Serious complaints filed against dozens of Massachusetts police instructors, investigation finds

[@stevec404]

Discipline that man? Fire him. People like that do not change their mindsets. The public demands better.

[@RealityBytesBack]

Fire him , Singular? Are you aware of how much corruption and tyranny there is in police departments, across the country? Cops Are in the habit of beating someone up, and then charging THEM with a crime.

[@maryshea603]

When they flat out commit a crime that ordinary citizens would be in prison for, they should be as well.

[@frotobaggins7169]

"A misdemeanor crime: assaulting and kicking a man in the head" Sure sounds like a felony to me.

[@reneearnett8761]

Yes agreed!!!!😮

[@WillW91]

It would be for any non cop.

[@weirdo24-7]

Just an FYI: Class A misdemeanors are felonies and some Class B. Not many people know this so I'm just being informative not a dic. 👍

[@kinglewis6553]

​@weirdo24-7 quick Google search says it's a serious misdemeanor

[@weirdo24-7]

@@kinglewis6553 Go ahead and Google the different classes of misdemeanors and learn something.

[@doorbash5680]

Criminals being taught by criminals what could go wrong ???

[@999theeagle]

We are watching what in real time apparently.

[@smilebehappy6102]

they could elect an incompetent President

[@bisonpaleofossilriveradven3528]

LMAO😂

[@joymorris495]

Sounds like prison life don't it....wtf

[@deodatsingh4621]

They will make you a prisoner in your own country

[@KathleenHelms-nq1vk]

The state of Massachusetts is very corrupt.

[@shaystern2453]

it's like this all over. absolute power corrupts absolutely

[@KathleenHelms-nq1vk]

@@shaystern2453 I listened to Sean McDonough on KZbin I was very shocked.

[@commiesnzombies]

ASSachusetts is a lost cause

[@bobtail1200]

Theres a competition between VT, Mass...

[@codya5333]

Massachusetts is a blue left leaning state with nothing but college liberals

[@JustMe-gs9xi]

Criminals training cops,

[@dennisharrell2236]

This is why cops have become criminals with badges.

[@D00rGunner]

Criminals training future criminals.

[@arielsea9087]

Who run your State?

Not all cops are psychopaths. All psychopaths are cops.

[@johnsmithe4656]

​@@arielsea9087 It's the same way across the whole country. MA is just more accountable than most areas. People actually care about that sort of thing there. In red states the same things happen but it gets swept under the carpet more easily. It's groupthink and cronyism that creates a subculture of corruption and abuse of power. You should listen to Beau of the Fifth some time, who once trained officers in Florida. When one of them said to him, "but.... we write the reports" and the other cops nodded along, that's when he decided to stop training cops. The corruption is fairly out in the open. I mean, who's gonna tell em they can't do that? Other cops? Pfffffft. Who watches the watchers indeed.

[@MikeF-op4gs]

2500 instructors!!!! This is where all our taxpayer money is going!! It's certainly isn't going to the roads and schools!! It's all nepotism in this state and all these people will be getting life long pensions! That's where all the taxpayers money is going, what a waste!!

[@justthinkin5956]

How many recruits are being taught? Seems like more instructors than students.

[@Paulco67]

Schools are corrupted too with a militant teachers union. They go on strike now even though it's illegal.

[@RobynHurley-zp9sh]

Yep! Lifelong resident here. Very very disgusted

[@zack5641]

Just because they have 2.5k certified instructors does not mean they’re all working as full time instructors. Most of them are back up and some back up to the back ups.

[@michaelccopelandsr7120]

And cops wonder why no one trusts or respects them, anymore.

[@Nuttyirishman85]

After all of that defund noise, did you think they were going to be nicer after?

[@s15240drifter69]

​@@Nuttyirishman85police have been like this way before all that defund noise. Hence why people wanted departments to invest in better training than new toys to terrorize the public with.

[@40acresandatractor222]

Black ppl never have trusted them💯

[@Nuttyirishman85]

@@s15240drifter69 Now they’re way worse, you can’t come at the most egotistical group and expect them to change. They’re literally above the law.

[@joesphschramm3754]

Trust!? Hell, nobody even sheds a tear when one gets dropped and with good reason. Law enforcement in the US share the same irreverence as child predators. With 16 weeks of school and zero of that is an education on Constitutional law/right and they're totally militarized. How do you think their conduct will be. Ego driven. Untouchable.

