Massachusetts State Police

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.

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...

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...

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.

A Massachusetts State Police trooper, who recently graduated from the academy, was arrested after allegedly crashing into a car while under the influence in Tewksbury Sunday.

A Massachusetts State Police trooper was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after a car crash Sunday night in Tewksbury, according to court documents filed by police. James Doran was taken into custody after the 11:12 p.m. report of the crash at Main and Clark streets, which sent two people to the hospital to be evaluated, according to a Tewksbury...

A pile-up crash on Interstate 95 left multiple people injured at the exit with Route 3 in Burlington, Massachusetts, Tuesday, police said. Six vehicles collided on the northbound side of I-95, closing the ramp to Exit 51A, according to Massachusetts State Police. They said there were multiple injuries, but none considered life-threatening. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the crash,...

Courthouse security for the first Karen Read case cost more than $200,000 in police overtime, according to records shared with NBC10 Boston Thursday.

The woman police say is responsible is expected to be arraigned in Newton on Tuesday.

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Enrique Delgado-Garcia died two weeks ago after sustaining serious injuries during a boxing training exercise at the Massachusetts State Police Academy in New Braintree.

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Delgado-Garcia died two weeks ago after sustaining serious injuries during a boxing training exercise at the Mass. State Police Academy in New Braintree

Massachusetts State Police said Sunday they have suspended full-contact boxing training activities between trainees until further notice in the wake of Enrique Delgado-Garcia’s death.

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The NBC10 Boston Investigators spoke with Giovanni Jn Baptiste, a classmate of Enrique Delgado-Garcia, who says he lasted just 18 weeks in the State Police Academy before he was kicked out and is alleging racism and bullying — which state police vehemently deny....

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“You don’t just die in a boxing ring,” Kelly Ochoa said of a friend and fellow volunteer, Massachusetts State Police Trooper Enrique Delgado Garcia, whose death at the department’s academy is set to be investigated. “Something went wrong.” 

An investigation is ongoing after the 25-year-old Massachusetts State Police recruit died last week, one day after authorities say he became unresponsive and suffered a “medical crisis” during a defensive tactics training exercise.

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