Eliminate scandal-scarred state police and replace it with civilian-led force

Eliminate scandal-scarred state police and replace it with civilian-led force

The scandal-scarred Massachusetts State Police is beyond repair and needs to be dissolved and replaced with a modern, civilian-led force that’s fully accountable to the public. Gov. Maura Healey can do it but probably won’t, relying instead on lawyers and police officials to reform from within. She can’t just have an “independent” lawyer put together … Read more

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey wants justice for Sandra Birchmore, confident in incoming MSP leader

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey wants justice for Sandra Birchmore, confident in incoming MSP leader

Gov. Maura Healey, appearing on WGBH Friday, vowed that she wants justice done for Sandra Birchmore’s family and expressed confidence that the incoming colonel of the Massachusetts State Police will shift the agency’s morale. Originally Published: September 6, 2024 at 6:28 p.m. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator … Read more

Healey’s spent thousands on high-end hotels with taxpayer-funded credit cards

Healey’s spent thousands on high-end hotels with taxpayer-funded credit cards

Gov. Maura Healey’s office stayed at four and five-star hotels across the world multiple times last fiscal year, racking up thousands on taxpayer-funded credit cards for swanky digs, according to data provided to the Herald through a public records request. The first-term Democrat has consistently jetted across the country, and several times the Atlantic, using … Read more

‘Monstrous misconduct’ nothing new in Dedham courthouse

‘Monstrous misconduct’ nothing new in Dedham courthouse

Michael Proctor isn’t the first member of the Massachusetts State Police named Proctor to be disgraced by his testimony in a major murder case at the Dedham courthouse. More than a century ago, Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti were convicted of murdering a bank guard in Needham. Their trial, based on false evidence manufactured by … Read more

Howie Carr: Incompetent six-figure Massachusetts State Police owe us a refund

Howie Carr: Incompetent six-figure Massachusetts State Police owe us a refund

The Massachusetts State Police – they may not be the best law enforcement money can buy, but they damn sure must be the most expensive. It’s shocking how much of our hard-earned money these skinhead drunkards are paid. All they seem to do is drive around bleep-faced in their cruisers with other cops’ guns. And … Read more

Carr: Trooper’s testimony at Karen Read trial ‘magically’ unclear

Carr: Trooper’s testimony at Karen Read trial ‘magically’ unclear

Where the hell is Trooper Michael Proctor, the lead cop in the Karen Read murder investigation? Is the knucklehead cop still searching for nude photos of Read on her cell phone – as he leeringly told his fellow semi-literate high-school buddies from Can-UHN? Proctor is the under-investigation cop who isn’t there at the trial in … Read more

Massachusetts State Police overtime fraud leader gets 5 years in federal prison

Massachusetts State Police overtime fraud leader gets 5 years in federal prison

A former Massachusetts State Police lieutenant will spend five years in federal prison and pay fines and assessments just short of $508,000 for his part in the agency overtime fraud scandal. U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman sentenced Daniel Griffin, 60, of Belmont, to five years in prison and three years of supervised release … Read more

Massachusetts State Police arrest 20 climate activists for disrupting traffic at Hanscom Field

Massachusetts State Police arrest 20 climate activists for disrupting traffic at Hanscom Field

A proposed expansion at Hanscom Field should not be cleared for takeoff, according to climate activists who were arrested while protesting the development in Bedford. Massachusetts State Police arrested 20 members of Extinction Rebellion Boston for disrupting flights at the airfield Saturday morning as they “breached a security perimeter and trespassed on the tarmac” to … Read more

Suspected Lawrence Christmas Eve killer makes list – Boston Herald

Suspected Lawrence Christmas Eve killer makes list – Boston Herald

The Massachusetts State Police have added their suspect in a Christmas Eve 2023 murder at a Lawrence nightclub to the agency’s Most Wanted list. State Police and Lawrence Police are searching for Franklin Laras, 27, who they believe was the shooter in the murder of 29-year-old Edward Javier-Perez at the Energy Lounge nightclub in Lawrence. … Read more

Healey wants to change promotion process for Massachusetts State Police

Healey wants to change promotion process for Massachusetts State Police

Gov. Maura Healey and top House Democrats are backing an effort this year to rework the promotional exam process for noncommissioned officers, lieutenants, and captains in the state police as the agency faces multiple lawsuits alleging the procedure is discriminatory. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz … Read more