According to multiple law enforcement sources, an investigation is underway into a possible cheating scandal involving at least two of the police academies run by the Massachusetts Municipal Police Training Committee.
Sources tell the NBC10 Boston Investigators the investigation involves compromised tests and screen shots being taken of test questions. We’ve learned the investigations are focusing on the Holyoke police academy and the Boylston academy -both are run by the Massachusetts Municipal Police Training Committee. Our sources also tell us the investigation involves several student officers and possibly current police officers who were graduates of the academies.
According to its website, the Municipal Police Training Committee is responsible for the training and enforcement of training standards for municipal, MBTA, environmental, UMass, campus police officers and deputy sheriffs performing police duties and functions.
In this letter obtained by the NBC10 Investigators that was sent out to police chiefs across the state, the MPTC says it “demands a high standard of academic integrity and excellence.”
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The state said an independent investigator will also review what happened along with the state’s POST Commission which investigates police misconduct and oversees the certification of police officers. The POST Commission has no comment.
