The state’s police oversight board has decertified a former Leominster officer with a history of alcohol-related infractions, including a drunken driving arrest in Massachusetts and an incident in New York when he flashed his badge at a restaurant and “forcibly kissed” the bartender, records show.
The POST Commission’s Oct. 16 ruling means Christopher Cunningham, 41, can’t ever work as a police officer in Massachusetts again. Cunningham has 30 days to appeal the decision.
He couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.
“The Commission finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that the respondent is not fit for duty as an officer and is dangerous to the public, has a pattern of unprofessional police conduct that may escalate, and has repeated sustained internal affairs complaints for