Weymouth Police Officer Bob Barry, the department's Safety Officer, reads to first graders at St. Jerome's School in North Weymouth. GREG DERR photo/The Patriot Ledger

TO THE RESCUE

Bob Barry

Safety officer, Weymouth

Tell us about yourself

“My dad was a police officer. He actually held my position as a safety officer before he died. My dad passed away in 1995 of brain cancer and the job came up and I was blessed to get the job.”

“My brother Eddie and my brother Jimmy are also police officers. My other brother, Sean, is a state trooper out of Springfield."

“I work with children from the elementary level all the way up to the high school level. My real concentration is on the elementary level. I do a ‘stranger danger’ program, I do bike safety, I do train safety, gun safety, computers, the Internet - anything that has a safety connection to it.”

“I care greatly about my faith. I teach CCD at Sacred Heart Church in the 10th grade. I love giving back; that was always the message that was given to me. I try to live my life by that.”

THE SKINNY

POSITION: Safety officer
AGE: 49
HIRED IN WEYMOUTH: 1984
BIO: Barry grew up in Weymouth and graduated from Weymouth High School. He studied education at Rhode Island College and restaurant and hotel management at Quincy Junior College. He is married and has a 22-year-old son.
What would you have been if not a police officer? Industrial arts/shop teacher
Best advice you ever got: Treat people the way you want to be treated.
Person who gave it to you: Parents.
What do you do in your time off? Barry describes himself as a “foodie kind of guy.” He loves cooking and going to restaurants and often watches the Food Network to pick up tips.


November 30, 2007