New BPD police commissioner placed on leave

The new commissioner of the Boston Police Department has been placed on leave.

HEADQUARTERS WITH WHAT WE KNOWTHIS MORNING.TODD?REPORTER: DENNIS WHITE WAS SWORNIN AS BOSTON’S NEW POLICECOMMISSIONER ON MONDAY.BUT THIS MORNING, HE’S ON LEAVEFROM THE DEPARTMENT.AND AN INVESTIGATION ISUNDERWAY.THIS CENTERS ON ALLEGATIONS OFDOMESTIC VIOLENCE FROM 1999.ACCORDING THE BOSTON GLOBE,WHITE WAS ACCUSED OF PUSHING ANDTHREATENING TO SHOOT HISTHEN-WIFE WHO WAS ALSO ANOFFICER.THE PAPER SAYS A JUDGE ISSUED ARESTRAINING ORDER, BUT THATTHERE’S NO INDICATION THATCHARGES WERE FILED, AND WHITEDENIED THE ALLEGATIONSMAYOR WALSH TELLING NEWSCENTER 5QUOTE, THESE DISTURBING ISSUESWERE NOT KNOWN TO ME OR MYSTAFF, BUT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ATTHE FOREFRONUPON LEARNING OF THESE SERIOUSALLEGATIONS, I IMMEDIATELYACTED, PLACING THE COMMISSIONERON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.SUPERINTENDENT-IN-CHIEF GREGORYLONG WILL NOW SERVE AS ACTINGCOMMISSIONER.ALL OF THIS FOLLOWED WHAT MANYSAW AS THE ABRUPT RETIREMENT OFCOMMISSIONER WILLIAM GROSS,THOUGH HE SAID HE’D BEENTHINKING OF STEPPING DOWN FOR AWHILE.MAYOR WALSH IS IN WASHINGTON,D.C.

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