[@your_royal_highness]

Kicking a man in the head is a misdemeanor? So, what constitutes assaulting another person to be a felony?

[@jimmcgrath8417]

When it's not being done by a cop!

[@h.nguyen4193]

No system needs 2500 instructors. Harvard has 2,400 professors, lecturers, and instructors. I doubt the MBTC has the number of students compared to a large university!?!?! something smell fishy. Everyone and their mom is working as an "instructor".

[@brianjones6072]

Massachusetts is a Big State

[@h.nguyen4193]

@@brianjones6072 that's what she should...

[@catmandude2357]

​@brianjones6072 There are only approximately 20,000 police officers in the whole state. That makes 12.5% of the ENTIRE police force "instructors." That's an absurd ratio.

[@johndoe-ss9bz]

This is why "More Training" makes "Bad Apples" bad!!!

[@AsdAsd-nl6xg]

​@@brianjones6072 said nobody... Ever

[@jamesshawjr5299]

In my opinion, if we the people, started to take an officers PENSION for their misconduct, more cops would be holding the bad one more accountable for their actions!! It seems simple, i know it won't be, but it would definitely impact the ones that think they can get away with anything!

[@jimmcgrath8417]

AGREEEEEEEEEEEEED!

[@Paulco67]

I think they lose the pension if convicted of a serious crime. Not sure though.

[@carolinaandbaby]

Michael Proctor is the poster child for this

[@turtletruth]

“They’ve gone through everything but my sock drawer, but they won’t go through Brian Albert’s front door"!

[@subie38x]

Lol yup

[@platedlizard]

Exactly. And not just him

[@mattfrancis6046]

Not defending that punk in any way, but Proctor has nothing to do with this academy.

[@Pohonesty]

​@@mattfrancis6046He was trained there

[@missmusnt]

Our local newscasters are so important! These investigations need to take place all over the country and updated often. Support your local news people!!

[@Paulco67]

CBS Boston is so Woke it hurts.

[@kimberlyjeanne9456]

@@Paulco67woke hurts if you're happily asleep I guess

[@catmandude2357]

2500 instructors for training only 20,000 total officers statewide. Not 20,000 new cadets. 20k total. That's 12.5% of the whole force serving as "instructors." Absolutely FLEECING taxpayers.

[@jeffreygoss8109]

From the looks of these pigs not one of those instructors is a physical fitness instructor. Most must be tattoo artists and barbers.

[@NottyAries]

Money laundering was my first thought.

[@MariaM-up2he]

Exactly this needs to be revisited by tax payers. It sounds like fraud.

[@jeffreygoss8109]

@@MariaM-up2he of course it is. It allows them to keep officers too fat or old on the payroll

[@Paul1958R]

ALL LE in MA is corrupt

[@PamelaWissenbach]

Do they really thinks the cops will "self-report" themselves?

[@donaldramey1896]

So now the instructors must self report misbehavior. How about we require criminals to self report crime and we won't need cops?

[@rstrid5505]

We have investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing.

[@CameronL-l5k]

it would probably work just about the same

[@jamessharp9790]

On the honor system, yes your honor, no your honor 🤣🤣🙏

[@RealityBytesBack]

"Self-reporting" AKA NOTHING will be reported.

[@CameronL-l5k]

@@RealityBytesBack *gasp* no way! Cops are angels, the only reason they would not need to report anything is because they would never do anything wrong of course.

[@ThomasMcGauley-m7z]

Not a cop in the country could name the 5 freedoms guaranteed to the people in the 1st ammendment.

[@constitutionalli7522]

Facts!! There are several video compilations floating around showcasing this. I asked my co-workers of varying ages, the one who could name most (3: speech religion and assembly) was Juan Pablo, who is only 16 years old. Guys, our government no longer represents us. It is time to take our country back. 🇺🇸🦅

[@ThomasMcGauley-m7z]

@@constitutionalli7522 juan pablo!

