State Police leader suddenly quits amid altered-report investigation

By adamg on Fri, 11/10/2017 - 11:04pm

The Herald reports on Col. Richard McKeon's departure after Gov. Baker raised questions about how McKeon ordered two state troopers to alter an arrest record for a judge's daughter.

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Colonel out but this should go higher

By O-FISH-L on Sat, 11/11/2017 - 12:28am.

The Colonel is not reviewing every arrest report so obviously a call was made for the judge's daughter. Who called for her?

The MSP has always loved to include extraneous comments in reports, including those from local cops, "I"m a Worcester cop, is there any chance..." would wind up in an OUI report. So, fair play if the judge's daughter mentioned her father. McKeon shouldn't have involed himself but no doubt it goes higher.

There's also a looming detail scandal under Baker. If revealed, most of the top brass will go. Young troopers on the promotional list say the dominoes are about to fall. Standby.

Since McKeon is being sued by

By Anonymous on Sat, 11/11/2017 - 1:44am.

Since McKeon is being sued by two officers who were asked to change their arrest reports I assume he is implicated in making the order.

It's in the story

By perruptor on Sat, 11/11/2017 - 4:46am.

You can read it.

“This is an order ... we all have bosses,” Sceviour, and his union representative were told by a supervisor, according to the suit. The supervisor indicated the “order” came from Secretary of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security Daniel Bennett to state police Col. Richard McKeon and down the ranks, the lawsuit said. Bennett this week categorically denied giving the order.

Wow.

By anon on Sat, 11/11/2017 - 7:32am.

This could topple the Baker administration.

Who called Bennett?

By BostonDog on Sat, 11/11/2017 - 9:01am.

Unlikely Bennett learned of this report by skimming all the reports of the day. If the judge called him (or had someone pass the word) the judge needs to go too. A serious investigation is needed to see if other reports had been changed for political reasons.

Innuendos, half truths & falsehoods

By Dave-from-Boston on Sat, 11/11/2017 - 7:05am.

Fish, you do realize that you are certifiably nuts

Broken clock

By SwirlyGrrl on Sat, 11/11/2017 - 9:13am.

Definitely a nutter, but strip out the Heraldish embellishments and the basic comments are on point for once.

Do you condone the repeated reference to the Colonel as

By bulgingbuick on Sat, 11/11/2017 - 8:28am.

"Klink" by local wing nut media and local tea bagging blog warriors calling the MSP Nazi's? This is almost as hypocritical as the Roy Moore reaction when they denounce BLM protesters as anti police.

Klink or Schultz?

By anon on Sat, 11/11/2017 - 9:04am.

Schultz was the "I know nothing!" guy.

I seriously doubt anyone is comparing the MSP to Nazis.

You've not read the Herald articles comments

By bulgingbuick on Sat, 11/11/2017 - 9:20pm.

section.

Tip of the iceberg

By anon on Sat, 11/11/2017 - 2:32am.

Which police department will be next ? Quincy just had an officer sentenced for detail fraud. Transit recently had a female cop sentenced for beating up an innocent passenger. Which department will have the first scandal involving supervisors and young female recruits?

Well

By Waquiot on Sat, 11/11/2017 - 11:16am.

At least McKeon succeeded in keeping the woman’s statements from getting out to the press and thereby embarrassing her father, a district court judge. Good job.

Streisand effect

By anon on Sun, 11/12/2017 - 8:02am.

LOL, the Streisand effect in action.

Yeah

By APB on Sun, 11/12/2017 - 1:01pm.

No way are we ever going to remember her name, her photo, her rant, her father, her charges, her sleepy eyes, her messy hair, her offers of sexual favors. See: I don't remember a thing about her. Who?

Putting her photo and story on the front page of the Globe was no big deal, either. At least not compared to the investigating reporting that will happen next.

What color is his parachute?

By anon on Sat, 11/11/2017 - 12:07pm.

Retiring from a senior position with the MSP is not much of a penalty.

DA's office?

By anon on Sat, 11/11/2017 - 4:17pm.

Anyone else think the report scrubbing may have been requested by the Worcester DA's office?
Both the judge and his daughter used to work there.
It's an entity that would want to curry favor with the judge now that he's on the bench.
It would be able to ask for this kind of "favor" from MSP, and actually get them to do it.
The DA and his assistant on the case have been way out in front about keeping the report impounded by the court.
That's where I'd be looking...