The bank robbery in Wellesley Hills on Wednesday and the movie shoot in Wellesley Square on Thursday provided convenient diversions so that the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, could slip into town and hang with old friend Chief Terry Cunningham of the Wellesley Police Department.
The two go way back, or at least a couple of years back (See “Wellesley’s Police chief kinda fonda Rwanda”), through Chief Cunningham’s travels via the International Association of Chiefs of Police, an organization he currently heads up.
Kagame (third from left) posed for this relaxed photo with Chief Cunningham (second from left), town Executive Director Hans Larsen (left) and the Board of Selectmen’s David Murphy.
Rwanda President Kagame was in town & met w/Exec Dir Larsen, Selectman Murphy,& @TheIACP President at #WPD Hq pic.twitter.com/EppN3jqeqq
— Wellesley Police (@WellesleyPolice) June 2, 2016