Coletti v. Department of State Police

The issue presented is whether the Department of State Police (department) properly revoked the private detective license of Richard Coletti pursuant to G. L. c. 147, § 25. As grounds for revocation, the department relied on conduct, occurring prior to the issuance of the license, that the department should have considered when Coletti first applied for the license, but which it overlooked or ignored due to an incomplete review of the application. We conclude that the department properly considered Coletti’s prior conduct to satisfy the statutory *223purpose of securing the integrity of licensed…