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BOSTON – Superintendent Nora Baston will be named the next Boston Police Commissioner Friday, sources told WBZ-TV’s I-Team. But that appointment is on hold as current Commissioner Dennis White, who was placed on administrative leave amid past domestic violence allegations, filed a lawsuit to stop acting Mayor Kim Janey from firing him.
“I ask for our city’s patience as we await the court’s ruling,” Janey said at a news conference Friday. “We cannot name a new commissioner until we deal with the current situation.”
White is a 32-year veteran of the Boston Police Department. Prior to being promoted to Chief of Staff to Commissioner William Gross and to the rank of Superintendent, White was a Deputy Superintendent in the Office of the Superintendent-in-Chief and in the Bureau of Field Services Night Command, Law Officer reported.
William Gross, Boston's 1st Black police boss, to retire thetelegraph.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thetelegraph.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Following abrupt retirement announcement, William Gross says he has no plans to run for office
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William Gross joined the Boston Police Department in 1983.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff
William Gross, who made history as Bostonâs first Black police commissioner, announced Thursday that heâd retire from his post a day later, ending a 2½-year run atop the nationâs oldest police department and departing amid a national movement demanding reforms and accountability in law enforcement.
Gross, who was mulling a run for mayor, told the Globe Thursday afternoon that he had no plans to seek office following Mayor Martin J. Walshâs nomination as labor secretary in the Biden administration.