After retiring in January, a Boston Police officer came under the scrutiny of the Massachusetts police oversight board for a series of disciplinary incidents over his two-decade career.
He left the department before he could be disciplined for two of the most recent violations. Though now retired, police oversight officials wanted to permanently revoke the officer’s license to work in law enforcement, preventing him from returning to the profession anywhere in the state.
Last month, they reached an agreement with the officer, Kirk Merricks, to do just that…