Decisions, Orders, and Reviews

Case No. 23-007-S Final and Initial Decision to revoke certification (PDF) issued January 23, 2024. Summary: The Commission found that Chappell used excessive force on two separate incidents. In the first incident, in February 2022, Chappell employed two closed-fist strikes to the head of an actively resisting individual. Subsequently, in July 2022, Chappell delivered 13 closed-fist strikes to the head of an individual whose hands were secured behind his back in handcuffs.

Case 23-013-SU Final and Initial Decision to revoke certification (PDF) issued July 18, 2024. Summary: Correia was decertified based on a criminal disposition.

Case No. PI-2023-07-12-002 Decertification Order and Voluntary Decertification Agreement (PDF) issued July 18, 2024. Summary: Cronin was decertified as a result of his conviction on one count of felony Securities Fraud in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Case No. 23-002-S Final and Initial Decision to revoke certification (PDF) issued September 14, 2023. Summary: On February 3, 2022, Curtis was decertified based on a criminal disposition.

Case No. PI-2023-04-13-004 Final and Initial Decision to Revoke Certification (PDF) issued August 15, 2024. Summary: Custadio was decertified based on a criminal disposition. Case No. SU-2022-11-22-002 Suspension Order (PDF) issued December 2, 2022.

Case No. SU-2024-007 Final and Initial Decision to revoke certification (PDF) issued July 18, 2024. Summary: Delaney was decertified based on a criminal disposition. Case No. SU-2024-007 Suspension Order (PDF) issued February 15, 2024.

Case No. 23-005-S Voluntary Decertification Agreement (PDF) effective April 13, 2023 and Decertification Order (PDF) issued April 21, 2023. Summary: On April 13, 2023, John Donnelly, formerly of Woburn PD, entered into a voluntary decertification agreement with the Commission. It was alleged that, on or about October 13, 2022, Donnelly had attended the white supremacist “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville VA and a subsequent complaint alleged that Donnelly engaged in misconduct and/or was unfit to be a police officer in Massachusetts. Donnelly acknowledged that, if these allegations against him were proven by clear and convincing evidence, the POST Commission would be authorized to revoke his certification pursuant to G.L. c. 6E §§ 3(a), 10(a) and/or 10(b).

Case No. SU-2024-001 Decertification Order (PDF) issued May 22, 2024 and Suspension Order (PDF) issued January 24, 2024. Summary: On September 15, 2023, Dupont pled guilty to one felony count of Securities Fraud in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He was sentenced to three years of probation at a $75,000 fine.

Voluntary Decertification Agreement (PDF) and Decertification Order (PDF) issued January 4, 2024. Summary: Eracleo entered into a Voluntary Decertification Agreement under which he agreed that the allegations made against him would support revoking his law enforcement officer certification. Those allegations included that: Eracleo inappropriately accepted gifts from a vulnerable member of his community, and he failed to report said gifts to his supervisor; while on duty, Eracleo made inappropriate and unwelcome sexual comments to a civilian employee of his police department; and in relation to his work as a School Resource Officer, Eracleo improperly communicated with a minor student using a social media application that permitted him to receive, and conceal the receipt of, sexually suggestive material.

Voluntary Decertification Agreement (PDF) and Decertification Order (PDF) issued March 21, 2024. Summary: Farwell entered into a Voluntary Decertification Agreement under which he agreed that the allegations made against him would support revoking his law enforcement officer certification. Those allegations included that: he had a sexual relationship with a member of the Stoughton Police Explorers Program who was 15 years old at the time while Farwell was 27; that Farwell subsequently pursued additional sexual encounters with the victim by various means as recently as 2020; that such encounters continued over an extended period; and that Farwell was untruthful during a law enforcement investigation into the victim’s death.

Case No. PI-2023-11-16-002 Final and Initial Decision to Revoke Certification (PDF) issued August 15, 2024. Summary: Festa was decertified based on a finding that he is not fit for duty as a police officer and is dangerous to the public. Case No. 2024-001-S Suspension Order (PDF) issued January 5, 2024.

Case No. 23-005-S Final and Initial Decision to revoke certification (PDF) issued October 25, 2023. Summary: On January 20, 2023, Fontaine was decertified based on a criminal disposition.

Case No. 2023-016-S Initial Decision (PDF) issued January 30, 2024 and Final Decision to Revoke Certification (PDF) issued March 21, 2024. Summary: On July 20, 2023, a Federal jury found Forte guilty of one count of Conspiracy to Commit Securities Fraud, and one count of Aiding and Abetting Securities Fraud. Both crimes are felonies under federal law.

