Mass. State Trooper suspended following sexual misconduct allegations

By Audrey Coleman

A Massachusetts State Trooper, Terence Kent, has been suspended without pay following sexual misconduct allegations from an incident at a Lexington traffic stop, according to the Boston Globe. Kent graduated from the State Police Academy in 2017.

“The Massachusetts State Police does not tolerate any form of sexual misconduct, and we hold our members accountable to the highest professional standards,” said a State Police Department spokesperson. “When these serious allegations came to our attention, the Department immediately relieved the accused trooper of duty, opened an internal affairs investigation, and suspended him without pay following his duty status hearing.”

The spokesperson revealed that they will cooperate with the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office and Lexington Police Department, while they foresee their own investigations.

In 2023 Kent was suspended for eight days and forfeited 38 days off for abandoning his assigned post, according to the state’s police dog watchdog agency’s data.