Overview
- The board voted 4-0 on Dec. 30 to approve Michael Daniels to lead the Canton Police Department.
- Daniels currently serves as chief of the Oxford Police Department.
- He would be the town's first permanent chief since Helena Rafferty retired in June.
- Board chair John McCourt thanked residents for their patience during the five-and-a-half-month search.
- The leadership change follows an audit of the department's role in the 2022 John O'Keefe case that found no evidence of corruption, tampering, or conspiracy, and finalist Lt. Charles Rae previously testified in Karen Read's retrial.