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TexasTowelie

(117,207 posts)
Sun Jan 31, 2021, 05:25 AM Jan 2021

State Police lieutenants sue department alleging potential cheating on promotion exam by high

State Police lieutenants sue department alleging potential cheating on promotion exam by high-ranking officers


Three Massachusetts State Police lieutenants are suing the department claiming a recent promotional exam was rolled out improperly, and their attorney alleged in court there is “very serious evidence of potential cheating” within the top ranks of the department.

The lieutenants and their attorney told a Suffolk Superior Court judge earlier this month the alleged wrongdoing is the latest in a pattern of discriminatory practices resulting in women and people of color being repeatedly bypassed for leadership roles within the state’s largest police force.

“This is just another indication that there are opportunities that are given to younger, white men that are not given to female and older minorities,” Springfield-based attorney Lisa Brodeur-McGan said in a recent court hearing, according to audio obtained by the Globe Friday.

The attorney said in court she wants an investigation to be conducted into the claims by her clients: Lieutenants Marion Fletcher, a 57-year-old white woman; Carmelo Ayuso, a 61-year-old Puerto Rican man who is president of the Massachusetts Minority State Police Officers Association; and Michael Ahern, a 58-year-old white man.

Read more: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/30/metro/state-police-lieutenants-sue-department-alleging-potential-cheating-promotion-exam-by-high-ranking-officers/
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State Police lieutenants sue department alleging potential cheating on promotion exam by high (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2021 OP
I'm confused about why a state police officer has a driver. Phoenix61 Jan 2021 #1
It smells, that stinky fish type of smell. nt TexasTowelie Jan 2021 #2
Yep, the kind that's rotting from the head. nt Phoenix61 Jan 2021 #3

Phoenix61

(17,701 posts)
1. I'm confused about why a state police officer has a driver.
Sun Jan 31, 2021, 05:40 AM
Jan 2021

or an aide who’s making over $100,000 a year. How is that a thing?

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