SUSPENDED MEDFORD POLICE OFFICER HAS LONG HISTORY OF TROUBLE
Boston Globe
By Matt Byrne
March 7, 2011
[Excerpts] ...Hudson's first disciplinary matter came in 1993, and was followed by two more issues in 1996, before a 1999 arrest for domestic assault, Rumley said, although details of those incidents, which were handled within the department and did non involve the civil service hearing process, were unavailable... Hudson was also disciplined again in 2006, but details of those incidents were not released... The criminal charge against Hudson in the 1999 assault case, in which Hudson's wife alleged that her husband choked her, was disposed of in Somerville District Court after he served six months pretrial probation. For that arrest, Hudson was suspended without pay for five tours of duty, Rumley said. A tour refers to one day's shift, which typically runs about eight hours... [Full article here]
