Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The state’s police oversight agency announced Tuesday its final decision to revoke the law enforcement certification of former ...

Stoughton Police Chief Donna McNamara has led the force through years of tumult following the death of Sandra Birchmore.

The state’s police watchdog agency decided to decertify Robert Devine, a former Stoughton deputy police chief accused by the commission of misconduct involving Sandra Birchmore. The Peace Officer ...

Robert Devine, who was once the deputy police chief in Stoughton, has lost his authority to work as a police officer in Massachusetts. The the state’s Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission ...

Robert C. Devine, a former Stoughton deputy chief who was decertified by the state’s police oversight agency in December 2025 for misconduct relating to his alleged relationship with Sandra Birchmore, ...

The state’s police oversight board has revoked the law enforcement certification of former Stoughton deputy police chief Robert Devine, determining he engaged in a pattern of unprofessional conduct, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A former Stoughton deputy police chief whose certification to work in law enforcement was revoked in December over inappropriate ...

A former deputy chief at the Stoughton Police Department linked to the Sandra Birchmore case can never work as a police officer in the state again. The Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and ...

A former Massachusetts police officer's certification was revoked over findings of unprofessional conduct, including his relations with a former participant in the department's program for teenagers.

BECAUSE ONE INCIDENT CHANGED HIS MIND. SHE LIED ABOUT EVERYTHING. THAT’S FORMER STOUGHTON DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF ROBERT DEVINE DISPARAGING SANDRA BIRCHMORE, A WOMAN WHO DIED AT JUST 23 YEARS OLD, IN AN ...

The state’s police oversight agency announced Tuesday its final decision to revoke the law enforcement certification of former Stoughton Deputy Chief Robert Devine — effectively banning him from ...