Bad Cop: Trooper barred from airport duty
Massachusetts State Trooper James Michael Vines was on patrol when he parked his cruiser on Boston’s Tobin Bridge, stepped inside a cramped tollbooth, and asked the startled toll collector for a kiss.
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“I was literally in shock,’’ said the toll collector, adding that she felt trapped as the armed, uniformed officer hovered over her in November 2005 as traffic streamed by. “I said, ‘I really think you should leave.’ ’’ She is one of three women who filed complaints with the State Police in the past decade accusing Vines of sexually inappropriate behavior. In one case, he was cleared. In the two other instances, including the one in the tollbooth, he admitted to acting improperly and was punished. Yesterday afternoon, after a 30-day suspension for conduct unbecoming an officer, State Police told the 47-year-old Vines he could return to work today at Logan International Airport, where one of the incidents occurred and where two of his victims work. Then, in an abrupt reversal after inquiries from the Globe, the State Police announced late yesterday that the decision to return Vines to the airport had been rescinded and he would be transferred, effective today, to Troop H in South Boston. The former toll collector, who was recently transferred to a job inside the airport, said she was relieved that Vines will not return to work there, but does not believe State Police treat sexual harassment as seriously as they should. “It’s like the archdiocese; they keep moving him around,’’ she said. “As far as I’m concerned, he should be behind a desk, answering a phone without a gun, where he’s not involved with dealing with the public, especially women.’’ |
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