BOSTON, Feb. 7— Appearing relaxed and almost boastful, a former senior police officer has described in Federal District Court here how he and other officers systematically stole advance copies of civil service promotion examinations and sold them to friends over a six-year period.
Gerald W. Clemente, a former captain in the Metropolitan Police, which has authority over a number of highways, parks and beaches in the Boston area, was testifying this week in the trial of six police officers and a former aide in the Massachusetts State Senate. The defendants, who include a police chief and a former chief from suburban towns, are charged with racketeering, perjury and mail fraud in connection with the theft and sale of the examinations.