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#police-training

In the days and weeks before his death, members of the MSP training academy committed a series of "wanton and reckless acts" in connection with various defensive tactics and physical confrontation training exercises, Meier said. This conduct included both "affirmative acts by academy staff" and the failure to take other actions that they had a legal duty to perform. This conduct resulted in Delgado-Garcia suffering concussion-like symptoms on Sept. 11, 2024, from "unauthorized, unapproved, and unsupervised boxing-related sparring exercises," Meier said.

At its best, police education and training prepare law enforcement officers with the knowledge and skills-including principles of constitutional law, active listening and verbal de-escalation techniques, implicit bias awareness, how to recognize signs of mental illness or substance abuse, use of force standards, and ethical decision-making and professional conduct-that they will need to protect and serve the public as safely and effectively as possible.

Recruits training at the new East Falmouth Police Academy earlier this year were mentally and physically tormented, denied bathroom breaks, and forced into grueling outdoor exercises - often without proper gear for the below-freezing temperatures, according to a new state report.

"I don't know if I'll ever recover truthfully," said Marcus Psalms, Jon-Marques's father, reflecting on how difficult it was to say goodbye when he left for college in Louisiana.

The Massachusetts State Police Academy plays a vital role in preparing the next generation of troopers to protect and serve our communities statewide, said Colonel Geoffrey Noble, superintendent of the State Police.