Patrick Rose

Patrick Rose, the former president of the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association charged with raping and abusing six children over nearly three decades, changed his plea to guilty.

A former head of Boston’s police union facing a total of 33 charges in connection with the rape and abuse of six children over various periods of time beginning in the 1990s pleaded guilty Monday. Patrick Rose had previously pleaded not guilty and maintained his innocence, but changed his plea during an appearance in Suffolk Superior Court. He pleaded guilty…

Boston Mayor Kim Janey announced new reforms for the city’s police department and how it responds to mental health crises.

A city review of the investigation into a Boston police officer who stayed on the force for years despite being credibly accused of child molestation has led to new recommendations for keeping the department transparent. The Office of Police Accountability and Transparency’s report on the case of Patrick Rose was released Thursday, offering three recommendations about how the Boston...

Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell is calling on Mayor Kim Janey to launch an independent probe into the police department’s handling of child molestation allegations against former officer Patrick Rose. Campbell criticized Janey for releasing “incomplete” documents from a 1990s internal affairs investigation into Rose around the same time that Derek Chauvin was convicted for the murder of George...

Boston Mayor Kim Janey on Thursday said her administration released as many files as it could in connection with a now-retired officer who was accused of sexually assaulting a minor in the 1990s but still allowed to rise through the ranks. In a press conference, Janey defended the decision to only release only portion of the files related to the…

A former Boston police commissioner is pushing back against allegations that he failed to take action against a now-retired officer who was accused of sexually assaulting a minor in the 1990s. In a statement released late Tuesday, Paul F. Evans said he and other officials did “everything that could be done” to hold the officer accountable at the time. He…

Despite evidence that Boston Police Officer Patrick Rose sexually assaulted a 12-year-old child, he was never fired from the department. Details released by Mayor Kim Janey Tuesday stem from a 1995 criminal complaint.

Boston Mayor Kim Janey released redacted documents from an internal affairs investigation into former Boston Police officer and union chief Patrick Rose, accused of sexually assaulting a child.

Boston Police internal investigators found sufficient evidence in 1996 to support allegations that an officer sexually assaulted a minor, yet the officer remained on the force and was eventually returned to full duty, according to documents released Tuesday.

Redacted copies of an internal affairs investigation into a former Boston police officer and union chief charged with molesting multiple children as far back as the mid-1990s will be released Friday, the mayor’s office said.

In a Tuesday announcement revealing several police reform measures, Boston Mayor Kim Janey said the case of Patrick Rose, a former Boston police officer and union chief charged with molesting multiple children, would be the first task for her newly created Office of Police Accountability and Transparency.

Case files on a former Boston police officer and union chief charged with molesting multiple children more than 25 years ago will be released by the end of the week as part of Mayor Kim Janey’s police reform efforts. “As mayor, the likes of Patrick rose will not be protected on my watch and those who are complicit in abuses…

Boston Mayor Kim Janey is discussing police reform amid allegations that the Boston Police Department covered up allegations of child rape against a former officer.

Decrying the Boston Police Department’s inaction on child sex abuse allegations against a former police officer later accused of molesting more children, Boston Mayor Kim Janey announced measures aimed at increasing accountability and transparency at the department, as well as trust in it.

Boston Mayor Kim Janey on Tuesday announced several police reform measures aimed at boosting police accountability and transparency, a day after addressing the case of a former Boston police officer and union chief who is charged with molesting multiple children. Janey said she’s named attorney Stephanie Everett as the leader of the new Office of Police Accountability and Transparency,...

Mayor Kim Janey is baffled that a former Boston police officer and union chief who is charged with molesting multiple children reportedly first faced child abuse allegations back in the mid-1990s.

A former Boston police officer and union chief, charged last August with molesting multiple children, faced child abuse allegations in the mid-1990s. The Boston Globe reports that the Boston Police Department in 1995 filed a criminal complaint against Patrick Rose Sr. for sexual assault on a 12-year-old child. The criminal complaint was eventually dropped, but an internal investigation concluded that…

A retired Boston police officer who served as president of the department’s union appeared in court on child sex abuse charges Thursday while hiding his face..

The former president of the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association accused of sexually assaulting and raping a young relative faced a judge Thursday.