In letters presented to the defendant town's board of selectmen pursuant to G.L.c. 258, § 4, the plaintiffs stated that they had sustained personal injuries as the result of an assault by John Sargent, a West Boylston police officer. They thereafter brought a complaint against the town and its police department seeking damages for violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988), emotional distress, and...
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