Overview
- The International Association of Chiefs of Police report released Wednesday found deep problems at the New Braintree academy, including unstable leadership, punitive stress training, inconsistent instruction, poor injury tracking, and aging facilities.
- Colonel Geoffrey Noble announced a permanent ban on full-contact boxing and any head-strike activities and created a 10-member working group to implement the report’s 103 recommendations.
- The department put the next recruit class on hold until 31 priority items are addressed, specifying that 22 must be fully implemented and nine must be underway before the 93rd class can start.
- Independent counsel David Meier found that recruit Enrique Delgado-Garcia showed concussion-like symptoms after unauthorized sparring on Sept. 11, 2024, and four instructors were later indicted on involuntary manslaughter charges and have pleaded not guilty.
- State police pledged a five-year reform plan with outside monitors, new civilian training staff, improved screening and injury-tracking systems, and a modernization effort that officials say will require funding and months of work.