Case No 2023-010-S Final and Initial Decision to revoke certification (PDF) issued June 20, 2024. Summary: On April 6, 2023, Gonzalez was decertified based on a criminal disposition.

Case No. 2023-013-S Initial Decision (PDF) issued January 30, 2024 and Final Decision to Revoke Certification (PDF) issued March 21, 2024. Summary: On September 20, 2023, Kennedy pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343.  Wire fraud is classified as a felony under federal law.

Case No. 23-009-S Final and Initial Decision to revoke certification (PDF) issued December 14, 2023. Summary: On February 28, 2023, Morales was decertified based on a criminal disposition.

Case No. 23-017-S Final Decision to revoke certification (PDF) issued May 22, 2024. Summary: On June 1, 2021, the Respondent pleaded guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Commit Theft Concerning Programs Receiving Federal Funds, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371, and one count of Aiding and Abetting Theft Concerning Programs Receiving Federal Funds, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 666(a)(1)(A). Under federal law, these offenses are felonies. 18 U.S.C. § 3559.

Case No. PI-2022-12-13-003 Final and Initial Decision to Revoke Certification (PDF) issued August 15, 2024. Summary: O’Donnell was decertified based on a criminal disposition.

Case No. PI-2023-06-15-004 Final and Initial Decision to Revoke Certification issued August 15, 2024. Summary: Otis was decertified based on findings that he is not fit for duty as a law enforcement officer and is dangerous to the public; that he has a pattern of unprofessional police conduct that the Commission believes may escalate; and that he has repeated sustained internal affairs complaints for the same or different offenses.

Case No. 23-008-S Final and Initial Decision to revoke certification (PDF) issued January 23, 2024. Summary info: On April 23, 2023, Pomeroy was decertified based on a criminal disposition.

Case No. 22-017-SU Final Decision to revoke certification (PDF) issued March 15, 2024 and Suspension Order (PDF) issued September 7, 2023. Summary: In July 2023, Poore was under the influence of lysergic acid diethylamide (“LSD”) and psilocybin while on duty, and he made certain public social media statements concerning the “beneficial” use of such substances. The Commission found that Poore was unfit for duty as a law enforcement officer, was dangerous to the public, and has engaged in a pattern of unprofessional police conduct that may escalate.

Case No. 2023-003-S Final and Initial Decision to revoke certification (PDF) issued September 14, 2023. Summary: On December 12, 2022, Quilty was decertified based on a criminal disposition.

Case No. PI-2023-05-11-005 Decertification Order and Voluntary Decertification Agreement (PDF) issued May 22, 2024. Summary: On April 23, 2024, Salituri was decertified based on a criminal disposition. Case No. SU-2023-05-11-001 Suspension Order (PDF) issued May 15, 2023.

Case No. 23-006-S Final and Initial Decision to revoke certification (PDF) issued September 14, 2023. Summary: Senecal knowingly filed a police report containing a false statement and created forty police log entries containing false statements regarding his activities.

Case No. 23-001-S Final and Initial Decision to revoke certification (PDF) issued September 14, 2023. Summary: On October 25, 2022, Vieira was decertified based on a criminal disposition.

Case No. 2023-004-S Final and Initial Decision to revoke certification (PDF) issued September 14, 2023. Summary: On October 6, 2022, Whitman was decertified based on a criminal disposition.

Case No. PI-2024-030 Decertification Order and Voluntary Decertification Agreement (PDF) issued June 20, 2024. Summary: Winslow entered into a Voluntary Decertification Agreement under which he agreed that the allegations made against him would support revoking his law enforcement certification. Those allegations include that: Boston College Police Department sustained allegations that Winslow was untruthful, failed to supervise, and falsified department records in relation to an April 15, 2012, incident; Boston College Police Department sustained allegations that Winslow falsified a department report and failed to supervise properly in relation to a May 6, 2012 incident; Winslow was suspended as a result of the two 2012 incidents; Winslow failed to disclose his suspension and sustained findings to Babson College Public Safety Department during his application process in 2013; and Babson College terminated Winslow in 2024 as a result of his discovered untruthfulness during the 2013 application process.

