The Fall River City Council voted Tuesday night to order an independent investigation into whether the police department obtained a search warrant under false pretenses.

The controversy was spurred by a recent story in the Fall River Reporter revolving around the Fall River Police Department’s use of a search warrant to identify whoever was behind an anonymous social media account.

The social media account was highly critical of the police department.

The goal of the independent investigation is to determine whether the search warrant was inappropriately obtained and whether any disciplinary action should be taken.

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