[@constitutionalli7522]

@@ThomasMcGauley-m7z True story. Additionally, my general manager, a 45 year old white male, had argued that the first amendment only included the freedom of speech. And that "elements" was not proper terminology to describe parts-of. 😑🇺🇸🦅

[@bkk7705]

And his misdemeanor crime should be a felony assault if immunity was removed it would be a felony

[@ericwsmith7722]

Assault someone while in possession of a firearm,,,,,,,yea,mistimeanor, right

[@mrpoliceemsfire1]

If you're convicted of a misdemeanor, you have no immunity. He either A) Pleaded guilty as a lesser offense instead of going to trial, or B) The crime he committed is a Misdemeanor in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

[@pneulancer]

@@mrpoliceemsfire1 ....Or just maybe he's being "taken care of" by the rest of his corrupt, lying cop buddies and their friends in the District Attorney's office ..Oh wait, that NEVER happens!!.

[@cvr527]

@@mrpoliceemsfire1 I looked it up. MA has weird laws, a misdemeanor is a crime that is punishable by sentence to a house of corrections. A felony is a law punishable by sentence to a state prison. Unless there are aggravating factors, like pregnancy, restraining order, an ordinary assault or assault and battery are not punishable by sentence to a state prison and therefore are misdemeanors.

[@mrpoliceemsfire1]

@@cvr527 Yeah, that’s stupid. He should be a Felon.

[@bucktis9]

Amazing they treat citizens like criminals, what ever happened to innocent until proven guilty?

[@kareystone2285]

That's not how communism works

[@kimberlyjeanne9456]

Always been BS, especially in he court of public opinion. You ever watch jury interviews? Sometimes the reasons they convict someone are outrageous. "He never cried" or "She didn't testify" (both things defenders tell clients not to do) Jury of my peers? No thanks

[@stantonroyce9377]

Florida made the horrific mistake this past year eliminating its citizens review board for police oversight. We need law enforcement but not Gestapo cops violating constitutional rights.

[@DuramaxLBZ]

After watching the Karen Read trial. Should anyone be surprised to hear about more corruption in Massachusetts? 😅

[@lindawade4ok639]

Exactly what I was thinking the entire state of Massachusetts needs a house cleaning

[@k.k.9571]

@@lindawade4ok639make it nationwide. Policing must be rebuild.

[@teresaperry7928]

It is wide spread - same corruption in NHSP 😢

[@705michaelwilliams]

Or Georgia, or Texas, or New Mexico, or Colorado. So many states filled with corruption.

[@yafois988]

UUHHMM, Sorry, Move over ROVER, Virginia has your lead in hand and things there have gone UP to the Gov office SO SO Much criminal charges and blatant abuse thuggery there. There is a well known guy ATTY has a lot of FB vids about things. It isn’t the LL channel, cant recall his name, he plays bingo and has cigar on end of vids. You ain't seen NUTTIN yet on his channel in Va there evil Criminal cops dpt.

[@blksheeprc3671]

Glad the news is reporting these criminals instead of sticking up for them

[@TV-ru2rm]

WBZ earning my respect for investigative journalism. Are you other TV stations watching??? That's how it is done. WBZ - making a difference

[@Cherokee51774]

Aidan Kearney (Turtleboy) has been reporting on them for years. He's exposed TONS of their misconduct. Some MSP have been ousted because of them. He's the reason there's eyes on them again. It's because of him Karen Read's case has gotten the attention it deserves.

[@demi8890]

@@Cherokee51774 I believe the point being made by the OP was that no main stream media journos are covering the canton corruption - there’s tons of independent journos/KZbinrs covering this, its just finally now that it’s being spread to nation wide audiences via the news

[@jeffreyc6508]

IMHO CH 5 are the biggest cop suckers out there​@@Cherokee51774

[@Look_What_You_Did]

Lots of journalist doing the same.

[@thegolem9325]

With this many instructors who have been proven to be criminals or corrupt, we're starting to get into the idea of "100% of the police are corrupt because it is impossible for them to have avoided their influence".

[@niloo_atribecalledlove]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for shedding a light on the importance of WHO IS TRAINING THESE LEOs!!!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@rowann26]

This is what happens when you allow predators & pdf files to monitor themselves & hold themselves NOT to account

[@derekhauser6780]

Damn pdf files

[@MikeRivNY]

@@derekhauser6780those PDFs can be dangerous.

[@danielaraujo3010]

The PDF files are the true dangerous in our computers

[@mikecunningham6154]

Wait until we see what happens when you have a president and a vice president that let 10's of Millions of Illegal Emigrants in Our Country that are 100's of times Worse than these State police.

