BOSTON – A recently released state audit of the academies responsible for training every police officer in Massachusetts found an “inadequate” training curriculum and shoddy record-keeping.
Inconsistent training for state police
The Office of the State Auditor conducted the probe into the Municipal Police Training Committee or MPTC, looking at its practices between January 1, 2021, and December 31, 2022.
In an interview with WBZ-TV, State Auditor Diana DiZoglio said her team uncovered a training curriculum among the 46 police academies that was inconsistent.
“We found that in some cases they weren’t receiving sexual assault training, missing persons training. Those are really important things,” DiZoglio said.
The audit also found that some instructors at the academies lacked proper training and were not certified.
“A significant chunk were not trained during the time period they were delivering trainings to recruits and then some had not even received training by the time they finished instructing,” DiZoglio said.