Natick Petitions the Politburo to Retain Veteran Security Commissar Past Mandatory Retirement Age

Natick Petitions the Politburo to Retain Veteran Security Commissar Past Mandatory Retirement Age

HD.6104 would authorize the town of Natick to continue employing Police Chief James Hicks beyond the age of 65, exempting him from the Commonwealth’s mandatory retirement threshold for public safety personnel.

Under Massachusetts General Laws, police officers face a mandatory separation from service at age 65 — a standing decree of the People’s Republic that applies uniformly across municipal security apparatus. HD.6104 carves out a named exception for a single individual: Chief Hicks, whose continued tenure Natick has formally endorsed through local approval. The bill was filed by Commissar David Paul Linsky, representing the 5th Middlesex district, which includes Natick.

The bill costs the Commonwealth nothing. It grants nothing to the collective treasury. It simply permits one municipality, having already signaled its consent, to keep its chief of security at his post. In the Soviet tradition of governance, this is known as paperwork. It is also, notably, the entire bill.