According to his LinkedIn Profile, Donald Sullivan worked as an “Independent Compliance Overseer” for St. Paul’s School, Concord New Hampshire from January 2021 to October 2023. The AG of New Hampshire and St. Paul’s School also have him listed in this position for the same period of time.
A September 2018 settlement agreement between the AG of New Hampshire & St. Paul’s School required St. Paul’s to hire an “independent” compliance officer with a proviso that any dispute in the agreement should be brought to the AG’s attention.
St. Paul’s School’s fall term started on approximately 7th September 2023. Donald Sullivan was either on St. Paul’s School payroll or hired as a full-time independent contractor in September 2023.
Yet on Tuesday, September 12th, 2023, at approximately 3 pm, Donald Sullivan was present at 100 Main Street, Concord, in the offices of the NHCADSV where he presented himself to alleged victim of domestic violence- Robert Tanguay- as a “representative” of the NHCADSV.
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NHCADSV’s Pamela English had called Robert Tanguay between 12 and 1 pm and invited him to present himself at the NHCADSV after Robert Tanguay had requested assistance from the coalition with regard to alleged domestic violence he had experienced from his ex-partner who had left him for a police officer and allegedly alienated him from his children. When Robert Tanguay arrived at the NHCADSV, he wasn’t allowed into the office. Donald Sullivan appeared instead to greet him.
According to a police report from Concord Police for Tuesday September 12, 2023:
At 1526 a call came in “Phone — Unwanted guest. …Location: New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence, 100 Main Street, Apt 300”
Details were then given on the phone call of Robert Tanguay’s date of birth, social security number, race and sex.
Details were also given by the caller to Concord Police of the other “involved party” whose name is blacked out on the report.
At 1527, the caller to Concord Police from the NHCADSV advised “there is a male screaming in the hallway and an off duty police chief Don Sullivan is trying to get him to leave. It is Robert Tanguay.”
At 1602 “X (blacked out name) said that Robert wanted to speak to someone at the Coalition in regards to getting an attorney. They said they told him that they don’t provide those services and they could see his behavior escalating. X (blacked out name) became concerned and asked for help but Robert had left when he was told to do so. No threats or assaults. X (blacked out name) authorized trespass paperwork to be served for Robert.”
Let’s wind back a moment:
Robert Tanguay was asked to show up by Pamela English of the NHCADSV to the NHCADSV Concord Office. He did as he was instructed but when he got there Donald Sullivan, an employee of St. Paul’s School, was there to greet him and the NHCADSV called Concord Police to say that Robert Tanguay was an unwanted guest and gave details to the Concord Police of his social security number and date of birth — all within the space of one minute.
September 12th at 3pm would be a school day at St Paul’s School for Donald Sullivan. So what was he doing on St. Paul’s School’s dime, turning up to greet an invitee of Pamela English of the NHCADSV instead?
Donald Sullivan described himself as a friend who was representing the coalition, not as an employee of St Paul’s School.
The video of the incident is worthy of review — compare it to the police record of the phone call and assertions above. It’s very clear from the video that Robert Tanguay is quite calm and that Donald Sullivan is not. Is that because he shouldn’t have been there in the first place because he was being paid by St. Paul’s School and was instead moonlighting at the offices of the coalition? The NHCADSV caller referred to Donald Sullivan as an “off duty police chief” yet he had maintained in the video that he was not a police officer.
Imagine if this incident had become more contentious. Where would the liability be? Normally it would be with the employer. Donald Sullivan was threatening Robert Tanguay with arrest after Robert Tanguay had turned up to the offices of the NHCADSV per the request of the NHCADSV.
Was Pamela English trying to entrap Robert Tanguay by inviting him to the NHCADSV and then getting Donald Sullivan, St Paul’s School’s employee, to threaten him with arrest even though Donald Sullivan said that he wasn’t a police officer, represented the coalition but was not employed by them? Was Pamela English an agent for the police given that a phone call was then made to the coalition to the police to report an unwanted guest — Robert Tanguay- who they had invited to the coalition’s offices? Was Donald Sullivan guilty of false impersonation of someone acting under the color of the law? He seemed to have too many details about Robert Tanguay and his child “Bobbie” and his situation for him to be some random security officer.
On 9/18/23, a written order was written up for Robert Tanguay to stay off the property: 100 Main Street, Concord. The order was signed by a Megan Sioux Barrett. Who is Megan Sioux Barrett? According to Zoom Info she is an administrative assistant for Concord Schools. According to Linked In, Megan Sioux Barrett is a “Medical Transcriptionist at EDIT”. There doesn’t seem to be any authority for Megan Sioux Barrett to sign an order to stay off the 100 Main Street property. Yet she wrote her name above the line specifying: “Type or Print Name of the Property Owner or authorized person (if a business include person’s title)”. No business name was given. No title was given. According to the order, Robert Tanguay was served with this order on October 31st at 1310 by Concord Police Officer #55 — “N. Carrey.”
On November 2nd, 2023 Robert Tanguay received a letter from Jennifer L Smith, “Director of Citizen Services” for the State of New Hampshire Office of the Governor. That letter advised Robert Tanguay to seek private legal counsel and to cease contacting the Governor’s office.
Robert Tanguay is not the first person to be in such a frustrating run around when it comes to the NHCADSV, the courts and the Governor’s office. There are multiple documented cases of female upon male domestic abuse being ignored in the state. There are multiple documented cases of females being ignored by the coalition as well.
There have been numerous commissions in New Hampshire set up by several governors to address domestic and sexual violence. The coalition has just received another round of funding to provide assistance to victims & survivors. However, for some bizarre reason, when the NHCADSV invite a man to their office, they borrow an employee of St. Paul’s School to threaten that man to leave their premises or face arrest. And for some other bizarre reason, an assistant administrator from Concord High School signs an order to stay away from the building in which the NHCADSV is housed as though she were the owner of the building or the authorized representative. Where is all the money going?
