Stoughton Town Manager, Police Chief Placed on Leave

Stoughton Town Manager and Police Chief on Leave

Stoughton town manager Tom Calter and Police Chief Donna McNamara have been placed on paid leave by the select board pending an investigation. The board placed both on leave after an executive session Wednesday night. The action comes three weeks after Calter placed McNamara on leave for an unspecific complaint. It created a firestorm in […]

Stoughton police chief, town manager placed on leave after closed executive session

Stoughton Select Board places town manager and police chief on paid leave pending investigation - Boston News, Weather, Sports

The Stoughton Select Board Wednesday night placed Town Manager Thomas Calter and Police Chief Donna McNamara on paid administrative leave pending an independent investigation. McNamara...

Stoughton police chief sues town in weeks-long dispute over her position

Stoughton Police Chief Donna McNamara filed a lawsuit against the Town of Stoughton and Town Manager Thomas Calter on Monday amid a weeks-long fight over her position at the police department.The suit, filed in Norfolk County Superior Court, alleges that town officials have violated McNamara’s employment contract by “prohibiting Chief McNamara from doing her duties even though, to date, they have provided no lawful reason to do so.”

Stoughton town manager, police chief placed on leave

Stoughton’s town manager and police chief are on paid leave as an independent investigation begins after a bitter public dispute and lawsuit.

Police chief, town manager on leave as Stoughton investigates simmering dispute

Amid a dispute over who’s leading the police department in Stoughton, Massachusetts, the town’s select board has placed both the police chief and town manager on paid leave while they bring in an outside investigator to look into what happened. Stoughton Police Chief Donna McNamara had on Monday filed a civil lawsuit claiming the town and its manager, Thomas Calter, breached their contract in their effort to force her out, a move that came days …