[@Madmaxxxx1984]

You do know why she wrote it like that right??? Lol 😂 algorithms and keywords will get you removed

[@martinsmallwood1073]

Trooper Detective Sergeant Yuri Bukhenik, and Troopers Brian Tully, Michael Procter, and John Fanning are each the subject of an active internal affairs investigation, what a coincidence. I get a feeling that Trooper Nick Guarino and Trooper Joeseph Paul might be joining them.

[@larserickson97]

Great reporting! The system is Rotten from the inside out,,, and the gov does nothing.

[@lescaster2179]

That's because ALL of government is rotten from the inside out. Has been for generations, they've just become incredibly brazen about it ever since they fleeced the people in 2020 with a sham election where a dude who couldn't draw flies to a pile of dung miraculously SHATTERED all previous voting records with '81 million votes'. Special kind of cognitive dissonance is required to still be holding to that fallacy. Thankfully, it's all unraveling on them all.

[@Jim_CSI]

They're just following the governor's lead. Good enough for her, good enough for them.

[@daves984]

Violating our rights with every interaction

[@debrashawcross170]

Massachusetts under the spotlight especially with the Frame Job against Karen Read 💥

[@lacey8228]

I bet they're regretting framing her now.

[@Jazzigaylen]

They frame people all the time and write reports to harm families. Oh, the lies they tell!

[@carrigray7481]

You should be ashamed of yourself! Your ignorance is disgusting 🙄 Karen Read is a miserable worn out old hag who was mad as hell that John was done with her and her constant biotching ! She is miserable & SHE IS GUILTY. !!!

[@terryturner681]

Only difference between a cop and a criminal is qualified immunity.

[@WilliamBell-zu5ll]

Trust a cop who has been trained by a bad cop. That's a hard no.

[@markmalasics3413]

Ever notice that it's always the same losers in life that can't go a day without a police problem? Always.

[@Resist_JWO_1984]

Trust THIN BLUE LINE TERRORISTS who's been trained by other DOMESTIC TERRORISTS

[@howlinwulf]

​@@markmalasics3413ever nitice it's the loser cops who cause this. How can you blame it on innocent people. Just quit it dude.

[@mikefavreau7658]

Why do we, the people, allow this?

[@Check.Your.Sources]

Wow! Respect WBZ! This is a dab of actual hard hitting reporting. Good for you!

[@FARKYOU2]

ITS NOT A ROTTEN APPLE IT'S THE WHOLE ORCHARD

[@theroguetownie4014]

Respectfully disagree there are many good ppl in law enforcement but the bad ones set the tone.

[@Winter_Souls]

There are good people in that line of work. If you can't see that then I feel like you aren't qualified to talk about this.

[@FARKYOU2]

@@Winter_Souls WHO GIVES A FARK WHAT YOU THINK. GO PUT YA DADS DRESS BACK ON

[@FARKYOU2]

@@theroguetownie4014 NO ONE CARES WHAT YOU THINK. GET OFF MY PAGE

[@InternetKilledTV21]

@@Winter_Souls If they're not holding their colleagues accountable they're just as guilty.

[@Sondan1988]

Say what ??? Serious complaints against the Thin Blue Line Gang ?? Say it isn't so !

[@markmalasics3413]

That sounds so funny coming from a life-long member of the Cop-Haters Of America club. Totally unbiased, too. SMFH at the stupidity.

[@Resist_JWO_1984]

THIN BLUE LINE TERRORISTS

[@howlinwulf]

​@markmalasics3413 people who just want officers to actually do the job they are hired to do without putting people's lives in danger are cop haters.

[@pankoBreadCroisant]

​@@markmalasics3413it's called "licking" boot. you don't have to eat the whole thing.

[@Tad-For-Global-Peace]

Thank you for protecting the public. Can’t really say the same for the officers.

[@k.k.9571]

What was the point of the governor speaking. She said absolutely nothing with a smirk on her face.

[@same5952]

I noticed that too. Almost insulting.

[@lacey8228]

And she will continue to look the other way.

[@FloridaCatholicGuy]

Democrats. This is what happens when democrats are in charge for decades with no opposition.

