A report released Friday cleared a Newton police captain of making offensive remarks to a female officer. But questions about police behavior in Newton are persisting, as an assault by an off-duty officer after a party in 2010 has come to light for the first time.
After a three-month investigation involving interviews with 15 Police Department employees, Dan Bair, an attorney hired by the city of Newton, found there was insufficient evidence to suggest that Captain Christopher Marzilli made gender-based or sexually related comments to Officer Dina MacNair.
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police officers remained at the hotel after the party had wound down. As a guest at the ball tried to catch a cab outside the hotel, “two parties came back outside in an aggressive manner,” and one of the men pushed him against a pillar, according to the police report.
The report does not identify the police officer who pushed the guest.
"Howard Mintz, interim police chief, said police conducted an internal investigation at the time and found that the officer involved violated department rules. Police officials informed the Middlesex district attorney’s office about the incident and decided to handle the matter internally, said Mintz, who was not chief at the time.
The officer was disciplined at the time and still works for the department, Mintz said."
COMMENT: This was an assault. If a citizen did this, he'd be jailed.