Case No. SU-2023-05-03-002 Suspension Order (PDF) issued May 4, 2023

Case No. SU-2023-06-28-001 Suspension Order (PDF) issued June 29, 2023

Case No. SU-2023-09-27-001 Suspension Order (PDF) issued September 27, 2023

Case No. PI-2023-11-16-001 Suspension Order (PDF) dated August 15, 2024.

Also see related September 6, 2024 Brennan Order of the Single Commissioner under “Decisions in Favor of Officers” here.

Case No. SU-2023-05-24-001 Suspension Order (PDF) issued May 30, 2023

Case No. SU-2024-002 Suspension Order (PDF) issued January 31, 2024

Case No. SU-2023-12-14-001 Suspension Order (PDF) issued December 14, 2023

Case No. 23-014-S Suspension Order (PDF) and Voluntary Suspension Agreement (PDF) issued December 20, 2023. Summary: Callahan entered into a Voluntary Suspension Agreement in which he admitted to an improper use of force when responding to a reported domestic incident on January 22, 2023. His certification was suspended for 30 days.

Case No. SU-2024-011 Suspension Order (PDF) issued March 21, 2024

Case No. SU-2024-003 Suspension Order (PDF) issued January 31, 2024

Case No. SU-2023-02-13-001 Suspension Order (PDF) issued February 15, 2023

Case No. SU-2023-03-13-001 Suspension Order (PDF) issued March 15, 2023

Case No. 23-012S Suspension Order (PDF) issued December 19, 2023

Case No. SU-2023-01-10-001 Suspension Order (PDF) issued January 19, 2023

Case No. SU-2024-022 Suspension Order (PDF) issued July 16, 2024

Case No. SU-2024-005 Suspension Order (PDF) issued February 5, 2024

Case No. SU-2022-11-28-001 Suspension Order (PDF) issued December 2, 2022

Case No. SU-2024-018 Suspension Order (PDF) issued June 12, 2024

Case No. SU-2023-03-27-001 Suspension Order (PDF) issued March 28, 2023

Case No. SU-2023-12-28-001 Suspension Order (PDF) issued January 2, 2024

Case No. SU-2024-021 Suspension Order (PDF) issued July 8, 2024

Case No. SU-2022-11-22-005 Suspension Order (PDF) issued December 6, 2022

Case No. SU-2024-013 Suspension Order (PDF) issued April 5, 2024

Case No. SU-2024-038 Suspension Order (PDF) issued June 20, 2024

Case No. SU-2023-05-05-001 Suspension Order (PDF) issued May 5, 2023

Case No. SU-2022-12-13-001 Suspension Order (PDF) issued December 15, 2022

Case No. SU-2023-07-17-001 Suspension Order (PDF) issued July 18, 2023

Case No. 23-006-SU Voluntary Suspension Order (PDF) issued September 14, 2023. Summary: Johnson entered into a Voluntary Suspension Agreement and his certification was suspended for 2 years.

