Mattapoisett Police Chief Mary Lyons Should Step Down [OPINION]
Lyons has been Mattapoisett Chief of Police since 2001 and according to the
Standard-Times became the first female president of the Massachusetts Police Chiefs Association in 2009. Lyons has been placed on paid administrative leave, and town officials told WBSM News they have no comment at this time, citing the integrity of the investigation.
Lyons entered a not-guilty plea during her arraignment on Monday, and the case was continued to August 31 for a pre-trial hearing.
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According to a state police report on the incident, Chief Lyons gave the investigating officer a hard time. At first, she refused to get out of her vehicle when requested to do so and then failed to complete a breathalyzer test. The report says Lyons removed her handcuffs while seated in the back of the police cruiser.
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