Dozens of State Police troopers remain on the force despite past illegal conduct

A review of Massachusetts State Police Department’s internal affairs files by the Boston broadsheet found that rarely are troopers troopers almost no matter what they have done. A Jessica Rinaldi/Boston Globe image

– News covered by Quincy Quarry News with commentary added.

A former statie barracks, one-time Animal House – whatever
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Dozens of State Police troopers remain on the force despite past illegal conduct.

One would think that the federal indictments for double dipping and other payroll scamming by State Troopers mostly at the new former Troop E barracks would encourage good behavior across the boards by troopers.

If one did so, one would be wrong as well as apparently very wrong.

Closed lipped former state troopers union boss
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According to a major review by the Boston Broadsheet, impropriety is all too common by a number of state troupers and yet many of them are still on the payroll.

For but a sample of the range of misbehavior by a number of state troopers, state police internal affairs reviews have “sustained” twenty nine charges for assault and battery; nineteen alcohol and drug violations, including four OUIs; seventeen charges for harassment, including three for sexual harassment; and bagged seventeen for improperly using the state’s criminal background check system.

And in a shades of the movie The Departed angle, two troopers were found to regularly hang with known criminals, go on trips with them to Las Vegas, and do them favors such as looking up police records upon requests.

A one bagged badge by the US Attorney’s office
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Even so, rarely does a Massachusetts state trooper end up kicked off of the force, much less indicted and then convicted.

The US Attorney’s office declined to comment. “We can neither confirm nor deny investigations, and separately do not discuss charging decisions,” said a spokeswoman.

Read all about it at: Dozens of State Police troopers remain on the force despite past illegal conduct – The Boston Globe

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