For the first time, Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox is speaking out in denial of accusations made by the defense ...

Kelly Dever, a current Boston police officer, was called to the stand by Read’s defense team on June 2. She was working dispatch for the Canton Police Department when John O’Keefe was found dead.

Dever was working at the Canton Police Department when Read’s boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, was found unresponsive on another Boston officer’s lawn in January 2022.

Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox was asked Thursday for the first time about references to him and his department during testimony in the Karen Read trial.

The town of Canton is trying to move forward after the jury acquitted Karen Read of killing John O’Keefe, but division remains high as some say a new police chief won’t solve everything.