"The lawsuit will seek unspecified damages for Bliss' "emotional distress, loss of income and loss of society," [...]

[Bliss] alleges that "as the parties to whom a chief of police would report," former Town Administrator Mark Andrews and the elected Selectmen at the time of Bliss' reinstatement in spring, 2011, "failed to adequately and properly supervise and monitor the actions of a town employee." The Board of Selectmen at that time consisted of current Selectmen Steve Holmes, Cara Winslow, and Ellen Begley, and former Selectmen Walter Cruz and Michael Schneider. [...]

Neither Stanley, members of the Board of Selectmen, nor interim Town Administrator John Foster responded to a request for comment." Wareham Week link.