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City legal office bars anonymous civil-rights complaints and separate WPD-misconduct items from HRC form; staff to redraft and circulate
Summary
The commission was told the city legal department will not approve an HRC civil-rights complaint form that permits anonymous complaints or incorporates Worcester Police Department misconduct reporting; staff will redraft the form and circulate it before the next meeting.
The commission’s staff liaison said the city’s legal department will not approve a revised civil-rights complaint form that permits anonymous submissions or that incorporates an internal Worcester Police Department misconduct reporting field. Staff will rework the form and circulate the updated version to commissioners for review before the next meeting.
Patricia Lafore told members the legal office’s rationale is that anonymous complaints “can’t be investigated” and that police misconduct matters…
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