Report: Bow Police Chief failed to investigate reported sex assault
Sgt. Margaret Lougee of Bow Police Department has been named the new chief of police.
Bow police chief Margaret Lougee walks through a police department work area at the new public safety building in Bow on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. Holding cell benches are temporarily stored on the floor. (ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff) Elizabeth Frantz
Published: 2/19/2021 5:35:44 PM
Bow Police Chief Margaret Lougee failed to document or investigate a reported sexual assault against a high school student in 2016, before she was police chief, an outside review by the town has found.
In 2016, while serving as the school resource officer at Bow High School and before she was chief, Lougee received a report of sexual assault by a student at the school but did not document that report or enter any information into the department’s records, according to a 2020 audit by Municipal Resources, Inc. (MRI), presented to the town las
Judge: Public has right to see probe into fired Dover officer
DOVER – A Superior Court judge denied a request by former police officer Ronald “RJ” Letendre to block the release of an internal investigation into his conduct.
The Dover Police Department investigation has been sought through Right to Know requests filed by Seacoast Media Group and the American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire.
Letendre claimed the release would harm his ability to get a fair trial on a criminal charge he now faces.
A Strafford County grand jury indicted Letendre, 47, of Rollinsford, in October on a felony charge of falsifying physical evidence after launching a separate investigation following Dover’s internal police investigation.
Jim Kenyon: Some New Hampshire legislators being bought by the badge
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Modified: 1/23/2021 10:28:48 PM
Cops are quick to claim their overarching mission is to protect and serve. In New Hampshire, they’re pretty good at playing politics too.
Over the years, New Hampshire’s state troopers, municipal police officers and police chiefs have used their nonprofit entities to funnel thousands of dollars into lobbying the Legislature and supporting the campaigns of pet lawmakers.
With the 2021 legislative session barely underway, law enforcement groups are already hard at work to pass Senate Bill 39, which would shield cops from increased public scrutiny. The proposed legislation would override a pair of 2020 state Supreme Court decisions intended to improve the odds of the public gaining access to internal investigations into police misconduct, under th
Ex-officer R.J. Letendre booked at Dover police station
DOVER – Former Dover police officer Ronald “RJ” Letendre – who is facing criminal charges – was recently booked at the city police station.
At the request of Foster’s Daily Democrat, Dover police released Letendre’s booking photo after he was processed on a felony charge at the station where he used to work.
Superior Court Judge Mark E. Howard issued a bail order for Letendre in December, requiring the former Dover cop to “arrange for booking or processing by the Dover Police Department on or before Dec. 30.”
Dover Police Chief William Breault terminated Letendre in August “due to multiple violations of departmental policy,” after police conducted an internal investigation into the former officer’s conduct.
Bow conducts secret review of its police department after internal complaints about chief
Bow police Chief Margaret Lougee stands with gifts she has received from students during her role as a school resource officer in Bow s school district. Caitlin Andrews
Bow police Chief Margaret Lougee looks at a photo album full of notes students from the Bow school district wrote to her. Lougee was the district s school resource officer for 10 years. Caitlin Andrews
Published: 12/21/2020 4:07:31 PM
The Bow Police Department has faced internal divisions for months over dissatisfaction with Police Chief Margaret Lougee, records show.
In a July 13 “vote of no confidence” letter to the board of selectman, 10 officers within the department detailed a number of complaints against Lougee and ultimately requested that she be put on administrative leave.