The case of the son of State Police Superintendent Col. Christopher Mason — dealing with attainable weapons expenses — is shrouded in secrecy, with officers making the weird choice to place a lid on even the police incident report.
Only late Wednesday did the clerk Justice of the Peace of Barnstable reverse his preliminary choice to maintain the listening to closed to the general public. What a humiliation.
But nonetheless no police incident report — the clerk Justice of the Peace says it could be “premature” to launch it despite the fact that incident reviews are routinely made public.
“Any request for a police report is denied, as it is premature at this time,” Magistrate Chuck Ardito wrote in an e-mail to the Boston Herald and different media.
Col. Mason might have performed nothing mistaken however we don’t know. The indisputable fact that he gained’t handle the problem must be sufficient to warrant some motion.
But State Police, Barnstable Police, the DA’s workplace and the governor’s workplace have refused to report any particulars of the case of Reid Mason, a Cape Cod firefighter. The DA and police gained’t even title him.
So a lot for alleged police reform and accountability.
Reid Mason was reportedly discovered drunk in his automobile on Feb. 28 with 4 unloaded weapons after a day on the taking pictures vary and at a Hyannis restaurant. It’s unlawful in Massachusetts to have firearms in vehicles when they aren’t underneath management of the particular person proudly owning the weapons. If reviews about Reid Mason are true, the Justice of the Peace may determine that Mason didn’t have management over his 4 weapons.
But Barnstable Police held off issuing a report on the incident to Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O’Keefe till days after it occurred.
O’Keefe later issued an announcement, saying, “Until and unless (a hearing) occurs, it is inappropriate for my office to identify the subject.”
So we’ll have to attend till later this month for the Justice of the Peace listening to to study any particulars concerning the case.
The incident was first reported weeks in the past by the blogger Turtleboy.
There is not any proof that Col. Mason did something improper, however we gained’t know that for certain till extra particulars of the case come out. For now there’s simply rumors and hypothesis the police and the DA are attempting to bury the case.
Opening up the listening to to the general public is an efficient first step nevertheless it took strain from the media to get that performed. The preliminary choice was to maintain the listening to closed.
Col. Mason has led the state police drive since 2019, and beforehand labored in O’Keefe’s workplace. Mason has presided over quite a few scandals within the division, together with unlawful abuse of time beyond regulation. But Gov. Charlie Baker has stored him at his publish.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”