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BEHIND THE SHIELD
When Boston police officers fail to tell the truth, the department rarely calls a lie a lie
Today, some officers continue to struggle with telling the truth, whether in court or everyday police matters, and the Boston Police Department has no mechanism to monitor officer testimony or truthfulness. Quite often, records show, internal affairs investigators are reluctant to call a lie a lie.

The practice of police officers fudging the facts is common enough that it even has a name — “testilying” — and it has plagued BPD for decades.

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