State Sen. Michael O. Moore, a Millbury Democrat, is asking all the right questions about State Police recruit training and the culture of corruption at the agency. …

The main question I’d like potential reformers to ask: Do the instructors at the State Police academy have effective say over who does and doesn’t become troopers? They seem to have that power – and thus the power to shape the very character of the agency. And, as we know, that character hasn’t exactly been exemplary.  … Check out the article’s comments section. A lot of other people are connecting the training-and-corrupt-culture dots.