On Thursday October 3rd, Springfield Police Superintendent Lawrence E. Akers on behalf of the Springfield Police Department along with Mayor Domenic J. Sarno held a promotional pinning ceremony for the Department’s three newest Sergeants at Springfield City Hall. City Councilors Lavar Click-Bruce and Melvin Edwards, Police Commissioner Al Tranghese and the Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Judith Crowell were also in attendance.
Springfield Police Superintendent Akers promoted officers Daniel Regan, Colin Cochrane and Michael O’Shea to the rank of Sergeant. These promotions will become effective Sunday October 6th.
Mayor Sarno stated, “I am proud to congratulate our brave and dedicated Springfield Police Officers who are being promoted to Sergeant today. Thank you to each of you and your families for continuing to step up to serve and protect all of our residents and business community with courage, professionalism, honor and integrity. We are grateful for your service and continued brave and dedicated efforts in keeping our Springfield community safe. Wishing you continued good health and God speed.”
Superintendent Akers stated, “I would like to congratulate these officers who worked extremely hard to earn these promotions. I task these first line Supervisors to make difficult decisions on the street and nurture our young and soon to be even younger department. This group has different and unique perspectives to bring to our Uniform Division. Sergeant Regan has excelled in our Special Victims Unit and will be guide our officers through sensitive situations and often-times dangerous domestic disputes. Sergeant Cochrane has the pedigree from his father and has thrived in both our C3 Unit and Detective Bureau which will help our officers balance a connection with our community and proper procedures for violent crimes. Sergeant O’Shea with his three decades on the job has likely experienced just about anything that our officers will encounter. Family and friends of these newly promoted Supervisors should be proud of their efforts and achievements. I will be expecting you to live up to your oath, be a leader for your fellow officers and remember to both serve and protect our community.”
Sergeant Daniel Regan
Sergeant Regan joined the Springfield Police Department in 2017 after graduating from Westfield State University with a degree in Criminal Justice.
Currently a Detective in the Springfield Police Special Victims Unit, Regan was awarded a departmental Commendation for his role in apprehending a suspect after Officer Edwin Irizarry was shot in the line of duty. Regan working with his partner Siervo Jimenez along with Seth Barker and Joseph Levesque located and arrested the suspect shortly after the shooting.
Sergeant Regan is married with a two-year-old son. He was pinned by his wife, Samantha Regan.
Sergeant Colin Cochrane
Sergeant Cochrane began his career as a Springfield Police Cadet in 2014 and would become a Springfield Police Officer in 2016.
Cochrane received a departmental Commendation for his role in clearing a burning building on Belmont Avenue in 2019 in which a woman and her children were rescued from the third floor.
Currently a Homicide Detective, Cochrane has worked in the Detective Bureau and C3 Forest Park Unit. Born and raised in Springfield, Cochrane went on to graduate from Springfield Technical Community College.
He was pinned by his father, retired Springfield Deputy Chief William Cochrane.
Sergeant Michael O’Shea
Sergeant O’Shea has served the city of Springfield as a police officer for 30 years, spending his entire career in the Uniform Division.
The Anna Maria College graduate has been honored with two departmental Commendations and a Letter of Recognition. O’Shea’s accolades include arresting, along with his partner, a suspect who stabbed and killed a school counselor at the then Springfield High School in 2001, as well as taking part in the arrest and seizure of what was at the time the largest Marijuana bust in the department’s history.
The Putnam Vocational Technical High School graduate was born and raised in the Hungry Hill section of the city. Michael’s two brothers are retired police officers, Timothy O’Shea who was a Springfield Police Officer and John O’Shea who was a Chicopee police officer.
He has been married for 26 years and has three daughters; Micaela, Madaline and Keelan. He was pinned by his wife, Sarah O’Shea.
