Overview

• Attorney Regina M. Ryan began a targeted evaluation Thursday focused on internal communication, management style, and department operations.
• Mayor Melinda Barrett said the review will not examine emergency response, training, or officers’ actions in the July arrest of Francis Gigliotti.
• Former Chief Robert Pistone retired after being placed on leave, Deputy Chief Stephen Doherty is on paid leave, and Captain Wayne Tracy is serving as acting chief.
• The Essex County District Attorney continues a separate criminal investigation into Gigliotti’s homicide, while the family has asked for an outside prosecutor.
• Several officers remain on paid administrative leave related to the July incident, and Officer Katelyn Tully’s recent death intensified dissent voiced in an anonymously authored letter shared by police union members.