Cops from Hudson and Mendon are among the many most up-to-date to be suspended by the state company tasked with regulating regulation enforcement.
The state’s Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) Commission introduced Wednesday that Hudson Police Officer Kevin Johnson, Mendon Police Officer Sean Malone and retired Rowley Police Officer Perry Collins have been suspended. Every is going through prison expenses.
The POST Fee, which was created as a part of police reform regulation in 2020 and has the facility to droop officers, would not say what the officers have been suspended for besides to say they have been required by statute to suspended officers who have been both charged, arrested or indicted for a felony.
What’s Johnson accused of doing?
Johnson was arrested on Oct. 2 and charged with two counts of home assault and battery and one rely every of assault and battery with a harmful weapon and assault and battery.
He was arraigned Oct. 3 in Marlborough District Court docket and the case was transferred to Worcester District Court docket.
The Middlesex District Legal professional’s Workplace issued a discover referred to as “Commonwealth’s Discover Concerning a Potential Commonwealth Witness,” so the data can be obtainable to the court docket if Johnson have been to be referred to as to testify throughout a grand jury.
In response to the discover, Johnson was positioned on paid administrative depart on the day of his arrest. The case stays open.
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Hudson Police Chief Richard DiPersio mentioned Hudson police arrested Johnson for the off-duty incident on Oct. 2 and he stays on paid administrative depart.
According to the Hudson Police Department Facebook page, Johnson joined the division in 2016. In 2018, he grew to become a part of the Central Massachusetts Regulation Enforcement Council’s SWAT crew.
Final 12 months, in the course of the Hudson Police Division’s first Worker Awards Ceremony, Johnson was introduced the Life Saving Award “for selfless service, with dedication and braveness, that saved one other human life.”
What’s Malone accused of doing?
Particulars about what Malone is charged with and the place the alleged incident happened have been not obtainable. In response to the Worcester District Legal professional’s Workplace, Malone is not going through prison expenses in Worcester County, the place Mendon is situated.
Mendon Police Chief David Kurczy mentioned he might not remark on the case.
“Officer Sean Malone is at the moment on unpaid administrative depart,” he mentioned. “I’m not in a position to remark at the moment as this matter continues to be ongoing.”
In response to a Mendon Police Division Fb publish, Malone joined the division in March 2021 after graduating from Fitchburg State College with a level in prison justice.
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