He is expected to arrive in the city today. Although Scott and his wife, Helene, have rented a house in the Highlands section of the city, it will not be ready until early June. In the interim, Scott has accepted an offer from the Rev. Thomas A. Reilly, pastor of Immaculate Conception church, to stay at the parish house on North Summer Street in the Flats section of the city. He'll be well taken care of. Scott will share the parish house with Reilly and two other priests, whom Reilly predicted probably will discuss how to stem the recent rash of shootings and other violence on the city streets.
People are afraid.
Scott, who was a police officer in New Orleans for 21 years and served three years as chief in Athol, replaces outgoing chief Marc A. Cournoyer, who yesterday pledged to back Scott. And most of the officers Cournoyer has talked to in recent weeks feel the same way, he said. Whatever he says goes. That's not exactly the way things started out, however. Shortly after being named chief by Mayor Michael J. Sullivan, Scott asked Cournoyer to order all police officers to describe themselves in a short biography.