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State Oversight Board Suspends Natick Officer’s Certification After Domestic Violence Charges

The move blocks him from serving in Massachusetts pending the criminal case.

Overview

  • The state Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission suspended Officer Jackson W. Dwyer’s certification this week, which is required to work as a police officer in Massachusetts.
  • Natick police had already placed Dwyer on paid administrative leave and opened an internal investigation that runs alongside Holliston’s criminal probe.
  • Dwyer pleaded not guilty Monday in Framingham District Court and was released on $500 bail with orders to avoid the woman and possess no dangerous weapons, and his lawyer says she has recanted.
  • Holliston police say a dispute at the couple’s Holliston home on Saturday, April 25, escalated when Dwyer pushed his fiancée onto a couch and pressed her head into a cushion with a pillow.
  • Investigators seized nine pistols and six rifles from the home and suspended Dwyer’s license to carry, and court records list May 22 as the next hearing date.