Massachusetts State Police

The NBC10 Boston Investigators reviewed complaints and lawsuits, finding repeated accusations of discrimination within the ranks of the Massachusetts State Police.

In 1996, a female trooper who had been with the Massachusetts State Police for four years was appointed to work in the Middlesex Narcotics Unit. As she began the new position, the woman noticed her male counterparts had been assigned a senior trooper as a mentor. She received no such assignment.  That’s when the female trooper said a sergeant...

A stolen Mercedes tore from New Hampshire into central Massachusetts Monday, driving dangerously while our news helicopter watched from above. The chase ended without incident — we spoke with people watching our livestream on their phone when the car blew by them. ...

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Rocio Orlandi was stopped at a yield sign while riding her bike near Interstate 93 in Boston’s South End in December 2015. That’s when a Massachusetts State Police trooper struck the cyclist with his police cruiser while on duty. As a result of the crash, Orlandi nearly died and suffered debilitating injuries that needed extensive treatment for years to come,…

Massachusetts agencies, particularly the state police, have a well-known lack of transparency, especially when it comes to public records.

The death of a recruit at the Massachusetts State Police Academy has brought renewed attention not only to the academy’s training, but also its culture.

Several of the 44 recruits who dropped out of the Massachusetts State Police Academy class that Enrique Delgado-Garcia was part of when he died responded to our requests for comment.

Recent headlines have thrust the Massachusetts State Police into the public eye, opening the agency up to public scrutiny. We asked people in Boston what they think of the agency, and experts about the perception of the agency and what might change the culture.

As the comments to any Massachusetts State Police social media post suggest, it is clear some taxpayers have lost patience with the lack of answers about the death of trainee Enrique Delgado-Garcia.

Recap the controversies that have surfaced for the Massachusetts State Police over the last several decades.

The death of Enrique Delgado-Garcia at the Massachusetts State Police Academy is the latest in a long string of scandals for the agency. 

James Feeley, a former high-ranking member of the Winthrop Police Department, confessed in court to being a child rapist and was sentenced to between four and six years in prison.

A former police lieutenant from Winthrop, Massachusetts, who was arrested last year on suspicion of raping a child at his home changed his plea to guilty on Monday. Winthrop Police Lt. James Feeley, 57, entered the plea at a hearing in Suffolk Superior Court and was sentenced to 4-6 years in prison plus five years probation. He will also be…

A former police lieutenant from Winthrop, Massachusetts, arrested last year on suspicion of raping a child at his home is set for a plea change hearing Monday.

The Karen Read trial put a lot of eyes on Massachusetts law enforcement. Now, an author who researches homicides in the state is sharing her thoughts. True crime writer Susan Zalkind says the case exposed something about Massachusetts State Police she has suspected for years. Despite the agency’s 94% homicide solve rate between 2019 and 2023, she says across the…

An author who researches homicides in the Bay State says the Karen Read trial exposed something about Massachusetts State Police she suspected for years.

Broken bones, muscle tears, concussions, even a gunshot wound — those are just some of the injuries sustained by Massachusetts State Police recruits during their training in recent years. After a recruit died following a training exercise in September, the NBC10 Investigators began asking how many other recruits have been injured during training. There have been 185 injuries reported across…

After the death of Enrique Delgado-Garcia, the NBC10 Boston Investigators began asking how many other state police recruits had been injured during training.

A Massachusetts state trooper has resigned after allegedly driving under the influence in a car crash in Tewksbury. 

Massachusetts State Police Trooper James Doran, who was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after a car crash Sunday night in Tewksbury, has resigned, the department said.