Canton Coverup Part 501: Canton Police Audit Reveals Department Is Filled With Incompetent Cry Baby Beta Males Who Botched The Murder Investigation Of A Boston Police Officer

 

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Yesterday 5 Stones Intelligence published their complete 206 page audit of the Canton Police Department, which was voted at a November 2023 Special Town Meeting as a result of a grassroots, citizen driven initiative spurned on by the piss poor investigation into John O’Keefe’s murder. Although the report is slightly critical of CPD, it is mostly paints the police as victims and doesn’t address a plethora of glaring issues with the Canton Police Department.

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The light criticism of the investigation into OJO’s death included the fact that the crime scene was not photographed, named witnesses Jennifer McCabe, Kerry Roberts, Brian Albert, and Nicole Albert were not interviewed on camera at the Canton Police Department, Sally port footage was not turned over, and police left the crime scene unattended for 10 hours after discovering OJO’s body.

Other than the report is nothing but a cry fest, allowing unnamed Canton Police Officers to complain about how nobody likes them.

The report says that there is a lack of support for CPD from elected officials, and that “influencers who are primarily motivated by financial gain” fabricate sensational stories without adhering to journalistic standards, in pursuit of fame and viewership:

1. What on earth would Canton Police Officers know about journalistic standards? What training do they have in journalism?
2. How can this report, authored by 5 Stones CEO Brian Tallay, reach the conclusion that influencers are reporting on the Karen Read case primarily for financial gain? That is an opinion, and one with no evidence to back it up.
3. No stories were fabricated. People are rightfully criticizing the Canton Police for their well documented Keystone Cop handling of a murder investigation.
4. There is no “lack of support from elected officials.” Chris Albert, a member of the Select Board, has a “we support Canton Police” sign in his business window.
5. The entire Canton Select Board voted against the audit, and John Connolly immediately stood up and objected when the votes to audit were counted. In the same report that alleges CPD doesn’t receive support from elected officials, Connolly said that he fully supports the police department.

The report frequently refers to me as a “social media figure” and falsely accuses me of leaving a disrespectful voicemail for the wife of a CPD officer. Elizabeth Proctor is not the wife of ANY police officer, never mind a CPD Officer. Additionally, the report alleges that I harassed an officer at a Patriots football game, and that Helena Rafferty has been “harassed” while collecting overtime from the club seats at Gillette Stadium.

In reality, Michael Lank was not “harassed” by me at a Patriots game. While I was getting a beer I noticed he was standing a few feet away from me so I took a selfie and posted it to Twitter. I said “Hey Lankah,” and he looked at me and seemed confused about who I was. So I said, “it’s Turtleboy,” at which point he nodded his head “no” and walked away. That was the entire extent of our interaction.

The report includes quotes from anonymous officers, all of whom cry about how no one cares about them and everyone wants them to be murdered.

What, if anything, does any of this have to do with an audit of the police department?

“It’s going to get one of us killed.” 

Be more dramatic – you can’t. I assure you, holding government officials accountable is not going to get anyone killed.

“They have no political platform, just trash the police.”

Policing is a political issue.

“Elected officials don’t care about us.”

The entire select board voted against the audit and one of them has a “support CPD sign” in his store.

“The easiest way to get elected is to trash us.”

Rita Lombardi lost.

“I wanted to be a Canton Police Officer since I can remember.”

The fact that there are so many officers on CPD whose lifelong goal was to grow up and become a Canton Police Officer is part of the problem.

“If I die on this job will the town continue to harass my wife and kids.”

No one is harassing your wife and kids. Stop hiding behind children when people offer up legitimate criticism of taxpayer funded government servants.

“There’s much more money being offered in other towns.”

Lt. Paul Gallagher made over $300K in his final year on the job, which included overseeing the most botched murder investigation of all time.

There are endless complaints in the report about how officers are being “attacked” by criticism of their policing, and how it has affected their morale.

