Gov. Maura Healey will swear in the new colonel of the Massachusetts State Police on Friday morning.
Geoffrey Noble will be sworn in at 10:15 a.m. at the State House.that she had selected Noble, a retired lieutenant colonel, to turn around the embattled agency following a national search. He replaces Col. Jack Mawn, who has been serving as interim colonel since February of 2023 following the retirement of Col. Christopher Mason.
The Massachusetts State Police, an agency with more than 3,000 sworn and civilian employees, has been marred by a series of scandals in recent years. The scandal known as “Troopergate” lead to the abrupt retirement of the agency’s colonel and a lengthy ethics investigation. But that was just the beginning. Since then, a long list of officers have appeared in courtrooms as defendants accused of betraying the public trust. that implicated nearly 50 state troopers. The details involved officers submitting for overtime pay they never worked along the Mass Pike. Troop E was disbanded after the scheme came to light in 2018.
sentenced to prison in May of 2023 for accepting kickbacks and spending union money on his personal expenses . Dana Pullman was a trooper for more than 30 years until his resignation in 2018. Instead of representing the interests of 1,500 members, prosecutors say Pullman embezzled union funds to pay for expensive meals and take trips to Florida with his girlfriend. when they performed bear crawls on hot pavement at the Massachusetts State Police Academy. The unauthorized exercises resulted in at least 20 trainees being treated by medical staff and caused a leadership shakeup at the academy.
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