Meeting Summary: The meeting opened with a call to order and approval of the May 15, 2025 minutes. Executive Director Zuniga provided updates on officer certification and financial and administrative matters. Presentations on officer behavioral health included Dr. Tracie Goodness’s remarks on critical incidents and stress management, and Commissioner Bluestone’s discussion on mitigating law enforcement risks. The legal team covered topics including officer recertification and physical fitness, the agency certification initiative, draft standard on juvenile operations, and a proposed policy for the National Decertification Index, followed by a discussion of Robert Choquette’s application to voluntary relinquish his certification. An Executive Session followed.

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Meeting Recording

POST Commission Invites Public Comment on Robert V. Choquette’s Voluntary Relinquishment of Certification Application

NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA

Public Meeting #65 July 17, 2025 8:30 a.m.

Remote Participation via Zoom Meeting ID: 960 9684 2601
1) Call to Order
2) Approval of Minutes
a) June 26, 2025
3) Executive Director Report – Enrique A. Zuniga
a) Certification Update
b) Finance & Administrative Update
c) Organizational Chart & Diversity Update
4) Legal Update – Randall E. Ravitz and Annie E. Lee
a) Officer Recertification
i) Issues related to officers’ physical fitness
b) Policy on Information in the National Decertification Index
i) Discussion of proposed Policy – Possible Vote
5) Matters not anticipated by the Chair at the time of posting
6) Executive Session in accordance with the following:
• M.G.L. c. 30A, § 21(a)(1), to discuss “the discipline or dismissal of, or complaints or charges brought against, a public officer, employee, . . . or individual”;
• M.G.L. c. 30A, § 21(a)(5), to discuss the investigation of charges of criminal misconduct;
• M.G.L. c. 30A, § 21(a)(7), combined with M.G.L. c. 6E, § 8(c)(2), and to the extent they may be applicable, M.G.L. c. 6, §§ 168 and 178, to discuss the initiation of preliminary inquiries and initial staff review related to the same, and regarding certain criminal offender record information; and
• M.G.L. c. 30A, § 21(a)(7), combined with M.G.L. c. 30A, §§ 22(f) and (g), to discuss and approve the minutes of a prior Executive Session.
a) Reports of Preliminary Inquiry in the following cases:
i) PI-2024-075
ii) PI-2024-045
iii) PI-2024-057
iv) PI-2024-040
v) PI-2024-012
b) Division of Standards request for approval to conduct Preliminary Inquiries in the following cases:
i) PI-2025-037
ii) PI-2025-038
iii) PI-2025-039
iv) PI-2025-040
v) PI-2025-041
c) Update on the following Preliminary Inquiry matter:
i) PI-2022-11-22-005
d) Approval of the minutes of the Executive Session of June 26, 2025
Note that M.G.L. c. 66, § 6A(d) provides that “[a]n electronically produced document submitted to an agency . . . for use in deliberations by a public body shall be provided in an electronic format at the time of submission.”

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