FEMINO NAMED INTERIM ACTING CHIEF OF POLICE

Femino is currently Chief of Detectives for the Somerville

Police Department, a position he has held since 2011 and previously held from

2005 to 2009. He served as Deputy Chief of Police in 2010

and has been an officer with the Somerville Police Department since 1984.

Femino has also performed in a variety of progressively responsible positions

in his career in the Somerville Police Department and has distinguished himself

in each. He holds a Juris Doctor from New England School of Law, a Masters

Degree in Education from Boston University and a Bachelor of Science Degree in

Criminal Science from Northeastern University. As the Interim Acting Chief,

Femino will not be eligible to apply for the permanent Chief of Police

position.

"I have every confidence in Captain Femino. He has both the

leadership ability and the breadth of experience to serve in this role and I

know that he will continue to move the police department forward," Mayor

Curtatone said. "We will begin the official search for a new Chief of Police right

away. This will be an open, transparent and public process as outlined in the

Somerville City Charter and City Ordinance. We know that this process will

likely take several months. I am very proud and pleased with the progress the

Somerville Police Department has made over the past several years and will

continue to make in the future."

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is resigning to care for a family member in need of round-the-clock care, he

stated in a letter submitted to and accepted by Mayor Curtatone on Monday, Nov.

4. His last day as chief will be Dec. 1, 2013 and has agreed to make himself

available to assist with the transition to a new Chief.

The

Mayor will select a new police chief in accordance with the City Charter and

City Ordinance, which requires a Police Chief Selection Committee that will be

promptly organized and consisting of:

• the City's Director of Personnel

• one member of the Board of Aldermen appointed by
  
  the Board President

• the director of the City's multicultural affairs
  
  commission

• two members of the general public appointed by
  
  the Mayor

• two members of the general public appointed by
  
  the Board President

• two sworn officers of the Somerville Police
  
  Department, one representing the patrol officers' union and one representing
  
  the superior officers' union, both elected to represent by those respective
  
  unions

Between

three and five candidates chosen as finalists by the selection committee will

take part in a public interview, with residents and community members invited

to attend and submit written questions ahead of time as well.