Acton | Michael Eracleo, Tyler Russell | Investigation | | Two Acton police officers placed on leave after former high school student claims the pair had engaged in inappropriate behavior while employed as school-resource officers. | MassLive |
Acton | Michael Eracleo, Tyler Russell | Investigation | Resignation (2) | Two Acton police officers resign after being accused of inappropriate conduct by former high school student. The officers were disciplined for misconduct unrelated to the student’s allegations. | Boston.com |
Amherst | Tyler Martins | Investigation | | Amherst police officer who was caught on video telling teens they “don’t have rights” was wrong but did not abuse authority, according to report by director of Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. | Daily Hampshire Gazette |
Arlington | Unknown (3) | Lawsuit | | Three Arlington police officers face lawsuit from Black man who alleges he was held at gunpoint, handcuffed, searched, and arrested by the officers in 2021. The officers had been chasing a white suspect. An internal investigation found that the officers violated several policies. | Associated Press |
Barnstable | Brian Jenkins | Lawsuit | Settlement | Barnstable agrees to pay $32,000 to settle lawsuit by woman who was injured after former police officer who allegedly wasn’t using siren or emergency lights rear-ended her vehicle in 2017. | Cape Cod Times |
Barnstable | David Heise | Lawsuit | Settlement | Barnstable agrees to pay $35,000 to settle lawsuit by estate of pedestrian who died from his injuries after being struck by police officer who was allegedly driving 88 MPH in a 40 MPH zone in 2017. | Cape Cod Times |
Barnstable | John Murphy | Investigation | | Barnstable police lieutenant on paid leave due to pending internal affairs investigation for unspecified reasons. | Cape Cod Times |
Barnstable | Mark Cabral | Investigation | | Barnstable deputy police chief on paid leave due to pending investigation. The department closed one allegation of divulging confidential information as not sustained. A second investigation for unspecified reasons remains open. | Cape Cod Times |
Barnstable | Mark Cabral, Matthew Sonnabend, John Murphy | Lawsuit | Settlement | Barnstable agrees to pay $400,000 to settle lawsuit by police officer who alleged he was demoted from detective due age discrimination and retaliation for reporting on-the-job-drinking by lieutenant. | Cape Cod Times |
Barnstable | Unknown | Lawsuit | Settlement | Barnstable agrees to pay $100,000 to settle lawsuit by man who was injured in 2017 motor vehicle accident involving police officer. | Cape Cod Times |
Belchertown | Michael J. Beaupre | Criminal Charges | | Belchertown police lieutenant charged after allegedly secretly recording conversations and nude images of seven women in his home. The lieutenant has been on paid leave during the investigation. | Daily Hampshire Gazette |
Boston | Andrew Blake | Criminal Charges | | Boston police officer arrested after allegedly assaulting family member. | Boston.com |
Boston | Andrew Creed | Allegation | | Filmmaker says he, his wife, and crew are being harassed and investigated under false pretenses by a Boston police detective and the FBI. | DigBoston |
Boston | Andrew Johnson | Criminal Charges | | Boston police detective who in 2020 was arrested on drug charges in NH was accused of assaulting two women and attempting to rape one of them, according to affidavit. | Boston Globe |
Boston | Christopher Curtis | Criminal Charges | Guilty Plea | Boston police officer sentenced to one year of probation and must pay restitution to victim after in 2019 mailing fraudulent traffic citation and threatening letter after road-rage incident. | MassLive |
Boston | Dana Lamb | Criminal Charges | Guilty Plea | Boston police officer, already facing charges for pointing gun at family members, gets reduced sentence of six months probation after pleading guilty to federal charge for selling $10,000 scratch ticket for cash to avoid taxes. | Universal Hub |
Boston | Dana Lamb | Criminal Charges | | Boston police officer, already on leave due to pending internal affairs investigation, arrested on assault charge after allegedly pointing gun at two adult sons during dispute about TV volume. | Boston Globe |
Boston | Dante Williams | Lawsuit | | Boston police detective sued by man who alleges the detective conspired with prosecutors to bring false witness-intimidation charges for heckling the distrist attorney at a 2021 press conference. A judge dismissed the charges, saying the man’s words were proected by the First Amendment. | MassLive |
Boston | Haseeb Hosein | Administrative Hearing | | Boston police captain accused of eight policy violations for modifying police cruiser and his handling of a warrant sweep and investigation of racist remark cleared of all but two violations by hearing officer, who said the accusations appear “to have been orchestrated” and that “a review is warranted.”. | CommonWealth |
Boston | Ismael Almeida, Paul Michael Bertocchi, Catia Freire | Lawsuit | | Boston police officers sued by family of Shayne Stilphen, who died of drug overdose in holding cell in 2019 after officers did not render aid until an hour after he stopped moving. | WCVB |
Boston | Joe Abasciano | Investigation | | Boston police officer, already under investigation for alleged involvement in January 6 Capitol Riot, might be violating city residency requirement after moving to New Hampshire. | MassLive |
Boston | Joe Martinez | Criminal Charges | | Boston police officer arrested on child-pornography charges. | MassLive |
Boston | John Brazil | Investigation | | Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office opens investigation of retired Boston police detective who allegedly gave false testimony in two murder trials for which convictions were later overturned. | Boston Globe |
Boston | Matthew Morrissey | Criminal Charges | | Boston police officer charged with trying to intimidate detective who was investigating his compliance with the city’s residency requirement. | Universal Hub |
