Overview
- Town Manager Melissa Murphy-Rodrigues confirmed late Thursday that Chief Charles Gray was placed on paid administrative leave after a Select Board executive session.
- The town said it will not comment on personnel matters, and reporting noted Gray was not expected to attend the closed-door session.
- The patrol and sergeants’ unions passed a no-confidence vote last week calling for Gray’s removal, citing a toxic culture, low morale, and stalled reforms.
- Union leaders point to the Kelsey Fitzsimmons case as proof the department needs body cameras after a colleague shot her during a restraining-order call last summer and a judge later flagged the lack of video during her acquittal.
- Gray, who has led the department since 2016, has not responded to media requests for comment as unions continue to push for leadership change and body-worn cameras.