Patrick M. Rose Sr, president of the Boston Police Patrolmen s Association, testified in a Suffolk Superior Court hearing about body cameras in 2016. Rose left the union and retired in early 2018. He s now charged with sexually abusing six children.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff/The Boston Globe
State child welfare investigators believed in 1995 that there was evidence that a child had been abused by Boston police Officer Patrick M. Rose Sr., raising more questions about how the future union chief was able to keep his badge for another two decades.
After a year on the force, Rose was charged criminally in 1995 with sexually abusing a child, an accusation that triggered a police internal affairs probe and an investigation by the state Department of Social Services, authorities say.
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The Boston Globe reported over the weekend that the Boston Police Department in 1995 filed a criminal complaint against Rose for sexual assault on a 12-year-old child.
The criminal complaint was eventually dropped, but an internal investigation concluded that Rose likely committed a crime. He was allowed to stay on the force, and was often sent to respond to cases involving children.
Boston police have refused to release records pertaining to the 1995 case and it remains unclear what, if any, disciplinary action was taken against Rose at that time. It is baffling that officer Rose was allowed to remain on the force for over two decades and ultimately led the patrolmen’s union, Janey said in a statement Monday. I was deeply disturbed to learn that there was no effort to prevent Rose from coming into contact with other minors after such serious charges were found to be credible by BPD’s own internal affairs probe of the original allegations in 1995.
Within weeks, five more people came forward to accuse Rose of molesting them as children.
The Boston Globe reported over the weekend that the Boston Police Department in 1995 filed a criminal complaint against Rose for sexual assault on a 12-year-old child.
The criminal complaint was eventually dropped, but an internal investigation concluded that Rose likely committed a crime. He was allowed to stay on the force, and was often sent to respond to cases involving children. A retired Boston police officer who served as president of the department s union appeared in court on child sex abuse charges Thursday while hiding his face..