Post Commission

POST Removes Officer Information From Website, Following Petition

The POST Commission met early Thursday Morning on December 18^th2025, for their last meeting of the year.  Draft certification standards governing detainee transportation were examined and discussed.  Annie Lee, the director of certification introduced George Boeteng, who reviewed the proposed standards.   Under the proposed draft, officers will be required to give notice of the reason for the transport to detainees, this can be waived if it is not feasible. Handcuffing is an approved means of securing detainees. Officers will be required to conduct a search of the area inside the transport vehicle, where the detainee was sitting, after they are transported. Physical searches of the detainee must also be conducted in the station. These must follow a pre-established protocol and cannot be unreasonably intrusive. In lockup, detainees must be regularly monitored.  There was a requirement that prohibited member of the opposite gender from transporting detainees. However, this provision remains under very close discussion. No vote was taken on these recommended standards.

The POST Commission also voted to remove disciplinary data from its official website, following a petition by an officer.  Officer Cheryl Molloy, formerly of the Brookline Police department petitioned the commission under the provisions of CMR 555.9096.4B12 to remove information concerning discipline from the POST website.  Molloy had filed a complaint against another officer on the Brookline police alleging improper conduct in filing for a promotional examination.  As a result of an internal investigation, an oral reprimand was issued to Molloy.  Under the CMR, oral reprimands are not to be placed on the website.  The commission voted unanimously to remove the information.

Executive Director Zuniga presented a proposal for an advisory committee for the POST commission.  The idea originated with the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association.  It is intended to provide the commission with a sounding board on proposed policies and procedures prior to their implementation. Zuniga stated that it could prove to be a very useful tool for gaining “buy-in” from the police community.  Discussions revealed that the majority of commissioners were not supportive of the idea, viewing it as an unnecessary bureaucratic duplication. However, members Baker and Chrispin did not reject the idea.

Executive Director Zuniga reported that the POST commission recorded 9K complaints this year.  He added that 160 cases of discipline were initiated by the commission.  He estimated that the commission receives about 60 complaints a week.  Two new members have joined commission’s standards division. They are Ed Roderick, recently retired from the FBI, and Mike Posunk, recently retired from the Department of Homeland Security.