Boston Police will begin releasing names of arrested officers
Boston Police will release the names of officers who are arrested from now on, The Boston Globe reports. Earlier this week The Globe filed a law suit against Boston Police and other agencies, alleging the department broke public records laws by refusing to provide names of five officers who were previously arrested for drunk driving.
“We are trying to be as transparent as possible,’’ Boston Police Commissioner William B. Evans told The Globe. “We have nothing to hide here.’’
The new policy won’t apply to past cases.
“We don’t give out people’s past criminal records,’’ Evans told The Globe.
The newspaper was able to identify all five of the previously arrested officers using records released from other police departments. The secretary of the state’s office approved Boston Police’s decision to withhold the records. The Globe’s lawsuit will challenge that decision.
Read the full Boston Globe report here.
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