The monthly State Police news

 Two separate but equally troubling Globe articles suggest that the agency still has not learned anything from the past. The Globe ( Shelley Murphy) reports that the new reforms which were designed to stop the OT abuse are flawed and should be revised according to the inspector general's office. Quarterly audits of the SP 50 highest paid employees, ordered by Governor Baker in 2018, were not effective in targeting OT fraud because they placed to much emphasis on those troopers who earned the most for the relevant quarter as apposed to those who worked the most OT hours according to the annual report from the inspector general's office. 

And if that doesn't surprise you, perhaps you'd be surprised to know the head of the State Police Col Mason is being sued by officers who claim Col Mason turned a blind eye to cheating on a promotions test. 

The suite alleges that Col Mason's former driver and chief of staff, who had the best score on a promotion exam, and two other troopers coauthored an exam study guide the was suspiciously predictive of questions. 

In short, those who had the best scores had the answers given to them before the test and Col Mason knew about it. And then he rushed a promotion process to advance those closest to him, according to the lawsuit.