museum employees after hours, even the museum s director. i was never verbally told that, to the best of my knowledge. i know i m sure there was a policy written somewhere. i m sure it was. but it wasn t the culture of the place for the most part. people came in and out of there fairly regularly. i mean at least once a month we let someone in. reporter: so it was not unusual for rick to hear that buzzer go off. on this night, rick says he had no doubt it trereally was the boston police at the entrance. they were standing there in their hats and coaches and badges. they looked like police. i buzzed them into the museum. and one of them came right over to my desk and one of them kind of stood in the alcove right there, just looking around. didn t seem particularly odd to
i was never verbally told that to the best of my knowledge. i know i m sure there was a policy written somewhere, i m sure it was in there, but it wasn t the culture of the place for the most part. people came in and out of there fairly regularly. i mean, at least once a night we let someone in. so it was not unusual for rick to hear that buzzer go off. on this night, rick says he had no doubt it really was the boston police at the entrance. they were standing there, in their hats and coats and badges. they looked like police and i buzzed them into the museum. one of them came right over to my desk and one of them stood in the alcove right there, just looking around, which didn t seem particularly odd to me. and he came up to me, the one guy, and they asked me he
that decision to buzz them in is something rick abbot has had to live with for the past 23 years. the night watchman, against protocol, allowed them into the museum. anthony amore is the security director for the isabella stewart gardner museum. he s also an active investigator on this case. he says back in 1990, no one was allowed into the museum after hours. not even police officers. but rick, the security guard, said he d routinely buzz in museum employees afterhours. even the museum director. i was never verbally told that to the best of my knowledge. i m sure there was a policy written somewhere. but it wasn t the culture of the place, for the most part. people came in and out of there fairly regularly. at least once a month, we d let someone in. so it was not unusual for rick to hear that buzzer go off.
to live with for the past 23 years. the night watchman, against protocol, allowed them into the museum. antny amore is the security director for the isabella stewart gardener museum. he s also the investigators on this case. he says back in 1990, no one was allowed into the museum after hours. not even police officers. but rick, the security guard, said he d routinely buzz in museum employees afterhours. even the museum director. i was never verbally told that to the best of my knowledge. i m sure there was a policy written somewhere. but it wasn t the culture of the place, for the most part. people came in and out of there fairly regularly. at least once a month, we d let someone in. so it was not unusual for rick to hear that buzzer go off. on this night, rick says he had
the night watchman, against protocol, allowed them into the museum. anthony amore is the security director for the isabella stewart gardner museum. he s also an active investigator on this case. he says back in 1990, no one was allowed into the museum after hours. not even police officers. but rick, the security guard, said he d routinely buzz in museum employees afterhours. even the museum director. i was never verbally told that to the best of my knowledge. i m sure there was a policy written somewhere. but it wasn t the culture of the place, for the most part. people came in and out of there fairly regularly. at least once a month, we d let someone in. so it was not unusual for rick to hear that buzzer go off. on this night, rick says he had no doubt. it really was the boston police at the entrance. they were standing there. their hats, coats and badges,