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March 5, 2008

City Council: State Police will take over Woonsocket PD

WOONSOCKET -- Members of the Woonsocket City Council say it appears that state police will temporarily take over the city's embattled police department.

Mayor Susan Menard and state police Col. Brendan Doherty have scheduled a news conference for Wednesday at police headquarters.

Woonsocket Police Chief Michael Houle announced Monday that he planned to retire in April following a rocky tenure. Menard put Deputy Chief Richard Dubois in charge of the department, but later that same day, Dubois was taken to a hospital with chest pains.

In the latest of a series of recent controversies surrounding the department, the mayor has ordered an internal investigation into allegations by the police union that Houle and Dubois changed exam scores.

-- The Associated Press

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 12:28 PM | Permalink

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