Futterman on the Difficult Process of Removing Police Officers from Their Jobs

Officials Consider Appeal In Ruling That A Boston Officer Get His Job Back

City officials in Boston are considering whether to appeal a judge’s decision upholding an arbitrator’s ruling that a Boston police officer must get his job back.

Officer David Williams was fired in 2012 amid allegations of lying and using excessive force in the arrest of former Middlesex County correction officer Michael O’Brien.

Professor Craig Futterman joined WBUR's Deborah Becker to talk about the difficulty of removing police officers from their jobs.

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