NORTHAMPTON — The head of the Northampton Police detective bureau has been placed on paid administrative leave.
Police confirmed Thursday that Detective Lt. Alan Borowski has
“To be clear, he was not suspended. We suspend employees as a form of our disciplinary process,” Kasper wrote. “Being placed on paid leave is not a form of discipline.”
Police Capt. John Cartledge said the leave includes that Borowski is not allowed to work any police details.
“We do not make statements why an employee was placed on leave,” Cartledge said Thursday morning.
Borowski’s firearm was not confiscated, Kasper said. The department’s detective bureau is being overseen by Detective Sgt. Victor Caputo.
Borowski, 44, earned a gross annual salary of $138,687 in the fiscal year that ended in June 2017, according to city records. The figure includes regular pay and overtime earnings and made Borowski the second highest paid city employee last year behind Northampton School Superintendent John Provost.
Borowski was appointed a Northampton officer in 1998. He worked in the patrol division as well as becoming a certified field training officer and crime scene unit supervisor. He was promoted to patrol sergeant in 2010, joined the detective bureau, and was promoted to detective lieutenant in 2014.
Borowski has a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and has attended multiple specialized training courses, as well as management studies at Roger Williams University’s Justice System Training and Research Institute.