A Massachusetts State Police trooper is under investigation for allegedly leaving a handcuffed prisoner alone at a Boston hospital, creating a potentially dangerous situation for staff and visitors.
It happened at Mass. General Hospital in Boston. Sources say a male prisoner in Massachusetts State Police custody was getting medical attention and was handcuffed to a bed. The I-Team has learned a trooper was assigned to keep watch over him, but, sources say surveillance video shows the trooper left the hospital and appeared to be sleeping in his cruiser.
“The proper protocol would have been to call for some type of relief,” Todd McGhee, a former state trooper and security expert, told the I-Team. “You would not leave a prisoner unattended under any circumstances.”…