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On the Suffolk list are 70 state police troopers, 54 Boston police officers and a handful of other officers from Chelsea, Revere, MBTA police, the IRS and a special police officer.
When police officers lie Email to a Friend More than 100 Boston Police cadets graduated in a ceremony in June 2020 in West Roxbury during the coronavirus pandemic.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff Your front-page article âPolice falsehoods bring little disciplineâ (Behind the Shield, Jan. 3) asks why arenât there serious consequences more often when Boston police officers lie on reports or in court. Attorney Rosemary Scapicchio provided an answer to the question when she said, âItâs easier to believe the defendant did it . . . than to say the cops lied.â District Attorne...
When Boston police officers fail to tell the truth, the department rarely calls a lie a lie Email to a Friend Fifth in an occasional series. Read . On the witness stand of a Boston courtroom, police Sergeant Stephen Green outlined the steps that led to a search warrant for an alleged drug dealerâs cellphone, which later led to a trove of incriminating text messages. The Boston detectiveâs testimony in January 2019 helped seal a conviction and a four- to five-year sentence for drug trafficking. But Greenâs story, according to new evidence, was untruthful. A forensic investigato...