Update: Police respond to allegations of physical, emotional abuse at Eagleton School.
— About 50 law enforcement investigators flooded the Great Barrington campus of the private Eagleton School Saturday to search for evidence of physical and emotional abuse of students by staff members.
The Berkshire Eagle reported that the search comes after more than a month of investigation by local and State Police into allegations of abuse of the special needs male students, including autism, Asperger Syndrome and other cognitive, behavioral and developmental disabilities.
The investigation was started by the Great Barrington police earlier this month, and included State Police investigators.However Saturday's search included representatives from the FBI, the Massachusetts State Police, The state department of Early Education and Care, the Berkshire County Sheriff's Department, and local police from Great Barrington,
Williamstown and Dalton as members of the Berkshire Law Enforcement Task Force.
The newspaper reported that Great Barrington Police Chief William Walsh said in a statement that police will remain on the campus for the for some time continuing to secure evidence.
Walsh pointed out that, "there is no public safety danger to the community."