'Deeply Disturbing' Conduct Has 2 Acton Police Officers On Leave

ACTON, MA — Two Acton police officers are on paid leave after a former high school student accused them of inappropriate conduct.

The former Acton-Boxboro Regional High School student told a police sergeant they had been the victim of separate inappropriate incidents with two of the school's resource officers.

Acton Police Chief Rich Burrows said the accusations were brought to the department's attention during a traffic stop, and the responding officer filed a report. Sometime later, the department said someone wrote about similar conduct over social media.

Acton Town Manager John Mangiaratti and Police Chief Richard Burrows issued a joint statement saying that the officers were put on paid leave pending the outcome of an investigation, which is being conducted by the Middlesex District Attorney's Office.

"The allegations are serious and deeply disturbing, and we take all such claims seriously," Chief Burrows said. "We are cooperating with and have turned over our report of this matter to Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and State Police Detectives assigned to her office."

"The Town of Acton takes all allegations made against its employees seriously, and we await the conclusion of the district attorney's investigation," Mangiaratti said.