Boo-hoo. Get a new job if you can’t handle public criticism.

The report included a picture of me outside Norfolk Superior Courthouse smiling at Chief Rafferty. The caption reads, “a social media figure confronts Chief Rafferty.”

This is a lie. I was standing at the bottom of the stairs waiting to go into court when Chief Rafferty walked down the stairs and glared menacingly at me. I smiled back, but neither of us said a word. There was no confrontation. I contacted Matt Germanwoski, the Director and CFE of 5 Stones Intelligence, asking him to correct this error. He told me that confront means “face to face in hostile or defiant way,” so he wouldn’t be changing the word.

But the definition of confront is to, “meet (someone) face to face with hostile or argumentative intent.”

1. I didn’t go there to meet Chief Rafferty; I went there to report on the Karen Read case.
2. I had no idea she would be there, as she has never come to a hearing before, so it’s not plausible that I went to the hearing to meet her.
3. Matt Germanowski wasn’t there, didn’t speak with me, and thus would have no idea what my intent was.

He’s just another conehead hack, who will likely frame this completely legitimate criticism of his defamatory statements as an “attack” in an attempt to victimize himself. It’s what they’ve all been trained to do.

The report includes screenshots of “social media posts alleging conspiracy and corruption,” including a picture of me arguing with Grant Smith-Ellis outside of court, with no comments at all about corruption or conspiracy.

More importantly, why are they trying to make it seem like a bad thing that people are alleging corruption? Why is the problem in Canton the people who are reporting the corruption, and not the people who are perpetuating it?

It also includes pictures of mostly women, along with commentary suggesting these people are bad because they’re “mocking” a government agent who makes over $200K a year and is openly biased towards the Commonwealth.

The text message to Chief Rafferty is completely unverified, and not illegal.

The report goes out of its way to make excuses for Detective Tim Taylor leaving his dog in a hot car, leading to the dog’s death.

It suggests that Tom Keleher should’ve recused himself from the investigation into OJO’s death because he was friends with the McAlberts. Keleher is the same guy who never turned over Ring camera footage which would’ve shown Karen Read running John O’Keefe over with her car. Additionally, if Keleher should’ve recused himself because he “knew the Albert family,” then why didn’t Michael Lank, Sean Goode, and the countless other members of the department who knew the McAlberts?

The report makes it seem like the biggest problem afflicting the police department is accountability, and wrongly states as fact that there was no probable cause to obtain a search warrant for Brian Albert’s house because they had no information that O’Keefe entered the house.

1. John O’Keefe had one shoe on. The assumption had to be that his other shoe was inside the homeowner’s house upon whose property his dead body was found.
2. Karen Read told police she dropped him off there.
3. Jennifer McCabe told police he was invited there.

Regardless, police would have no idea if there was probable cause to obtain a search warrant because they didn’t apply for one. A judge makes that decision. Police applied for search warrants to search my house because of comments I made on YouTube. They applied for and got a warrant for my bank and car payment records on a hunch that Karen Read bribed me with a Lexus to commit witness intimidation on her behalf. They got a warrant for Rich Schiffer’s car because he dropped rubber ducks around town. It seems like they can get a warrant for just about anything, so a dead cop on your front lawn might qualify too. But they’d have to actually apply for a search warrant to find out, and there are no penalties for applying for a warrant and not getting one.

The report praises CPD for their “innovative” use of a leaf blower to search the crime scene, because it was instrumental in finding evidence around his body.

Yet the police are alleging that despite this innovative use of a leaf blower Lt. Gallagher completely missed 47 pieces of bright red taillight that State Police found 10 hours later under 20 inches of snow in complete darkness.

The report admonishes peaceful protesters for holding protests outside Canton Police Department, which affects morale.

God forbid.

The report further goes on to blame and villainize concerned citizens for filing public records requests because it causes a significant burden on the police.

