In several other cases, while doing traffic enforcement, Vecchi was the subject of
Civilian Complaints for rudeness and un-professionalism for allegedly "yelling" at the
citizens he encountered. Conveniently for Vecchi, those written citizen complaints were
conspicuously omitted from the documents produced by the Plymouth Police Department,
so we are not privy to the precise details of what exactly Vecchi said to those individuals,
nor the precise tone and attitude he used in communicating to them. In response to those
complaints, Vecchi, then a law student, used his legal training to bolster his report writing
skills in making rather obvious excuses for his actions. He claimed to have been polite
and professional in each of those cases but that he simply had to "raise [his] voice" while
addressing the drivers due to loud traffic, leaf-blower noise, and the like. Once again,
those complaints were also dismissed (not sustained) for lack of independent
corroborating witness statements supporting the complainants side of those encounters
(Incident #: 2008000019840, Incident Date: August 22, 2008; Civilian Complaint #:
2013-30374, Incident Date: November 25, 2013).
Complaints for Official Misconduct
In several other cases the Plymouth Police Department "sustained" Complaints
against Vecchi for official misconduct. In one case he was disciplined for failure to
supervise (Incident#: 18298, Internal Affairs #: 04-014, Incident Date: August 9, 2004).
In another case Vecchi took part in the issuance of a civil citation to a citizen for
an alleged traffic violation that was supposedly witnessed by another, off-duty police
officer in violation of Plymouth Police Department Rule 10.6. Complaint "sustained"
(Incident #: 23554, Internal Affairs (lA)#: 04-024, Incident Date: October 6, 2004).
