BOSTON — Ashland Police Chief Cara Rossi has a final hearing scheduled for next month before the Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) Commission in relation to her alleged role in a sexual assault case in Natick.
On Wednesday, during a POST pre-hearing, retired Supreme Judicial Court Justice Judith Cowin scheduled Rossi’s final hearing for March 22. Rossi did not appear on Wednesday, but attorney Leah Marie Barrault did so on Rossi’s behalf.
The reasons why Rossi is before the POST Commission were not detailed, other than it was in connection to a case involving former Natick police Sgt. James Quilty. He was convicted in December 2022 of sexually assaulting a former Natick Police Department dispatcher.
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Rossi has been on paid administrative leave since last month. Ashland Town Manager Michael Herbert has not given a reason why.
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Rossi is a named defendant in a Norfolk County Superior Court lawsuit filed by Quilty’s victim. Quilty and the Natick Police Department are also defendants.