Newsflash – the police are public servants, and public records are available to the public under the law. The public has a right to be concerned about the police budget since they are the ones funding it.

Chris Albert, who illegally audio records citizens walking along Washington Street, and who threatened to beat my face up and down the sidewalk, was also portrayed as a victim of harassment in the report.

Finally, the report notes that the CPD cameras can preserve 800 days worth of recordings, which completely flies in the face of the lie that footage of Karen Read’s car auto-deleted after 30 days.

Here’s a list of things that didn’t appear in the CPD audit:

What percentage of cops in Canton grew up in Canton?

A huge problem is that the police department knows all the townies and is inclined to protect them. They all grew up together and have strong ties, which is exactly why Brian Albert felt he would never be a suspect after a dead body was discovered on his front lawn.

Duck investigation

Detective Tim Taylor spent 6 months investigating legally protected speech on rubber duckies because it hurt Chris Albert’s feelings. Perhaps his time could’ve better been spent alleviating the work of fulfilling public records requests CPD was burdened with.

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No mention of the fact that CPD tried and failed to press felony witness intimidation charges on 9 peaceful protesters holding signs on a public street – something they had allowed me to do 3 times. A clerk magistrate found no probable cause, indicating that CPD has no idea what probable cause actually is. No recommendations were made in the report for increased training on what PC is.

Kevin Albert

There is no mentioning of why Kevin Albert personally introduced Katie McLaughlin to Michael Proctor on January 30 despite CPD being conflicted off of the OJO investigation. Nor is there any mention of Albert being reprimanded for day drinking while on duty with Proctor and leaving his gun and badge in Proctor’s car.

Not finding any tail light 

Not one of the 5 CPD Officers at Brian Albert’s house saw a single piece of taillight. Either their officers are blind and incompetent, or there was no taillight there. It can’t be both.

Ken Berkowitz endorsed Chris Albert for political office, and several members of the police department donated to his political campaign. 

This wasn’t mentioned.

Ken Berkowitz asking a reporter to remove a tweet pointing out that OJO’s body was found on Brian Albert’s front lawn because Albert was a “pillar of the community.”

Canton Cover-Up Part 7: Former Canton Police Chief Ken Berkowitz Pressured Reporter To Take Down Tweet Mentioning Brian Albert’s Name On Day Karen Read Was Arrested

 

Helena Rafferty never reported that she hit an elderly man in a crosswalk in February 2024. 

Seems relevant.

The report says there was nothing police did wrong with the Sandra Birchmore investigation. 

Multiple sources called Canton Police to tell them that Mattew Farwell raped and impregnated Sandra Birchmore, and was the last person to see her alive.

Why did Brian Higgins have an office at CPD?

He should’ve been a suspect in OJO’s death, but instead was allowed to move cars around drunk at 1:30 AM and then spend the entire next day at CPD because Ken Berkowitz had a man crush on him.

Dropping charges against a woman who threw an egg at a 5 year old boy, and not alerting the boy’s mother. 

At the Rolling Rally a McAlbert supporter named Diana White launched an egg out of her car that hit the 5 year old son of Jennifer Hartford, who lodged a complaint afterwards. Police never alerted her to the clerk’s hearing, and blamed her when they dropped the charges. Jennifer Hartford found out about this by reading the Canton Citizen.

Allowing the Rolling Rally

Police were well aware that I was holding a peaceful rolling rally on July 22, 2023. They allowed the rolling rally to take place and ordered all police to stay far away from the justice supporters. Afterwards Chief Rafferty alleged that this was “witness intimidation,” despite the fact that she allowed it to take place in her town and did nothing to protect the “victims” of the “intimidation.” There was not a single call to police to report criminal activity at the rolling rally.

There’s probably a lot more they didn’t cover in this fake “audit,” but the fact of the matter is that the Canton Police Department is a corrupt institution filled with grown cry babies who are disgrace to police officers everywhere.