DEALS OF THE $DAY$ PG. 3 FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2021 DEALS OF THE Drugs and racial language rock Lynn Police Department$DAY$ PG. 3 By Tréa Lavery text messages he sent to the violence against Black people. cers have been placed on ad- the department PGsaid.. 3 ITEM STAFF victim. Although those charges Acting Police Chief Lenny ministrative leave during the Carrie Kimball, a spokeswom- were dropped, the of cer’s text Desmarais acknowledged the investigation. an for the Essex County District LYNN — Seven of cers in the messages and emails were in- use of racial language between The identities of the seven of - Lynn Police Department are the spected and revealed a group two of cers in a private text cers involved were not disclosed. Attorney’s of ce, said the of ce subject of an internal investiga- chat with the other six of cers conversation. However, “In the “The Lynn Police Department was not currentlyDEALS investigating tion for off-duty drug use. OF THE where they discussed cocaine course of our continuing inves- has spoken to the Essex County any misconduct within the de- The investigation was trig- and steroid use. tigation, we have not found any- District Attorney’s of ce regard- partment. gered when one of cer was ar- In addition, the of cers had thing concerning or intending ing the matter and will conduct $DAY$ rested in Salem on a warrant made statements using racial violence against Black people.” a transparent investigation into Tréa Lavery canPG .be 3 reached at for domestic violence based on slurs and describing intended Desmarais said several of - the conduct,” a statement from
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