Massachusetts police departments have been besieged by negative headlines in 2026, with six officers arrested or indicted in connection with various crimes in the month of March alone.
Through the first three months of the year, more than a dozen officers were charged with felonies — a marked increase from years past, state data show.
This year’s cases, so far, include a Plymouth police officer accused of the years-long sexual abuse of her adopted son, a Boston police officer charged with manslaughter in connection with the shooting of a carjacking suspect and a Massachusetts State Police sergeant accused of driving drunkenly and negligently, causing a fatal crash…