Canton Police Det. Kevin Albert acquired three eight-hour unpaid shifts as self-discipline after an unbiased investigative report discovered he drank on the job, conduct deemed “unbecoming an officer,” whereas engaged on a chilly case.
Police Chief Helena Rafferty shared the report, carried out by Lawyer Terence M. Delehanty, and the main points of Albert’s self-discipline, imposed on him earlier this month, on Monday.
Rafferty positioned the detective, who earned $176,387.91 in complete pay final 12 months, on paid administrative depart the day after embattled Massachusetts State Trooper Michael Proctor testified within the Karen Learn homicide trial, in June.
Textual content messages, offered at trial by Learn’s protection lawyer Alan Jackson, revealed Proctor and Albert have been working collectively on a “chilly case,” and the 2 went out for drinks after an interview into the case on Cape Cod in July 2022.
The textual content trade included Albert asking if he had left his badge and gun in Proctor’s cruiser.
Delehanty’s investigation discovered Albert had left simply his badge within the cruiser, which he retrieved the morning after and earlier than he reported to work, which Delehanty indicated was not a violation of division coverage.
After the interview in Sandwich, Proctor and Albert stopped on the native Tree Home Brewing Firm, Delehanty’s report states.
There, Albert allegedly ordered two alcoholic drinks he consumed on website that value $34. The detective additionally reportedly bought 4 to 5 four-packs of IPAs.
Proctor and Albert then drove to Flanders Discipline, a restaurant that has since closed in Hanover, the place Albert ordered an appetizer, entree and two alcoholic drinks for $68.71, Delehanty’s report states.
In an inside interview over the summer season, “Albert didn’t recall ordering a beer however acknowledged it was definitely potential. He additionally acknowledged that he would take full duty for ordering one to 2 beers.”
Per Canton Police coverage, “officers shall not posses and/or use alcohol on responsibility apart from in a certified responsibility capability.” As well as, “Officers shall conduct themselves always, each on and off responsibility, in such a way as to mirror most favorably on the division and its members.”
“The proof reviewed and examined definitely signifies that Albert ordered and drank two beers at dinner,” Delehanty’s report states. “The violation was improper and mirrored unfavorably on Albert, members of the Canton Police Division and the Canton Police Division.”
Albert reportedly “didn’t request reimbursement from the City of Canton for the dinner.”
Delehanty discovered “no proof suggesting that Albert was inebriated to the extent that might violate the Canton Police Division’s guidelines relating to felony conduct.”
The investigation additionally regarded into an image Albert texted Proctor the morning after with the message, “It’s unhealthy!!! I used to be hungover for positive immediately!!!”
“Albert clarified that his textual content message … referred to his total fatigue from working a 16-hour shift the day past,” Delehanty’s report states, “consuming drinks on the Treehouse and Flanders Discipline after the interview, and consuming further drinks at dwelling.”
Proctor was pulled off responsibility the day the Learn homicide trial led to a mistrial and later suspended with out pay.
The Canton Police Division recused itself from the investigation as a result of Albert brothers’ connection to the case, however Proctor testified Kevin Albert helped coordinate sure interviews.