WEBVTT RETIRING. AND NOW, THE NEXT HIGHEST IN COMMAND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. THE SALEM POLICE DEPARTMENT IS FUNCTIONING WITHOUT A FORMAL CHIEF OR DEPUTY CHIEF AT THE HELM, AFTER THE LATEST TURN OF EVENTS INVOLVING AN INVESTIGATION BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE. REVEALED IN A LETTER IT SENT TO THE TOWN MANAGER AND THE DEPARTMENT’S CIVILIAN ADMINISTRATOR A FEW DAYS AGO "I AM NOW WRITING TO INFORM YOU THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S REVIEW OF THE SALEM POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF THE CURRENT DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE, ROBERT MORIN." THE A.G. NOT ABLE TO DETAIL THE NATURE OF THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AGAINST MORIN, BECAUSE IT IS ONGOING. LOCALS NOT SURE WHAT TO MAKE OF IT. >> WHY WOULD THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DO ANYTHING IF THEY DIDN’T HAVE A REASON TO? >> THAT IS VERY SCARY. JENNIFER: FORMER CHIEF, PAUL DONOVAN, ANNOUNCED H RESIGNATION EFFECTIVE LAST DECEMBER 31 AFTER A 170-PAGE AUDIT ORDERED BY THE TOWN FOUND AN ALLEGED PATTERN OF MISMANAGING INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS, IGNORING CITIZEN COMPLAINTS, AND VIOLATING DEPARTMENT POLICIES ON COMPLAINTS AND PERSONNEL ISSUES. THE A.G. GETTING INVOLVE NOVEMBER 30, SAYING, "SINCE THAT TIME THIS OFFICE’S REVIEW HAS , BEEN ONGOING AND INCLUDED A REVIEW OF DOCUMENTS OBTAINED VIA GRAND JURY SUBPOENA, AND A MEETING WITH BOTH OF YOU ON JANUARY 14, BETWEEN 19." -- 2019." ACCORDING THE TOWN’S CIVILIAN ADMINISTRATOR, HE AND A POLICE CAPTAIN WILL B