The City of Haverhill is fighting back against allegations made by Scott W. Wood Jr. in his recent legal action and insisting Wood is not eligible in any event to serve as a police officer under Massachusetts law. Wood, a School Committee member and current mayoral candidate, filed suit against the city last month, alleging […]
See also, Three Haverhill Officials Call for Answers From School Committee Member Who Lost Police Job A coalition is calling for the censure or expression of formal disapproval of Haverhill mayoral candidate and School Committee member Scott Wood; an investigation by the state Ethics Commission of recently reported allegations of racism, sexual harassment and job misconduct by […]
See related story. Haverhill School Committee member Scott W. Wood Jr. filed suit Thursday against the city where he is a candidate for mayor, saying the resurfacing of a police “background investigation” of him more than a decade ago unfairly ended his employment as a police officer in both Haverhill and Wenham. Wood filed the […]
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Haverhill City Clerk Linda L. Koutoulas administers the oath of office to Deputy Stephen J. Doherty Jr. while Chief Alan R. DeNaro looks on. (WHAV News photograph.)
Capt, Meaghan Paré recites the oath of office. (WHAV News photograph.)
Haverhill’s new Deputy Police Chief Stephen J. Doherty Jr. and Capt. Meaghan Paré were formally sworn in during a Thursday morning ceremony in City Hall.
Mayor James J. Fiorentini said Doherty has big shoes to fill, noting the presence of recently retired Deputy Chief Anthony Haugh in the audience.
“You’re stepping in to be one of the leaders of a great department that I’m so proud of that it will be one of the few departments in the state that will be federally accredited up 22 people from where you were a few years ago and I know you’re going to be a great leader in this department,” the mayor said.