The supplemental discovery response template stated in relevant part: Now comes the Commonwealth and informs the Defendant and the Court that the Somerville Police Department has conducted an Internal Affairs investigation into Somerville Police Officer Marcos A. Freitas and has reached a conclusion regarding allegations of misconduct on his part that involve, among other things, misstatements in his police reports.
Deputy Thompson has completed ten (10) to fifteen (15) in-depth, Internal Affairs interviews and numerous investigations into citizens complaints. (Testimony of Deputy Thompson). 12 50. On Saturday, March 31, 2012, Chief DeNaro was at the scene of a fire. He went into the police station after and was approached by Lt. Leeman. Lt. Leeman advised Chief DeNaro of an incident that occurred on March 30, 2012. Lt.
1102 (1997) (The city was hardly espousing a position devoid of reason when it held that a demonstrated willingness to fudge the truth in exigent circumstances 7 It bears notice that the Commonwealths jurisprudence has taken a somewhat different path in the type of exculpatory evidence that must be disclosed in a criminal prosecution and, in particular, evidence beyond information held by agents of the prosecution team, including, in particular, internal
Boston Police Dept, 23 MCSR 276 (2010) (declining to reopen bypass appeal, noting, but not deciding, among other things, the high hurdle the appellant would face to overcome prior written bypass decision by NYPD on similar grounds) Here, Medfield surpassed the threshold required to prove that its conclusions about the FSU incident were based on an impartial and reasonably thorough review.