter 6. STATE POLICE ACADEMY
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MA STATE POLICE The MA State Police was founded in September 1865 when President Calvin Coolidge, then the Governor...
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Chapter 7. First Assignment: Boston Desegregation Busing Crisis
[HISTORY] US District Court Judge Arthur Garrity ordered the busing of African American students to predominantly white schools and white...
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Chapter 8: Hitting the Road
Back at the Concord Barracks (on the days that she wasn't in South Boston) Joan was training for highway patrol with "Trooper Coaches". ...
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Chapter 9: "Morals" Cases
In January of 1976, after about 10 months on the job, Joan was approached at her duty post in South Boston High School and told to report...
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Chapter 10: The Sting of Discrimination
In September 1977, approximately one year and 8 months after starting her work on morals cases, Joan was informed that she was being...
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Chapter 11: Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD)
Joan left the State Police Headquarters and went straight to the MCAD. She met the receptionist there and said, "I don't have an...
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Chapter 12: Retaliation
After the hearing, the repercussions spewed like lava from an erupting volcano. This was an especially difficult time as she had to...
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Chapter 13: Discrimination-Trooper Publication March/April 1982
Immediately following the MCAD meeting and prior to Joan's new assignment in the Missing Person's Unit, the retaliation from O'D was at...
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Chapter 14: Cruiser Accident
Joan had been working in the Missing Persons Unit for a few months and the previous bumps and bruises seemed to be healing. Work was...
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Chapter 15: Joan's Breaking Point
Immediately, Joan informed her supervisor that she had a health crisis. She would miss many days of work during the next three months due...
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Chapter 16: Intimidation of a Witness
Attempts to intimidate Joan and other potential witnesses was not limited to Joan’s co-workers at the State Police. O’D even managed to...
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Chapter 17: The Rating Board
Joan left full duty on January 7, 1987 to work with her doctors and heal herself. She found that she really needed this time off not only...
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Chapter 18: The Hidden Truth
In Sept 1987, even though she tried hard to maintain the thought that the truth would win out, she was forced to retain legal counsel....
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Chapter 19: Jean's Statement
New developments exposed more of O'Ds harassment. By this time, O'D had left the MSP and moved to the MBTA as Chief of that agency. In...
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Chapter 20: He's at it Again! Boston Herald (1996)
Years later, O'Ds discriminatory abuse continued and escalated. This article appeared in the Spring of 1996 (exact date unknown), and was...
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