Community Support Coordinator Resigns Amid AYS Controversy

ANDOVER, MA — The Andover Police Department's community support coordinator, Sobhan Namvar, resigned last month amid the controversy around Youth Services Director Bill Fahey's firing, the Eagle-Tribune reported.

Namvar said he had received racist remarks and threats to his family in recent months, the Eagle-Tribune reported. He resigned Aug. 5.

Namvar previously resigned from a post with the town's new diversity, equity and inclusion office a year prior, with "some in our community calling into question Sobhan's own ethnicity, religion and credibility," the town manager said.

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Fahey was fired in May following an investigation into alleged inappropriate behavior, sparking an ongoing public outcry. In the report released by the town, Namvar was heavily cited; he received and reported the initial complaint against Fahey.

Christopher Huffaker can be reached at 412-265-8353 or chris.huffaker@patch.com.