Amid series of scandals, police reform moves to forefront of Boston mayoral campaign
By Milton J. Valencia and Matt Stout Globe Staff,Updated May 18, 2021, 7:47 p.m.
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Police prepared for a groupâs protest in January. Political support from the police unions means votes and campaign donations.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff/file
The Boston Police Department, already in deep disarray after two high-profile scandals, has taken center stage in the mayorâs race after a damning report laid bare an internal culture of secrecy and scant accountability, and raised disturbing questions about how police commissioner Dennis White landed in the top job despite a pattern of alleged domestic violence.
Updated: 2:50 PM EDT Apr 22, 2021 Boston Mayor Kim Janey is ordering the incoming leader of a new police accountability office to develop a plan for reviewing the department s internal affairs policy in light of revelations that an officer who was accused of sexually assaulting a child in the mid-90s remained on the force and rose to lead the police union. Janey s announcement Thursday came two days after her office released some redacted documents from the Internal Affairs Investigation into a 1995 child abuse allegation filed against Patrick Rose Sr. Other documents from Rose s file were not released, citing the need to keep the names of witnesses and victims of sexual assault confidential. I will not blame a child, I will not blame a victim who has been sexually assaulted. What I will continue to say is that an officer who has been accused of sexually abusing a child and that abuse was sustained by this department and that officer was not terminated, that is indefensibl
Updated: 9:21 AM EDT Apr 22, 2021 At least two of the candidates running to be Boston s next mayor are questioning the actions of the current mayor, their former colleague on the City Council, over the recent release of redacted documents related to the Boston Police Department s handling of child sex abuse allegations against an officer who later went on to become head of the police union.Mayor Kim Janey, who was elevated to the role after Marty Walsh resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Labor, on Tuesday published a statement and 14 pages of documents related to a 1995 child abuse allegation filed against Patrick Rose Sr. Other documents from Rose s file were not released, citing the need to keep the names of witnesses and victims of sexual assault confidential.The documents were originally expected to be published on Friday, but were delayed until Tuesday and were finally issued after jurors in Minneapolis announced they had reached a verdict in the trial of Derek Chauv
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Former Boston police leaders express deep disappointment with city s release of documents from Patrick Rose case
Redacted files were from a mid-90s investigation into child sex abuse allegation Share Updated: 1:14 PM EDT Apr 21, 2021
Former Boston police leaders express deep disappointment with city s release of documents from Patrick Rose case
Redacted files were from a mid-90s investigation into child sex abuse allegation Share Updated: 1:14 PM EDT Apr 21, 2021
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Show Transcript REPORTER: THE INTERNAL DOCUMENTS ARE REDACTED. THE MAYOR SAYS IT APPEARS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID NOTHING TO TRY AND FIRE THE OFFICER AND WHEN THE ALLEGATIONS CAME TO LIGHT. PATRICK ROSE IS RETIRED, 66 YEARS OLD. HE WAS ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ABUSING A 12-YEAR-OLD CHILD IN 1995. HE WAS ALLOWED TO STAY ON THE FORCE AND WORKED ON CASES INVOLVING CHILDREN. THE CRIMINAL CASE WAS DROPPED BACK THEN. AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION SHOWED HE L
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