article_snippet: Officer Daniel Major has resigned from the department, WCVB reported.
article_snippet: An internal police review determined Sergeant Major had 'acted admirably', Mlive reported, and a clerk-magistrate's hearing agreed.
article_snippet: Sergeant Major, in court in November 2013, was charged with assault but an internal review found A district court judge   did nothing wrong, which the current police chief has disputed.
article_snippet: Sergeant Major has since retired but now faces a lawsuit from the woman .
article_snippet: Despite former Chicopee Mayor Michael Bissonette predecessor's ruling, the current chief, William Jebb, has said Sergeant Major did not act appropriately and handed the video over to City Hall officials, Mlive.com reported. '
article_snippet: Charette ultimately retired in July 2014 after Jebb beat him to secure the job of police chief.
highlights_snippet: officers stood back and did nothing .
  
highlights_snippet: Officer Daniel Major was accused of assault but an internal investigation found Officer Daniel Major did nothing wrong - which the new police chief disputes .
  