Several findings showed that Brennan did not report what he learned in 2015 regarding Porter and the alleged victim to the HPD, including alleged rape. “This clearly posed a concern as to the HPD’s liability, potentially resulting in heightened community interest,” the report stated.
“Employees shall not withhold information on criminal activity from the department or other authorized personnel where there is a duty to disclose some information.” Not reporting what he learned to his supervisor was deemed “a serious lack of action on his part.” He also “had a duty to provide support to a victim.”
“To a large degree, the public image of this department is determined by how well it responds to allegations of misconduct against the department or its officers,” the report stated. “All alleged or suspected violations of laws, ordinances, by-laws, department rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and orders (verbal or written) must be investigated according to the procedures outlined for each.”
“Regardless, during all iterations of these allegations, Brennan was a duly sworn member of the HPD and was bound to report these allegations by the department’s rules, regulations, policies and procedures, as well as by special orders,” the report concluded.
A report on an external investigation of a Hopkinton Police Department sergeant currently on paid administrative leave showed he had previous knowledge of
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