[@mikewatkins3533]

Another Karen in power🙄🙄

[@TheJoematarazzo]

Governor is a titular character. Nothing real to do.

[@Juggzy]

And they wonder why they aren’t trusted and why they’re treated like crap.

[@baccaratplayer9808]

All criminals

[@rodvan-zeller6360]

As soon as you see tattoos you know what you are dealing with.

[@jesantonihevileon8611]

The cops don't lie when they call themselves the family... A copycat of the mafiosi Gambino family.

[@commiesnzombies]

@@rodvan-zeller6360 the Sh!titude they always have

[@jerrywatt6813]

Why do they hire ptsd vets ?

[@Truth8Hurts]

Law enforcement should have a national database like doctors do that tracks complaints, lawsuits, violations, firing for bad behavior. This would keep bad apples like these guys from turning up again and again. Right now they are just getting shuffled around like abusive priests were.

[@reinelantz3304]

There is one. It’s called the “Brady List”.

[@howlinwulf]

​@@reinelantz3304self reporting, basically

[@demons500]

The smile on the Governor screams "Don't Trust Me".

[@oldmanfunky4909]

After meeting Michael Proctor in the Read trial and his boss, I am not surprised.

[@Semper_Iratus]

Lack of accountability brings out the worst in people. Every time.

[@markmalasics3413]

LOL, right, just ask the miserable law breaking maggots the police have to deal with every day. Talk about lack of accountability.

[@jimmcgrath8417]

Known as "qualified immunity"!

[@christopherwhite1648]

Especially for sociopathic and psychopathic personality disorder types.

[@Lycan_24_7]

This needs to be done nationwide

[@carebear6763]

Look into former Canton Police Chief Ken Berkowitz and the new Chief Helena Rafferty 🤔

[@RobynHurley-zp9sh]

Yes!!

[@nashuaovw]

A cop got a misdemeanor for "assaulting and kicking a man in the head". If that were me, it would have been a felony. Rules for thee but not for me.

[@soniajames8984]

San Antonio TX. Lowered standards for hiring, just as bad!

[@1985collado]

That Governor smiled like a true crime boss

[@nhraihra1]

And their Police 🚨 Union will stand behind them, No Matter What They Do! SMH 🤦‍♂️

[@same5952]

That's what unions do in general. They ALWAYS stay behind their worst-of-the-worst instead of purging them to keep the rest of their membership honest and trustworthy.

[@hugokatz]

Police unions protect bad cops, and promote police corruption.

[@carolbamforth7475]

Glad to see mainstream media looking into this. Corruption and no transparency is problematic in policing

[@theeoarsman921]

It's past time that and independent or government agency over see what is being taught at police academy's. And who's teaching the recruits!!!

[@millionmasso]

Imagine falsifying your time sheet and still having a job ... Corruption comes from the top ...

[@bendrixbailey1430]

They probably trained Proctor on how to write derogatory texts about a suspect to other officers while he is investigating a suspect. Its an important skill. Make your feelings known and expose your emotions and personal bias to your brothers so they also hide evidence and persecute suspects you don’t like.

[@christophero1969]

I have personally spoken to several retired police officers and this corrupt system of police training is EXACTLY the problem with Chicago police, as well as police in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. The worst cops have friends in police management that will hire those officers unfit for duty or forced to retire as instructors. Why worry about a single bad apple or two, when the tree is poisoned from the roots up.

[@WaltvanWasatch]

WBZ-TV has done great journalism. The freedom of the press must not be abridged. For WBZ-TV to go into the lion's den and do such brave and excellent reporting is to be commended. I hope they have economic success so they can continue their values without restraint.

[@donaldbalmain2323]

Every instructor of every academy needs to be sued for doing the Injustice of training cops

[@yomo159]

2500 instructors in one state? !! Who’s paying those bills? WTF?

[@Paul1958R]

WE ARE

[@thegolem9325]

I assume the number includes the ones who are in the field training the rookies.

[@suzy2446]

We are not called taxchussetts for no reason 😡

[@CTCRZ]

Wait. What? 2,500 instructors? I worked for the largest corporation in the world, and we had like 350 instructors.

[@BirdDogey1]

Retired urban cop here. One thing I learned is the Chief is likely to less honorable than the line patrol officers. I also learned Chiefs take care of each other and find one another cush jobs like academy work.

