Provincetown police chief admits irregularities

Provincetown Acting Police Chief Warren Tobias told Bay Windows Sept. 25 that police officers failed to include pertinent information in their report detailing the investigation into the Sept. 10 assault on Richard Hall, a New Bedford man who was vacationing in Provincetown. Hall alleges that the assault was an anti-gay hate crime, and he has publicly accused Provincetown police of mishandling the case.

Tobias said the fact that the assailants did not steal Hall’s money may indicate that the attack was a hate crime, but he said investigators are not ruling out other possibilities.

According to Officer Joudrey’s report, two men called police to report the assault. The report does not give any information about who the two men were, nor does it indicate whether they were questioned by officers at the scene. It states that officers left Hall in their company, at Hall’s request, but Hall says he has no memory of the men.