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The state agency tasked with overseeing Massachusetts police officers on Tuesday suspended the certification of Paul Downey, ...
Kelsey Fitzsimmons was issued a suspension order this week. She joined the North Andover Police Department last spring.
Former Boston police sergeant Christopher Cunniff was charged with assaulting an intoxicated man after a parade.
A sergeant at the Boston Police Department appeared in court to face child rape charges on Monday. Paul Downey, 58, of West Roxbury, was arraigned in the Dorchester division of the Boston Municipal ...
Massachusetts police have suspended the off-duty cop who was shot after an armed confrontation with her fellow officers while trying to serve a restraining order.
Cunnif, 59, retired from the department after learning he was under investigation by the DA’s office and the BPD Anti-Corruption division, the DA’s office said.
“Detective Ellison began his career with the BPD as a police cadet in 1983,” said Boston police in a statement. “He became a sworn officer in 1985 and, three years later attained the rank of ...
Fast forward to June 30, when Fitzsimmons’ life as a police officer, and citizen, all changed. Fitzsimmons, 28, was off-duty ...
A Boston police officer was released on personal recognizance on Tuesday after he was charged in connection with a crash while under the influence of alcohol, Massachusetts State Police said ...
A Boston police sergeant is on leave amid an investigation into allegations of child rape, officials said. Paul Downey, 58, was arraigned in the Dorchester section of Boston Municipal Court on ...
A man stole a Boston Police officer’s gun and fired it during a scuffle, injuring himself, outside Massachusetts General Hospital on Tuesday morning, police said.
A Boston police officer was injured after responding to a report of a fight in Mattapan Sunday afternoon, the Boston Police Department confirmed.