[@theoone2829]

2500 instructors? What is the deal with that?

[@Veritas-invenitur]

Not a good look

[@NottyAries]

Also, not a surprise.

[@Veritas-invenitur]

@NottyAries As a local, I'm not shocked.

[@carrigray7481]

@@Veritas-invenitur masshole. !

[@goldenstars5181]

Police with so many tatoos, that's a huge RED-FLAG. What you were, how you talk says a lot about your character. Even law enforcement's, psychologists agree..

[@Poundz978]

Officers need to learn and uphold the US constitution

[@arielsea9087]

Someone wants to change it. 🤔

[@rstrid5505]

@@arielsea9087 you mean to fight corruption on the Supreme Court? Good! founders had no intention of it staying the same for centuries, despite what conservative nut jobs think.

[@markmalasics3413]

Do you mean the actual Constitution or the one that you completely misinterpret and don't have a clue as to what it really says???

[@Resist_JWO_1984]

😂🤣🤣

[@blue-12316]

police don't uphold the constitution they enforce laws

[@VegasVaron]

Police Departments need to clean up their act and less protecting the many bad apples.

[@kwise7575]

And this is only one law enforcement agency in one town and the problems being reported on here are problems throughout many law enforcement agency's Nation wide .

[@madasia23]

With all the cop cities popping up around the country… we’re going to see more of this. I’ve seen a handful of police training videos and we should all be concerned. A simple google search will show you WHO’s training our law enforcement.

[@highrzr]

When there is zero accountability, and low to no standards, this is what you get. the bottom of the barrel knoweth no limit for law enforcement recruiting and hiring.

[@BigD4Real.]

I don’t think they know what “deeply committed” means.

[@minibikemadman]

when is proctor and Yuri getting locked up?

[@jimmcgrath8417]

Shortly after hell freezes over!

[@MichaelKurse]

I used to think that Ohio, Colorado, and Arizona were in a competition to have the worse departments, in the nation.However,after the events of the last year, it is safe to add Massachusetts to the list.🤔🤔🤔😡

[@ThatRedhedd]

And Florida!

[@reinelantz3304]

@@ThatRedheddexcept Grady Judd in Polk County. He does everything he can to protect his county’s citizens.

[@bobechs7234]

You left out West Virginia, a state that makes Louisiana look well-governed

[@bradanderson1627]

It’s Gestapo rules until they get caught!

[@jonnyb89821]

It’s a dumping ground for bad cops. When you can’t or are too lazy to fire someone due to the “good ol boy”system you make them trainers. This happens in industrial jobs as well.

[@theDavid_B]

Once US citizens can start to sue from the cops actual pension and taking their property instead of it coming from tax payers then things will change. End qualified immunity.

[@brightwinter9334]

We can put liens on their surety bonds, but it's not that easy to obtain bond info.

[@sangha1486]

Just a few bad apples Who are training all the good apples What could possibly go wrong?

[@ToldAlthea]

Ladies and Gentlemen, here are your Massachusetts State Police.

[@boston93g67]

Why don’t you guys take a look at Hudson hidden files! ?

[@tiffanycarter9570]

Why not show faces, names, and badge numbers?

[@MomMom4Cubs]

"Whilst watching others, watch who's watching you." Training officer for the Rochester Police Department, NY (2002).

[@Pray4USA]

Ms Cheatle in charge of the Secret Service said the exact same thing!

[@Bob-m6u]

Cops need to earn my respect, not demand it holding a gun.

[@TalkingGIJoe]

If you are qualified, you don't need immunity... if you need immunity, you are not qualified! End qualified immunity for all public employees wether hired or elected.

[@bpdmf2798]

QI should be very rare in only used in very particular circumstances. The way it is now they can violate rights and all long as there isn't a car that fits the facts almost identically then they can't be sued civilly, but that means that they get the immunity and it doesn't go to court and no precedent gets set so next time the exact same thing happens they also get immunity since there's no case because the last case got immunity. It's circular and nonsense. It's not even law, it was just a ruling by a court to protect their bloodhounds since most judges and prosecutors are just as corrupt as police and see the citizenry as cattle to be fined and leeched off of.

[@earlthepearl4161]

The Donald said he will grant them total immunity. Go figure.

