Overview
- Officer Sean E. Cullen faces a felony count for improper storage of a large‑capacity firearm and a misdemeanor for improper storage, and he pleaded not guilty and was released on personal recognizance.
- Prosecutors say fellow officers, responding to a domestic dispute at his West Roxbury home, found his loaded, holstered service pistol in the driver’s seat of his car and his Taser in the trunk.
- Boston police opened an internal affairs case in January and concluded he should be charged for mishandling the weapons, according to court records.
- The state Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission suspended his certification to work as an officer, a step Massachusetts uses to sideline officers who are charged with a felony.
- He is on administrative leave from the department, and a pretrial conference is scheduled for April 15 in West Roxbury District Court.