Investigators are probing allegations a state trooper brought in files of porn, while others pulled a prank with a fake Taser at the Massachusetts State Police Academy in the latest scandal to hit the embattled police force.
A 13-page complaint, filed by a female trooper with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, alleges she was disciplined for the Taser stunt — in which an uncharged stun gun disguised as the real thing was fired at her then-boyfriend, a fellow trooper. She claims male troopers playing along were not properly disciplined for their actions.
As a newly minted fed employee, I showed up at my station. There were a bunch of crusty old guys sitting in the muster room. I saw a group of guys around a computer, curiosity got the best of me so I went for a look. Full on porn video playing. When I walked away someone made a snide comment. This is back in 2001, before filters were decent. I guess I'm a prude? Keep that stuff at home. I won't mention the 'Great Meatspin Debacle' that happened a few years later. Someone hit 'respond all' to the sector email string. That went over like a turd in the punchbowl.
Today, you can't even go to youtube or a 3rd party email server on our computers without special permission.
You can look up 'meatspin' on your own time, I'm not posting a link for various reasons.