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News Briefs: Pair of officers drop appeals vs. town, police chief
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HOPKINTON INDEPENDENT| AUG 7, 2019|
Pair of officers drop appeals vs. town, police chief
Two of the three Hopkinton police officers who sued the town and Police Chief
Edward Lee after Lee suspended their licenses to carry guns had their cases dismissed at their request while town officials worked on resolving the issue via settlements.
While
Peter Booth and
Linda Higgins filed motions to dismiss their cases,
John Moran still had a hearing scheduled for Oct. 24 in Framingham District Court.
The three officers have been on leave since being injured on duty on July 24, 2017. The town did not release the cause of the officers’ injuries.
The officers filed a collective bargaining grievance seeking proper injury pay under state law on Dec. 12, 2017,
Two days later, Lee sent letters to the officers indicating they needed to turn in all licenses, guns and ammunition to their local police station.
“You are no longer deemed suitable as a result of post-traumatic stress related to injuries incurred while on duty,” Lee wrote in the letters.
The officers filed appeals in February through attorney
Kathleen Reagan, accusing Lee of retaliating against them and seeking to reinstate their licenses to carry with our restriction. Hearings were rescheduled multiple times before Higgins filed a motion to drop her case on June 13 and Booth did the same on July 17, waiving their rights to trial or appeal.