Case No. SU-2023-08-14-001 Suspension Order (PDF) issued August 17, 2023

Case No. SU-2024-025 Suspension Order (PDF) issued August 21, 2024

Case No. SU-2023-02-09-001 Suspension Order (PDF) issued February 10, 2023

Case No. SU-2023-08-25-001 Suspension Order (PDF) issued August 25, 2023

Case No. SU-2024-019 Suspension Order (PDF) issued June 13, 2024

Case No. SU-2024-023 Suspension Order (PDF) issued July 25, 2024

Case No. SU-2023-07-11-001 Suspension Order (PDF) issued July 13, 2023

Case No. SU-2023-08-08-001 Suspension Order (PDF) issued August 8, 2023

Case No. SU-2024-014 Suspension Order (PDF) issued April 18, 2024

Case No. SU-2024-012 Suspension Order (PDF) issued April 5, 2024

Case No. SU-2024-017 Suspension Order (PDF) issued May 3, 2024

Case No. SU-2022-12-06-002 Suspension Order (PDF) issued December 9, 2022

Case No. 2023–05-10-001 Suspension Order (PDF) issued May 10, 2023

Case No. SU-2024-006 Suspension Order (PDF) i issued February 5, 2024

Case No. SU-2024-015 Suspension Order (PDF) issued April 30, 2024

Case No. SU-2024-004 Suspension Order (PDF) issued January 31, 2024

Case No. SU-2024-009 Suspension Order and Voluntary Suspension Agreement (PDF) issued February 15, 2024. Summary: Romeos entered into a Voluntary Suspension Agreement under which he admitted that, on November 19, 2022, he was involved in an off-duty single-vehicle accident in Wakefield, New Hampshire, when he was the sole occupant of his vehicle. While driving, his vehicle left the road, striking a large rock and multiple trees before coming to a stop. As a result of the accident, Wakefield police officers responded to the area. When police officers asked for his identification, Romeos initially provided his Essex Police Department credentials. Additionally, when asked, Romeos inaccurately stated that his relative had been driving and had left the scene before police arrived. Romeos was taken to the hospital, where blood testing revealed that his blood alcohol content was nearly three times the legal limit. Romeos was subsequently found guilty of Reckless Operation of a Vehicle and False Reporting of an Accident, in violation of New Hampshire law. His certification was suspended for a period of 18 months.

Case No. SU-2022-11-22-008 Suspension Order (PDF) issued December 5, 2022

Case No. 2023-018-S Suspension Order and Voluntary Disposition Agreement (PDF) issued February 15, 2024. Summary: Russell entered into a Voluntary Suspension Agreement under which he admitted that, on multiple occasions while employed and on duty as a law enforcement officer, and without any legitimate work-related purpose, he used his department-issued cell phone to take, send, and receive sexually explicit photos and videos. His certification was suspended for a period of 6 months.

Case No. SU-2023-08-03-001 Suspension Order (PDF) issued August 4, 2023

Case No. SU-2022-11-28-002 Suspension Order (PDF) issued December 5, 2022

Case SU-2023-12-22-01 Suspension Order (PDF) issued May 22, 2024

Case No. SU-2024-020 Suspension Order (PDF) issued June 24, 2024

Case No. PI-2023-09-14-003 Suspension Order and Voluntary Suspension Agreement (PDF) issued July 18, 2024.

Case No. SU-2023-03-28-001 Suspension Order (PDF) issued March 28, 2023

Case No. SU-2023-05-03-001 Suspension Order (PDF) issued May 4, 2023

Case No. SU-2024-024 Suspension Order (PDF) issued August 15, 2024

Case No. SU-2022-11-22-009 Suspension Order (PDF) issued December 14, 2022

Case No. SU-2024-016 Suspension Order (PDF) issued May 2, 2024

Case No. 23-001-C Initial Decision of the Presiding Officer to deny recertification (PDF) issued January 8, 2024

Case No. 23-001-C Final Decision affirming denial of recertification (PDF) issued April 21, 2023

Case No. ED23-003-C Determination of the Executive Director to recertify (PDF) issued May 26, 2023

Case No. ED22-004-C Determination of the Executive Director to conditionally certify (PDF) issued March 17, 2023

Case No. ED22-002-C Determination of the Executive Director to recertify (PDF) issued March 28, 2023

Case No. ED23-001-C Determination of the Executive Director to recertify (PDF) issued March 24, 2023

Case No. ED-24-050-2 Determination of the Executive Director to Deny Certification (PDF) issued May 28, 2024

Case No. ED22-006-C Determination of the Executive Director to conditionally certify (PDF) issued March 6, 2023

Case No. ED23-005-C Determination of the Executive Director to recertify (PDF) issued March 20, 2024

Case No. ED23-004-C Determination of the Executive Director to recertify (PDF) issued June 16, 2023

Case No. ED23-006-C Determination of the Executive Director to recertify (PDF) issued March 14, 2024

Case No. 22-016-SU Final Decision to lift suspension (PDF) issued September 7, 2023

Case No. PI-2023-11-16-001 Order of the Single Commissioner (PDF) dated September 6, 2024

Case No. SU-2024-008 Suspension Order (PDF) issued February 15, 2024 and Final Decision to lift suspension (PDF) issued April 18, 2024

Case No. 23-035-SU Final Decision Lifting Suspension (PDF) issued October 25, 2023

Case No. 2024-003-S Final Decision (PDF) issued May 3, 2024. Summary: The Commission considered allegations that Rossi failed to take sufficient action to investigate an incident reported to her while she was a lieutenant at the Natick Police Department; and that, during the pendency of the preliminary inquiry, Rossi was involved in a verbal argument with a former colleague. The Commission concluded that there was not clear and convincing evidence of a pattern of unprofessional police conduct, and also found that Rossi would not benefit from retraining. The Commission therefore closed this matter without imposing any discipline.

Case No. 23-018-SU Final Decision Lifting Suspension (PDF) issued July 11, 2023