"I am overjoyed and kind of surprised with my accomplishment getting into All-State and feeling very honored," said Monument Mountain senior Audrey Allard. "I'm super excited to perform alongside so many talented singers across the state in March.”
In a statement read over the phone Town Manager Jennifer Tabakin Thursday (September 22) told The Edge that “privacy and union rules” prevent her from commenting on what consequences GBPD Officer Daniel Bartini might face. “The issue of driving under the influence is very serious,” Tabakin said, “and citizens rightfully expect police officers to be held to high standards...and have trust in public officials.”
Sheffield Officer Brennan Polidoro stopped off-duty Great Barrington Officer Daniel Bartini in the early hours of Saturday, August 20, after observing him driving erratically, but was instructed to let him seek a ride home in what appeared to be an act of “professional courtesy.”
“Massachusetts police departments have launched internal reviews at least four times in the last three years after learning that an officer or former officer was accused of drunken driving but was not arrested.”
--- 2014 Boston Globe article that reviewed instances of off-duty police officers charged with drunk driving.
In Sheffield there were four arrests made for driving under the influence over the last month, and numerous citations given for speeding, according to Police Department logs.
Sheffield Police Officer Brennan Polidoro said Officer Daniel Bartini, who was off duty, was “emitting a strong odor” of alcohol, and had “bloodshot glassy eyes, and thick-tongued speech.” He was not cited.