[@johnthompson7548]

Simple, make the instructors pay for all the lawsuits- personally. If they have kids, put them in foster care until they get a different job, pay all lawsuits in full, and have the victims /and families sign off on approval to have the kids returned. Police misconduct will be a thing of past in about 2 years.

[@ctcanine]

Command staff usually waits until one of their officers un alives somebody for a pot of water…. before accountability

[@user-vy8ff2ni2s]

Right! Sick!

[@stevenmitchell1]

That was in Illinois, actually. It's a different part of the US.

[@ctcanine]

@@stevenmitchell1 I know, I was making a point

[@BabsKaz]

Justice for Sonya 😢

[@bobechs7234]

@@stevenmitchell1 She would have been perfectly safe in MA because they are so well-trained.

[@RandoComand0]

This shows exactly how hard it is to get good help these days.

[@dericksmith2137]

Interesting obviously but…. I’d really like a inside investigation about: What it takes to Pass a training academy for certification. Are there tests with minimum scores to pass? (Since the academy receives money to train, do they ‘pass’ all tests?) Is a set amount of attendance required? (Or is it simply that if you sign up, you will pass?) Too often PDs have given the excuse that an officer is ‘still in training’. Referring to on the job training. But that should be fine tuning training the rookie has already received at the academy. Training that seems impossible in the ridiculously short 6 months academy time. But not truly surprising considering that law enforcement endorses cops as ‘Expert’ at ______, because the cop participated in a 2 hr course to be certified an ‘Expert _____’ (like expert DUI investigator, expert speed enforcer, etc).

[@djrez2107]

MA has some of the biggest A whole LEO in the whole country.

[@LilaWard-o6q]

Keep up the great work on exposing the corruption!

[@bushal1]

Nationwide please.

[@frankmoore3598]

Taught the we versus them attitude

[@Geezer_-_js3kg4zg3w]

We need to start telling cops to keep their hands where we can see them.

[@mountainconsumer]

2500 instructors!?!!? What the f

[@stantonroyce9377]

Smith is talking about what engineers called after the Challenger shuttle disaster, normalization of deviance. Sociologist call it commitment and consistency. Little deviances, unchallenged, uncorrected, become larger deviances and soon accepted as appropriate.

[@samsmom400]

You need police to police the police!

[@BabsKaz]

We the People!

[@mikesmark855]

wow....corruption at it's finest

[@AsdAsd-nl6xg]

It's not a bad apple ... It's the whole bunch ... The largest gang in the U.S.

[@bpdmf2798]

There are 2 people in jail for every cop on the road and we have the largest prison population in the world by like 4x the next highest. That's nearly a million cops. There are towns with 1000 people and like 60 cops, WTF is that about? So they really need to drop 80% of the town's budget on creeps in weird hats harassing people because they're bored?

[@TheJoematarazzo]

Your right but I reserve that title for the LAPD.

[@blue-12316]

not all of them

[@TheJoematarazzo]

@@blue-12316 if you one that closes your eyes then you are a part of the mob. See nothing say nothing.

[@ALauFirearmsTraining]

Now in MA, we need to follow the not in place LTC training from the state police in order to be a LTC instructor in MA

[@maraudostrogoth747]

That guy in the opening instructional video is a problem. You can tell right away just by looking at him. How do the people making hiring decisions not see it?

[@Poordirtfarmer]

They want these cops to act this way.

[@noblelee4765]

💯

[@williamholcombe31]

6 months training to become a cop. Two years. Of training to become a barber ? 😮

[@markmalasics3413]

That's what you get for believing everything that another cop-hater spews out of his mouth and uneducated brain. Read it for yourself, 41.66 days, one and 1/3 months. "Step 1. Complete 1000 Hours of Massachusetts Barber Training. Your first step to attaining a Massachusetts barber license is graduating from a Massachusetts barber school. The Board requires that your barber college provide at least 1000 hours of barber theory and practical instruction."

[@stephendinan5622]

@@markmalasics3413 So 1000 hours is 6 months of training at 40 hours a week. Your not implying that 1000 hours can be done in 41.66 days are you?

[@Vtsnows]

⁠markmalasics Wow they train barber 24 hours a day for 41.66 days, that’s a tough school. You should get a little schooling in mathematics.

[@TheSupervillain316]

"Instructors must self report complaints". Yeah hows that working out. Just more of the same old