Worcester Chamber of Commerce CEO and President Tim Murray resigned from the Worcester Regional Research Bureau board of directors Friday.

The former lieutenant governor and former mayor of Worcester said in a statement Friday that his resignation from the board of directors was related to the timing of a report calling for the creation of a police civilian oversight board released by the Worcester Regional Research Bureau (WRRB) on Oct. 14.

City Manager Eric Batista requested the WRRB to conduct a study on the effectiveness of police oversight boards following the release last year of a scathing report from the Department of Justice (DOJ) .

The DOJ’s report singled out Worcester officers for their use of excessive force, their disproportionate targeting of Black and Hispanic people

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