Massachusetts troopers were charged with taking bribes to pass commercial drivers
The troopers are accused of falsifying records and giving preferential treatment to at least 17 drivers.
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The troopers are accused of falsifying records and giving preferential treatment to at least 17 drivers.
Two troopers were suspended without pay after they were indicted on federal offenses related a licensing scandal, Mass. State Police said.
Four Massachusetts state troopers, two current and two former, including one from Wareham,
Bob Beaudet, battalion chief for the Manchester, N.H., Fire Department, said the rescue of a woman who was trapped inside the compactor of a trash truck after she fell into a dumpster while throwing out her garbage is "alarming, because you don't really think it's true."
From faulty inspection software to the issuance of passing grades on phantom driving tests, the RMV travels in the breakdown lane of public opinion. Though those professional and character lapses might be occasionally expected in a huge state bureaucracy, we didn’t see it coming – again – from members of the State Police.