Police Audit Committee meets in Canton to review report findings

The Police Audit Committee met in Canton Thursday night The meeting was to review the analysis from the private audit company hired by the town looking into the police department The main findings included the need to improve documenting evidence taking down reports and overall crime scene preservation In relation to the Karen Read circumstance auditors say chosen things should have been done differently However private auditors say they didn t find evidence of conspiracy The committee s chairman agreed with the audit s findings Frankly it s about what we expected we know there were deficiencies revealed Chairman Bob McCarthy A lot of it comes down to the money They didn t have all the equipment they should have but what they came out with is you know you read in social media the graph they screwed it up on purpose that never happened They did a very thorough job of gathering information noted Matt Germanowski Director of Stones Intelligence But you really need to sit down with particular of those onlookers not as individuals but sit down with those onlookers and gather the facts Why are you here How d you get here What happened What was the communication between you two Why didn t she call you in the morning What did she say to you in the morning ' On Saturday the citizens is invited to hear from the two representatives from Stones Intelligence They will be answering questions and explaining their overview