FOLLOWUP: Hate crime training for Ptown police

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Followup:

Barry Scott, the openly gay DJ arrested last July while DJing at a private house party in Provincetown, is going back to court April 11 to ask Orleans District Court Judge Therese Wright to grant him access to an internal police investigation into his arrest.

Scott’s attorney, William Korman, said that Barnstable County District Attorney Michael O’Keefe’s office has indicated it will try to block the release of the internal investigation.

"We are attempting to get those internal review documents as well. It’s our allegation that there was a pattern of conduct that was engaged in by these officers, and we want to be able to bring it to the attention of the jury when this case comes to trial," said Korman.

Scott’s arrest was one of at least two major incidents in P’Town last year, along with police response to the alleged gay-bashing of Richard Hall in September, that prompted critics to claim that the Provincetown Police were ill-equipped to respond to hate crimes. In response to those incidents the department brought in the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) last month to do a hate crimes training for officers.

Acting Chief of Police Warren Tobias told Bay Windows that the department is currently finalizing the hiring of 10 summer officers to augment the department during tourist season, and the ADL will be coming back down in late May to train those officers about hate crimes, as well.

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