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...brief, the Crimson has noted that potential constitutional questions may arise if HUPD records are exempted from public disclosure. Because the Crimson did not raise this issue in its complaint or before the Superior Court, it has been waived. See Salem v. Bureau of Special Educ. Appeals of the Dep't of Educ., 444 Mass. 476, 485-486 (2005); Albert v. Municipal Court of the City of Boston, 388 Mass...
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Since then Gatto has been personally responsible for more than 150 arrests and citations for environmental crimes, making him one of the world's greatest eco-cops. In 1992 Gatto helped set up the Environmental Enforcement Division within DEP to focus on investigating and enforcing watershed-pollution laws. Gatto's EED has handled more than 1,100 major pollution investigations resulting in more than 400 arrests and citations...
...never been easy. DEP has underpaid its police officers--the top salary prior to March was $24,435 for patrolmen--and has not given them enough training in the detection of environmental crimes. It has starved them of basic equipment from chemical testing kits to cars. Gatto trained himself with books and videos and bought his own cell phone, cameras, video and tape recorders for preserving evidence. He learned all the tricks for detecting concealed improper discharges of waste. For example, he could put a green dye tablet into a toilet and rush outside to examine the water flowing into...
...February 1999 after 11 environmental groups praised Gatto's record in a highly publicized report critiquing the administration of New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani for its failure to support its environmental police. Gatto was effectively demoted when another officer was placed above him in charge of environmental enforcement. DEP officials reassigned Gatto's car, replacing it with a worn-out wreck with 156,000 miles on it and no working two-way radio. (He's since been given a newer model.) Meanwhile, the city started an investigation against Gatto's senior detective, Chris Clinch, for allegedly mishandling a police...