Brockton council grants residency waiver for Officer Adelson Andrade after brief remarks

The Brockton City Council voted to grant a waiver of the city's residency requirement for Police Officer Adelson Andrade after the officer addressed the council about family reasons and his service record. The council moved to suspend the rules and act on the waiver the same evening; the adoption passed on a roll call vote.

Officer Adelson Andrade told the council he has lived in Brockton for 29 years and has been employed with the Brockton Police Department for about seven years, including two years as a school police officer and prior work as an access control specialist. He said his daughter recently turned 2 and that family priorities motivated the decision to move out of the city: "My daughter last week turned 2 years old. She's my priority right now. So that's why I wanna move out the city at this time," Andrade said.

The mayor had submitted a communication recommending the waiver, noting Andrade's combined service to the city and prior work in Brockton Public Schools. The council first voted to suspend the rules and act on the waiver immediately; the motion carried and a roll call vote followed. The clerk recorded affirmative votes from the council membership present and the presiding officer announced the waiver was adopted. Council members offered congratulations and thanks for Andrade's service after the vote.

The waiver was processed as an individual personnel item with a motion to suspend the rules and acted on that evening; the council did not amend or attach additional conditions on the record. No additional materials, such as a formal memo of conditions or a future review date, were presented during the discussion. The meeting proceeded to other routine business after the vote and adjourned later in the evening.