Furtado v. Town of Plymouth

In 1999, the district attorney for the Plymouth district received a report from the Department of Social Services that included allegations that Kevin J. Furtado, a police officer in the town of Plymouth, had sexually abused two minor children. After investigation, the district attorney decided not to file criminal charges. Instead, the matter was referred to Robert Pomeroy, the town’s police chief, for “whatever administrative action [he] deem[ed] appropriate.” Pomeroy notified Furtado that the police department would be “conducting an internal investigation into allegations that [he]…