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ACLU court petition seeks records about investigation of Salem police officer
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Published: 1/12/2021 6:51:01 PM
After being denied records from the Salem Police Department that delve into how suspended Sgt. Michael Verrocchi came to be criminally charged, the ACLU has filed a petition in Rockingham Superior Court.
In the petition, ACLU attorney Gilles Bissonette accuses the department of taking an unconstitutional position of secrecy concerning one of its members.
Court paperwork dated Jan. 10 says the ACLU wants all reports, investigatory files, disciplinary documents and other records related to Verrocchi’s actions on Nov. 10, 2012.
Verrocchi is accused that day of evading fellow Salem officers who tried to pull him over while he was driving and off duty. He allegedly ran a red light and avoided spike strips put in the road. Verrocchi eventually stopped his vehicle and is said to have laughed, thinking the incident to be a joke.
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After a nearly two-year investigation, the Attorney Generalâs Office has decided not to charge former Salem police chief Paul Donovan in connection with numerous allegations contained in a 2018 audit of the department.
For the first time, the nature of the allegations against Donovan was made public, but specific details remain sealed for now. Senior Assistant Attorney General Geoffrey W.R. Ward said in a letter on Wednesday that the office investigated whether Donovan committed the crimes of official oppression and unsworn falsification.
âAfter a review of evidence gathered during the course of the investigation, the attorney general has determined that the state could not sustain its burden to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Donovan committed the above-referenced crimes,â the letter to Salem Town Manager Christopher Dillon and Police Chief Joel Dolan states.
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