BROCKTON — A first-of-its-kind database containing information about police officers who faced disciplinary action was published on Tuesday by the Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission.
The POST Commission, established as part of a 2020 criminal justice reform law, was founded to improve policing and enhance public confidence in law enforcement by implementing a fair process for mandatory certification, discipline and training, the commission wrote on its website.
“Over the past year, law enforcement agencies submitted disciplinary records and POST staff has worked carefully to validate these officer records for publishing,” POST Commission Executive Director Enrique Zuniga said in a written statement. “We know that releasing this information furthers police accountability and is a matter of great public interest.”
With entries going back as far as December 1984 to as recent as January 2023, the database contains 3,413 disciplinary records from 273 law enforcement agencies — including Brockton, Bridgewater State University, West Bridgewater, Stoughton and Easton, as well as the Plymouth County, Norfolk County and Bristol County sheriff’s departments.
Reports of misconduct include:
- Reports alleging bias on the basis of race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, etc.
- Complaints regarding use of excessive, prohibited, or deadly force
- Actions that resulted in serious bodily injury or death including officer-involved shootings
- Truthfulness or professional integrity (misrepresenting or falsifying reports or evidence)
- Other misconduct (unprofessionalism, policy violations, conduct unbecoming, conformance to rules, etc.)
In the Brockton area, entries range from failing to complete police reports, sleeping on duty and sick time abuse, while others go as far as using the “N” word, sexual harassment, excessive use of force and criminal misconduct.
Here are the reports of misconduct of law enforcement officers in the Brockton area that are included in the POST Commission database.
Bridgewater State University Police Department
David Cardella
- 2/1/21 Other misconduct. He received a suspension of 1-5 days.
Bristol County Sherriff’s Office
Peter Berthiaume
- 10/25/17 Sleeping on detail. He received a suspension of 30+ days.
Robert Bettencourt
- 11/11/14 Improper use of cellphone. He received a suspension of 6-29 days.
Robert Shubert
- 11/17/05 Unauthorized use of motor vehicle. He received a suspension of 1-5 days.
Brockton Police Department
Ernest Bell
- 2/1/09 Submitting false timesheets. Received loss of time off.
Andrew Kalp
- 9/1/11 Use of excessive, non-deadly force, filing a false report or committing perjury. He received a suspension of 1-5 days.
Daniel MacIntosh
- 6/1/05 Other misconduct. He received a suspension of 1-5 days.
Dana Miller
- 11/19/21 Redacted (Charged with misdemeanor). She received a suspension of 1-5 days.
Tony Monteiro
- 9/1/01 Other form of untruthfulness. He received a suspension of 1-5 days.
- 9/13/21 Redacted (Charged with misdemeanor). He received a suspension of 30+ days.
Robert Otis
- 4/8/22 Other misconduct. He received a suspension of 30+ days.
- 7/20/22 Other form of untruthfulness. He received a suspension of 30+ days.
Chris Perez
- 9/20/02 Other form of untruthfulness. He received a suspension of 1-5 days.
- 6/6/05 Gambling. He received a suspension of 30+ days.
Thomas Robinson
- 1/5/16 Other form of untruthfulness. He received a suspension of 1-5 days.
Michael Schaaf
- 2/1/09 Submitting false timesheets. He received loss of time off.
Franklin Tejeda
- 12/5/20 Motor vehicle accident, unsafe operation, or damage, other form of untruthfulness. He was terminated.
Bruce Zeidman
- 8/31/00 Other misconduct. He received a suspension of 1-5 days.
Easton Police Department
John Geary
- 2/23/22 Conduct unbecoming of officer, neglect of duty, filing reports. He was reassigned.
David Lydon
- 12/16/18 Officer involved in shooting causing death or injury. Discipline “not applicable.”
- 2/23/22 Conduct unbecoming of officer, neglect of duty, filing reports. He received a suspension of 1-5 days and was reassigned.
Jared Nevens
- 10/28/22 Officer involved in shooting that caused death or injury. Discipline “not applicable.”
Christopher Pulcini
- 2/23/22 Conduct unbecoming of officer, neglect of duty, filing reports. He received a suspension of 1-5 days and was reassigned.
Brandon Walkus
- 9/4/18 Sexual harassment policy violation. He received a suspension of 30+ days, retraining, and was reassigned.
Norfolk County Sherriff’s Office and Correctional Center
Paul Flynn
- 2/16/22 Criminal conduct, charged with misdemeanor. He was terminated.
Plymouth County Sherriff’s Department
Philip Huang
- 4/14/16 Struck vehicle from behind in drop off lane. Discipline “not applicable.”
