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...people with more command experience, higher rank, applied for the job at Harvard," says Boston Lt. Det. Richard C. Cox, who now occupies the same corner office Johnson used when the chief was the area police commander for sections of Roxbury, North Dorchester and Mattapan. "I happen to be privy to the fact that after Paul's interview at Harvard, they basically stopped looking...
...Cox and others have different recollections. They say Johnson, a longtime supporter of former Mayor Kevin H. White, had to leave because incoming Mayor Raymond L. Flynn was likely to find Johnson a replacement as deputy superintendent...
Johnson has been a police officer for nearly four decades. He quietly worked his way up through the ranks, gaining promotion in sergeant in the Boston police force in 1975, according to his former collage, Cox...
...main thing would be his demeanor," says Cox. 'He always spoke softly with measured speech, never raised his voice, never threatened or cajoled...
...think it was more political itself," Cox says now of the decision to leave. "With Ray Flynn coming in, I think he saw he was going to be affected by that clean sweep...