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The Methuen Police Department (MPD) has the primary responsibility for law enforcement and investigation within the city of
Methuen, Massachusetts Methuen () is a 23 square mile (60 km2) city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 53,059 at the 2020 census. Methuen lies along the northwestern edge of Essex County, just east of Middlesex County and just south of ...
.


Rank structure

*Chief of Police *Deputy Chief - The rank of Deputy Chief was eliminated on March 1, 2008, with the retirement of Deputy Police Chief Joseph Alaimo. *Captains *Lieutenants *Sergeants *Patrolmen


Police Chiefs

*Cyril Feugill about 1958? *Christopher H. Devine *Francis J Morse 1972 to 1985 Retired June 1985 Died: February 7, 1986 *Donald DeSantis Appointed: July 1, 1985, retired: April 1, 1995 Died: June 5, 2007 *Bruce A. MacDougall (Methuen Police 1975 — 2002 (27 years)) Appointed Chief:1995 Retired:2002 *Joseph E. Solomon Appointed:2002 Removed: May 7, 2008 Reinstated: Oct 1, 2010


Layoffs in 2019

On January 24, 2019, the department started laying off 50 officers (more than half, since there were 95 to begin with) because of a contract dispute. If the pay raises in question had gone into effect, Methuen would have overspent its budget, which is illegal in Massachusetts. This led to an investigation by the
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of
Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...
who concluded that approving the 2017 contract “likely violated state and municipal laws ... and failed to comply with their own municipal rules and breached their fiduciary duties to the residents of Methuen.”


See also

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List of law enforcement agencies in Massachusetts This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 ''Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies,'' the state had 357 law enforcement agencies employin ...


References


External links


Methuen Public Corruption Allegations
Municipal police departments of Massachusetts Methuen, Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-stub