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baddspellar t1_j02kaij wrote

The dispatcher, the only woman there, later told investigators that Officer James Quilty stuck his hand down her pants and groped her. Then after the four other officers left, she said he trapped her in her car, undid her bra, kissed and fondled her, and forced her hand onto his pants over his crotch.

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But Middlesex County prosecutors say Natick police initially shrugged off the allegations. And even after the town completed a formal investigation, records show they didn’t initially seek criminal charges. Instead, they signed a deal with Quilty to keep him on the police force after a suspension. And Natick officials have fought for more than two years to keep almost all the records secret.

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Prosecutors said the Natick Police Department “chose to do nothing about the incident” until the town administrator hired a Springfield law firm that handles sexual harassment cases to investigate in July 2020. The department also put Quilty on leave. In October 2020, the town notified the Middlesex District Attorney’s office about allegations that Quilty violated the town’s sexual harassment policy.

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Court records also show Quilty's ex-wife accused him of rape. Middlesex prosecutors told the court they investigated the allegations and ultimately decided not to bring charges, but said that decision does not necessarily mean the allegation was false.

https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/10/30/natick-police-department-misconduct-sexual-assault-accusations

Quilty's then supervisor, who tried to hide and excuse the conduct, is now Chief of Police in nearby Ashland

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BossCrabMeat t1_j030c1s wrote

Thin blue line and thank the fucking union

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Positive-Material t1_j04hfhv wrote

Blue line is an widespread organized criminal conspiracy. Replace that with Hells Angels or Bloods or Crips. The union just abuses the city work rights and legal system to prevent investigations and prosecutions of crimes done by LEO.

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Chippopotanuse t1_j0443kc wrote

I was very confused reading this. I thought it happened last week.

Then I realized i was thinking of Wayland’s chief (the town next to Natick) who got shitcanned for sexually assaulting the women who worked for Wayland PD.

> December 5, 2022

> Wayland Police Chief Sean Gibbons will step down later this month after an independent review corroborated allegations that he violated the department’s sexual harassment policy, the town announced Monday.

> In 2003, Gibbons allegedly met a trainee at a Billerica bar, invited them to his home, gave them wine, and had sex with them.

> “I felt very confused. Looking at the power dynamic, yes, that is an assault, but at the same time, I just feel like I didn’t push him off me, I didn’t say no,” the trainee later told an investigator, according to the redacted report.

> While attending a conference in Springfield in 2010, Gibbons reportedly had drinks at a Hooters restaurant with another department member. Both were allegedly intoxicated when Gibbons drove them to their hotel, and Gibbons followed the person into their room and had sex with them.

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2022/12/05/wayland-police-chief-sean-gibbons-resign-sexual-harassment/

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Positive-Material t1_j04hj8c wrote

It's the Weinstein trick - it's not r*pe if you lure them into a hotel room.

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Positive-Material t1_j04h6n8 wrote

My theory is that the compromised people get promoted to leadership so the rest of the force has black mail on them in case they try to enforce something on them and that you have to be a 'made man' who has shown to follow the G-code and be in on doing crimes to be promoted to police leadership and supervision positions.. that is why they voted Patrick Rose to represent them in the union and provide legal and political protection. His thing was molesting teenagers, but I am guessing he would provide protection for cops whose thing was theft, sexual harassment, assault or whatever.

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