Methuen Police Chief Solomon to Retire; Says State IG 'Never Interviewed' Him
Methuen Police Chief Joseph E. Solomon. (Courtesy photograph.) Methuen Police Chief Joseph E. Solomon, who has announced plans to retire as Methuen’s police chief, called accusations made against him by the state’s inspector general as “blatantly false.” Solomon, in a letter dated last Friday to Methuen Mayor Neil Perry said Inspector General Glenn A. Cunha’s office “never interviewed” him or gave the chief the “most basic common courtesy to respond to accusations.” “The impact that another long, drawn-out fight would have on the city, the department, and on my family is s...