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Springfield commissioners vote to enter executive session to discuss discipline of two probationary officers
Summary
The board unanimously voted to enter executive session under a statute cited in the transcript to discuss discipline and pay status for two probationary officers (special order nos. 26‑04 and 26‑17); the transcript records the vote and subsequent adjournment and approvals of minutes.
At its June 10, 2026 meeting the Springfield Board of Police Commissioners voted to enter executive session to discuss disciplinary matters for two probationary police officers, the board recorded.
The motion, moved and seconded, cited the statute spoken in the record (referred to in the transcript as "mass general law chapter 3A section 21 A1") and named two internal matters: special order number 26‑04 and special order number 26‑17. The motion passed on a roll call in the open record. The transcript records the votes as: Commissioner Fernandez (yes), Commissioner Jackson (yes), Commissioner Fanov (yes), Commissioner Harris (yes) and Commissioner Trazy (yes).
Because the discussion was held in executive session, the transcript contains no public details of the disciplinary matters themselves. After reconvening to open session, the board confirmed a July 8 training and then moved to adjourn. The meeting record shows the board approved minutes for April 29 and May 27 earlier in the session; the roll‑call votes as spoken in the transcript are recorded but several vote entries are unclear in the transcript and are reported here verbatim where names were not provided.
What happens next: the board went into executive session following the vote; no public action on the disciplinary matters was recorded in open session.
