Massachusetts State Police on Sunday announced they are pausing some aspects of their recruit’s training as they review the Academy’s defensive tactics program following the death of recruit Enrique Delgado-Garcia.
The Academy has suspended the full-contact boxing training program and State Police Colonel John Mawn asked the State Police Division of Standards and Training to comprehensively investigate the Academy’s defensive tactics program on the day of the incident.
State Police said they are cooperating fully with the Worcester District Attorney’s office and urged the DA to select an independent investigator as soon as possible. Because Delgado-Garcia is a former employee of the Worcester DA’s office, DA Joseph Early decided an independent agency must lead the investigation…