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prettyjumbles.bsky.social @prettyjumbles.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

there's no religious message, but the statues bless you and you pray to them

A working model of St. Michael shows a beautiful, winged angel with exaggerated muscles. He presses a sandaled foot on the head and neck of a demon, whose face is contorted in agony.

"That's what the police are about in our community," Koch said, referring to St. Michael's symbolic representation of "good versus evil."

Neither statue carries strictly religious messages, Koch said, stressing instead their representation of bravery, courage and service, values which he said Quincy's first responders exemplify.

"It seemed natural to do those images," he added.

Ward 1 Councilor Dave McCarthy, whose district hosts the new headquarters, approved of the statues. McCarthy said he was informed of the plans "a long time ago."

The statues contain "a great message" and "will bless our first responders," McCarthy said.

"It might help them," he added. "They might say a little prayer before they go out on duty."

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