Joseph Reilly
- 2/10/15 Misuse of badge and uniform in a confrontation with civilian while off duty. He received a suspension of 6-29 days.
Jonathan Rose
- 3/1/13 Unlawful search and improper disposal of drug evidence. He received a suspension of 6-29 days.
Stoughton Police Department
Edward Barker
- 6/26/19 Workplace fight. He received a suspension of 1-5 days.
John Bonney
- 12/20/06 Rudeness outside Jurisdictional MV Stop. He received “other” disciplinary action.
- 7/3/14 Rudeness. He received “other” disciplinary action.
- 2/24/17 Improper enforcement. He received “other” disciplinary action.
Daniel Carmichael
- 12/29/20 Failure to respond to an incident according to established procedure, discipline and accountability policy violation. He received a written reprimand.
Stephen Collins
- 6/22/14 Insubordination. He received a written reprimand.
David Conforti
- 11/4/11 Unsafe operation of cruiser. He received a written reprimand.
- 11/1/12 Failure to respond to an incident according to established procedure, neglect of duty. He received “other” disciplinary action.
Kevin Decelle
- 6/25/17 Criminal conduct, arrest (redacted). He received a suspension of 1-5 days.
Nathan Derby
- 5/10/14 Conduct unbecoming to officer. He received a written reprimand.
Colby Gallagher
- 10/17/18 AWOL. He received a suspension of 1-5 days.
- 4/9/19 AWOL. He received a suspension of 1-5 days.
- 5/26/20 AWOL. He received a suspension of 1-5 days.
William Healey
- 1/29/07 Profane language. He received “other” disciplinary action.
- 6/28/14 Rudeness. He received a written warning or letter of counseling.
- 9/19/15 Excessive use of force. He received retraining.
- 9/19/15 Failure to respond to an incident according to established procedure, violation pursuit policy. He received “other” disciplinary action.
- 9/20/17 Failure to complete police reports. He received “other” disciplinary action.
- 1/2/18 Failure to complete police reports. He received “other” disciplinary action.
Brian Holmes
- 3/27/02 Booking policy violation. He received “other” disciplinary action.
Robert Devine
- 2/24/21 Other form of untruthfulness, performance of police duties. He received “other” disciplinary action.
- 2/24/22 Other form of untruthfulness, misconduct. He was demoted.
William Farwell
- 2/24/21 Conduct unbecoming of officer, performance of police duties. He received “other” disciplinary action.
Kevin Lima
- 7/23/10 Policy violation for leaving patrol assignment. He received “other” disciplinary action.
- 12/10/20 Criminal conduct, charged with misdemeanor. He received a suspension of 30+ days.
John Lydstone
- 9/25/10 Inappropriate comment. He received “other” disciplinary action.
- 11/28/13 Failure to complete reports. He received “other” disciplinary action.
Daniel McGowan
- 7/15/00 Sick time abuse. He received a written reprimand.
- 2/17/01 Unauthorized firearms carrying on duty. He received “other” disciplinary action.
- 3/17/01 Abuse of authority. He received a written reprimand.
- 4/19/05 Use of racial profanity (“N” word). He received retraining.
- 2/16/07 Unauthorized use of patrol staff. He received “other” disciplinary action.
- 3/6/08 Inappropriate language with suspect. He received “other” disciplinary action.
- 7/18/18 Public disparagement of department. He received “other” disciplinary action.
- 9/23/18 Workplace harassment. He received “other” disciplinary action.
- 2/10/20 Armory police violations. He received a suspension of 6-29 days.
- 12/29/20 Policy violation. He received “other” disciplinary action.
Thomas McNulty
- 12/4/19 Sleeping on duty. He received a suspension of 1-5 days.
John Owens
- 10/28/06 Sick time abuse. He received “other” disciplinary action.
Thomas Tedesco
- 1/12/22 On duty cruiser crash. He received retraining.
Tracey William
- 9/30/00 Insubordination. She received “other” disciplinary action.
Paul Williams
- 2/20/11 Failure to log call. He received “other” disciplinary action.
- 7/18/22 Conduct unbecoming to officer, booking policy. He received “other” disciplinary action.
West Bridgewater Police Department
Kenneth Bryant
- 12/26/96 Other misconduct. He received a written reprimand.
- 9/24/11 Other misconduct. He received a suspension of 1-5 days.
Sean Devilly
- 8/14/16 Other misconduct. He received a suspension of 1-5 days.
Michael Kominsky
- 2/11/04 Other misconduct. He received retraining.
Christopher Werner
- 2/14/19 Other misconduct. He received a suspension of 1-5 days.
