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An Illinois man was arrested by State Troopers at Logan Airport at a Southwest Airlines security checkpoint last night for making a false bomb threat and disorderly conduct. Joseph Haynes, a 22-year old from Chicago, allegedly threatened TSA workers by claiming he had an AK-47 machine gun and hand grenades in his checked luggage. The Massachusetts State Police, including canine and bomb units, searched his checked bags and found no firearms or explosives in either. Police closed the checkpoint for almost 20 minutes as police investigated. A woman accompanying Haynes on Southwest Airlines Flight 3627 to Chicago was not charged. more ›

Colonel Marian J. McGovern, the Massachusetts State Police Superintendent, was hit by an alleged drunk driver today in Shrewsbury. Col. McGovern was at a stop light in her unmarked police Ford Explorer when she was rear-ended. Col. McGovern checked on the driver and determined she was intoxicated. Another cruiser responded and arrested the driver for her fifth drunken driving offense. An arraignment in Westboro District Court is set for tomorrow. Col. McGovern became the head of the State Police in December 2009. All charges alleged until proven under law.[WCVB], [Worcester Telegram & Gazette - Registration required.] more ›

In addition to being the only state in the nation that pays police officers to stand around and do jack shit, Massachusetts is also (ironically enough) the only state that pays police to be fit. According to the Herald, officers who pass a fitness test are given a 2.5% raise. That's like giving secretaries more money for passing typing tests. The expense of offering such raises aside, a fitness test should be a requirement for police officers—not an extra. What shouldn't be a requirement? Overseeing construction sites. Call us crazy, but we think that our officers might have a little more time to stay in shape if they weren't paid so much to stand still all the time. The current bonus system (introduced by Mitt Romney in 2002) ends December 31. Will the police fatten up as a result, or will Massachusetts continue its backward ways? Maybe our officers just need some real crimes to deal with. You know, like Meatwad. more ›