The State of New Hampshire needs to clean up its act. It needs to make it known publicly if members of the NHCADSV are agents of the police, if “independent” compliance officers working under the payroll and employ of St Paul’s School have the authority to threaten citizens with arrest on property that does not belong to St Paul’s School nor falls under its jurisdiction. If assistant administrators for Concord High School have the authority to sign anything for 100 Main Street, Concord — an address which does not appear to belong to Concord Schools.
When there are arrests, restraining orders, altercations, it is the employers & property owners or their insurers who carry the financial liability. There is a staggeringly dangerous lackadaisical approach to this when it comes to the NHCADSV and 100 Main Street, Concord, New Hampshire.
I wonder what the City’s Insurer, PRIMEX, would make of this. I wonder what St. Paul’s School makes of it. They were required to hire an “independent” compliance officer by the AG. Did they hire someone who spent his time on their payroll hanging out at the NHCADSV as some kind of bouncer/mock police officer? I wonder what Concord’s Police Chief Bradley Osgood has to say.
According to the video recording of the incident on September 12th, 2023, Robert Tanguay asks Donald Sullivan not to touch him. Donald Sullivan states he is not a police officer (was it misconduct that led him to leave the police force?). He doesn’t have qualified immunity.
631:2-a Simple Assault. —
“I. A person is guilty of simple assault if he:
(a) Purposely or knowingly causes bodily injury or unprivileged physical contact to another; or
(b) Recklessly causes bodily injury to another; or
© Negligently causes bodily injury to another by means of a deadly weapon.
II. Simple assault is a misdemeanor unless committed in a fight entered into by mutual consent, in which case it is a violation.”
According to the video recording, Donald Sullivan did assume the functions, powers, duties of office of law enforcement because he threatened Robert Tanguay with arrest while he himself had no authority to do so since he is not a police officer but an employee of St Paul’s School. In essence, there is arguably no difference between Donald Sullivan threatening Robert Tanguay and a student or faculty member of St Paul’s School threatening him. But if it were a student or faculty member who’d shown up that afternoon and threatened the same, the call from the NHCADSV to Concord Police would have involved a request to arrest the impersonators of law enforcement.
104:28-a False Personation. — “Any person who knowingly and falsely assumes or exercises the functions, powers, duties, or privileges incident to the office of sheriff, deputy sheriff, state police officer, police officer of any city or town, or any other law enforcement officer or investigator employed by any state, country or political subdivision of a state or country, or who wears or displays without authority any uniform, badge, or other identification by which such sheriff, officer, or investigator is lawfully identified, and with the intent to be recognized as such, shall be guilty of a class B felony.”
A list of the New Hampshire Coalition’s Staff and Duties can be found here. There is no mention of any representative by the name of Donald Sullivan.
Here is Pamela English’s bio:
Pam English is the Coalition’s Administrative Director. In this role, she is responsible for the financial management of the Coalition, including budgeting, financial statement preparation, and policy development.
Pam has more than twenty years of experience in the areas of non-profit administration, finance and human resources. Pam has worked for the Coalition since 1993 and has been in her current role as the Administrative and Finance Director since 2006. Pam works in collaboration with the Coalition’s national partners to provide technical assistance on implementation of new data or financial systems. Additionally, the National Network to End Domestic Violence contracted with Pam in 2015 to create and present two national webinars on financial management and oversight for Coalition financial staff, and for Board of Directors.
Pam has written many grants and annually manages between 11 and 15 federal, state, and private grants or contracts. Pam has experience in NH employment law, regulations and rules. She has working knowledge of federal and state grant compliance requirements, including specific knowledge of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) code of federal regulations that govern cost principles for non-profits. Pamela manages the collection and reporting for two of the Coalition’s statewide databases.
Here is the employment information for Donald Sullivan — confirmed by his own Linked In, St Paul’s School’s website, the AG’s website. Notice the attention given to the word “Independent.”
The Governor has announced millions in new funding for family violence prevention for the coalition but if they can’t help a father with young children who is a victim of domestic violence who are they helping?
If they can’t help female victims of domestic and sexual violence either, who are they helping?
If they can’t provide assistance to those who have been stalked by their own members, who are they helping? And if they get millions from grants, why do they need to borrow someone on St. Paul’s School payroll to pose as a representative for them to threaten a guest they’d invited to turn up at their offices?
Donald Sullivan has a side business — Surveillance.
Was he hired on September 12th, 2023 via his Astro Investigative Services by the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence? By his Robert Tanguay’s ex partner and her police officer new partner? Does Donald Sullivan carry insurance for his business on the 3rd floor of 100 Main Street, Concord in the offices of the NHCADSV? Do they? Does Megan Sioux Barrett who has the authority to sign orders for the building?
Donald Sullivan’s Astro Investigative Services covers:
“Marital Infidelity
Fraud
Employment
Child custody issues
Skip Traces — people locating
Asset Location
Background Investigations
Residence verification
Due Diligence
Domestic Violence — Donald Sullivan retired after 24 years in Law Enforcement with a specialization in Domestic Violence and Sexual assault investigations and training. We can provide individual consulting and Corporate Training. Our Training curriculum focuses on understanding Domestic Violence, recognizing Domestic Violence and Proper Response.
Active Shooter Preparedness — physical assessments and training for employees response
Event Security
Executive Protection”
Who was Donald Sullivan working for on September 12th, 2023, at 3 pm on the 3rd Floor of 100 Main Street, Concord, New Hampshire?
Note: Two references to Donald Sullivan presenting himself as a retired police officer have been removed.
