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FURTADO v. TOWN OF PLYMOUTH

SJC-10049.

451 Mass. 529 (2008)

KEVIN J. FURTADO v. TOWN OF PLYMOUTH & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

May 28, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Mendillo for the plaintiff.

Leonard H. Kesten for the defendants.

Bryan C. Decker, John M. Becker, & Patrick N. Bryant, for Massachusetts Coalition of Police, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

John M. Collins, for Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, CORDY, & BOTSFORD, JJ.

CORDY, J.

In 1999, the district attorney for the Plymouth district received a report from the Department of Social Services that included allegations that Kevin J. Furtado, a police officer in the town of Plymouth, had sexually abused two minor children. After investigation, the district attorney decided not to file criminal charges. Instead, the matter was referred to Robert Pomeroy, the town's police chief, for "whatever...

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