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The town of Tisbury has agreed to pay a former Tisbury Police candidate $75,000 to settle a lawsuit against the town and a member of its police department. In January 2022, Danielle Clermont filed a complaint with Dukes County Superior Court in which she claimed that the town of Tisbury had conspired with Tisbury Police […]
A Vineyard police sergeant’s alleged misconduct ruined his value as a witness, and may have damaged the reputations of the two departments where he worked. Following a credibility attack by Edgartown defense attorney Ryan Searle, Tisbury Police Sgt. Jeff Day was found to be unusable as a prosecution witness last winter, records recently obtained by […]
Tisbury Police Sgt. Jeff Day arrested a man he thought was wanted on multiple warrants but wound up putting handcuffs on the wrong person. Sgt. Day believed a man who he saw in Tisbury on May 21 was a man named William August Engler. Day arrested the man and sent him off in a Tisbury […]
The Town of Tisbury offered Police Chief Mark Saloio a one-year contract ahead of his decision to retire. Executive session minutes released this week show that during a meeting on Friday, March 19, the board met behind closed doors with the town’s attorney Brian Maser to “conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with nonunion […]
The Martha's Vineyard Times Chief Saloio announces retirement from Tisbury PD Contract talks had stalled between the chief and town. Tisbury Police Chief Mark Saloio has announced his retirement effective Nov. 5. In a letter to town leaders Monday morning, Saloio thanked the town for the opportunity to serve as chief, said it was time for him to move on from law enforcement, and noted his accomplishments in preparing the department for state certification. In the letter, he cited updating the department’s systems, instituting regular equipment and personnel inspections and “mo...