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Ashland Manager Town Manager Michael Herbert said Police Chief Cara Rossi is returning to lead the department on April 2 after being on leave.
Ashland Police Chief Cara Rossi returned to her job on Tuesday morning, after being on paid administrative leave for more than two months, according to Town Manager Michael Herbert and published reports.
Cara Rossi had been on paid administrative leave while facing a hearing around her handling of a dispatcher’s sexual assault complaint against a male officer in 2020 while Rossi was a Natick police lieutenant.
Ashland Police Chief Cara Rosi had a pre-hearing Wednesday with the POST Commission. A final hearing is scheduled for March 22.
Former Natick police Sgt. James Quilty has not responded to a civil suit filed by the victim and her lawyer is seeking to have a judge default Quilty.