Boston | Michael C. Harrington, Kenneth Fong, Ryan Daniel O’Leary, James Walsh, John Danilecki | Lawsuit | | Boston police officers sued by antifascist demonstrator who alleges officers attacked him at a 2019 white-supremacist march. | Universal Hub |
Boston | Patrick M. Rose Sr. | Criminal Charges | Guilty Plea | Retired Boston police officer and union leader pleads guilty to the rape and sexual abuse of six children, sentenced to 10 to 13 years in prison and 10 years of probation. | NBC10 Boston |
Boston | Paul Russell | | | Former Boston police officer alleges at hearing before Division of Administrative Law Appeals that department fired her in retaliation for complaining about captain, who she says assaulted her in 2012. | Boston Globe |
Boston | Shana Cottone | Investigation | | Boston police sergeant who heads anti-vaccine group put on leave amid internal affairs investigation. | Boston Globe |
Boston | Shana Cottone | | | Boston police sergeant who heads anti-vaccine group violates city vaccine mandate by refusing to show proof of vaccination at two pizzerias and allegedly steals bottle of water from one. | Boston Globe |
Boston | Unknown | Investigation | | Since forming in 2021, Boston Office of Police Accountability and Transparency has received 15 complaints of officer misconduct, five of which have made it through intake process. | Boston Globe |
Boston | Unknown (20) | Lawsuit | | Twenty Boston SWAT officers sued after holding elderly woman at gunpoint for more than an hour while looking for 19-year-old man who lived at a different address in 2019. | Universal Hub |
Boston | Walter Suprey | Criminal Charges | | Boston police sergeant arrested after allegedly assaulting fiancée at her home in Danvers. | Salem News |
Boston | | Judicial Ruling | | Boston Police Department’s inclusion of Salvadoran asylum seeker in gang database was not based on credible information of gang membership, according to federal appeals court ruling. | Associated Press |
Boxborough | Warren Ryder | Investigation | | Boxborough police chief put on paid leave amid FBI investigation. | CommonWealth |
Brockton | Emanuel Gomes | Investigation | | Retired Brockton police chief faces negligent driving charge after veering off ramp, leading to three-vehicle crash that injured a woman in 2021. The charge was sought by a private citizen with no connection to the crash; State Police found that the chief was responsible but did not conduct field sobriety test or issue a citation. | NBC10 Boston |
Brookline | Ashley Gonzalez | Investigation | | Brookline police chief put on paid leave while a private firm hired by the town investigates allegations that he violated the town’s policy against discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation. | MassLive |
Cambridge | Michael Daniliuk | Criminal Charges | | Cambridge police officer charged with OUI after driving into three motorcyclists stopped at red light, injuring two. | Universal Hub |
Danvers | Stephen Baldassare | Investigation | Reassignment | Danvers police sergeant who coached high school hockey team failed to supervise players, allowing them to conduct racist and homophobic hazing rituals, according to Attorney General’s Office. The sergeant has been reassigned and will no longer oversee school-resource officer program. | WCVB |
Fall River | Andrew Crook | Criminal Charges | | Fall River police lieutenant arrested three times in six weeks, twice for alleged domestic violence toward the same family member and once for alleged OUI. | Herald News |
Fall River | Bryan Custadio | Criminal Charges | | Fall River police officer, already facing domestic violence charges from 2021, is again charged with domestic violence. | Herald News |
Fall River | Joshua Carreiro, Jonathan Ferreira, Shane Galus | Lawsuit | Settlement | Fall River agrees to pay $315,000 to settle lawsuit by mother of Scott Macomber, who died in 2016 after being tased multiple times by police officers. City denies wrongdoing. | Herald News |
Fall River | Michael Pessoa | Criminal Charges | Termination | Fall River police officer who in 2019 was charged with multiple assaults and falsifying police reports is fired. | WPRI |
Fall River | Thomas Roberts | Termination | | Fall River police officer fired for filing a false police report in 2019 to protect another officer accused of brutality. | MassLive |
Fall River | | Investigation | | Fall River Police Department and district attorney’s office investigating after department’s 2019 and 2020 undercover drug-buy logbooks go missing, affecting an unknown number of criminal cases. | WPRI |
Gardner | | Judicial Ruling | Evidence Suppressed | Supreme Judicial Court throws out evidence after Gardner police officer obtains warrant to have man’s blood tested without consent in OUI investigation. | Universal Hub |
Greenfield | Robert Haigh Jr. | Investigation | | Greenfield police chief reinstated after private firm hired by city finds there is no evidence he violated policy during conversation in court parking lot or lied under oath during racial discrimination lawsuit. | MassLive |
Greenfield | Robert Haigh Jr. | Lawsuit | Jury Verdict | Jury awards $92,930 in lost back wages and $350,000 for emotional distress to Black former Greenfield police officer after finding police chief denied promotion because of officer’s race. | WWLP |
Greenfield | Todd M. Dodge | Investigation | | Greenfield police lieutenant placed on paid leave and required to stay at home during work hours while city investigates alleged untruthful statements he made while testifying on behalf of Black officer who successfully sued city for racial discrimination. Lawyer for lieutenant calls move retaliation. | Recorder |
Greenfield | | Investigation | | Greenfield mayor announces independent audit of police department after jury finds it racially discriminated against Black officer. | Recorder |
Haverhill | Carlos Arriaga | Criminal Charges | | Haverhill police officer arrested on OUI charges after crash and put on leave from department. | MassLive |