Woburn Police Chief Plans To Retire Next Month

WOBURN, MA -- Woburn Police Chief Robert Ferullo Jr. said he plans to retire on November 23, one day before his 60th birthday. Ferullo, who publicly announced his decision in an address to the Woburn Rotary Club, said he had already discussed his plans with Mayor Scott Galvin and other Woburn officials. Ferullo was appointed chief of police in 2011 after 31 years with the Woburn Police.

Ferullo took over as chief as the department was still recovering from the fatal shooting of a Woburn police officer. Dominic Cinelli shot and killed Woburn Police officer Jack Maguire during a shootout following an armed robbery in December 2010. Cinelli had been paroled from a prison sentence of three life terms for armed robbery and escaping prison in 2008.

Ferullo has been an active voice in calling for a reform of the Massachusetts judicial system to prevent convicted felons like Cinelli from being released. In June, Yarmouth Police Chief Frank Frederickson and Auburn Police Chief Andrew Sluckis Jr. -- two other Massachusetts police chiefs who have lost officers to career criminals -- to pressure state officials to reevaluate key parts of the state judicial system.

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