Officer Alexander Polson

And his advice was, you can't help who you grew up with. Just make sure that you are careful.

I said, I don't think he, you know, he was part of it. He's not a gun kid. I kind of formed the opinion on my own. It was like, I don't really think he'd be involved in that.

I don't call him to hang out on the weekend.

He does, yeah, which has since been blocked.

After the complaint came up.

Looking at it now, I would say no. Looking at it then, I think we had a bunch of shootings in that week. So for me, it was bumping the heat up. It was just because... Of all the stuff that was going on, and it was just... But why do you want to inform them of that?

No, not this time, no.

Okay, so Polson, could you please state your name for the record, spelling your last name? My name is Alexander Polson. Is that spelled last name? Yes. My last name is spelled P-O-L-S-O-N.

And how long have you been employed by New Bedford Police? I've been employed since January 3rd, 2021.

And have you always worked out of the South End Station for your career? For a majority, yes. I think I worked out of Station 3 for...

How often do you speak with him? It's like here and there. We don't talk every day, maybe once a month, maybe once every three months.

We were just friends. Yeah, we were friends before that.

From the very beginning. If I ever came down to it, and we had a situation where if I had to arrest him, I told him I would. And he understood that from the very beginning.