Scott's Story

Scott, a graduate from the University of Massachusetts @ Boston, earned a bachelor degree in Criminal Justice. He honorably retired as a Massachusetts State Police (MSP) Detective Lieutenant in February 2023. He has spent his entire career serving as a law enforcement officer in a variety of roles that has provided him with the experience, leadership skills and appreciation for the work required to operate a private investigation firm. During his 32-year career, he has worked hard to professionally prepare himself to one day operate a reputable private investigation agency.

Among his accomplishments, he has completed the Federal Bureau of Investigation Law Enforcement Executive Development Association (FBI-LEEDA) supervisory trilogy. Scott retired from the MSP as a Detective Lieutenant and investigator in the Office of Professional Integrity and Accountability (OPIA - Internal Affairs) and remains dedicated to fighting for justice and serving his community. In between investigations, he occasionally works as a substitute public school teacher and is a religious education instructor at his church.

As a State Police Lieutenant, he served as the Station Commander of the Framingham barracks. He supervised three Sergeants, 21 Troopers, and one civilian staff member. More than two-thirds of the Troopers assigned to the Framingham barracks had less than two years of experience. These inexperienced Troopers relied upon his skills as a leader to guide them through unprecedented times in law enforcement that began shortly after his appointment as the Station Commander. He faced unprecedented challenges in his role as Station Commander beginning with the COVID pandemic, civil unrest resulting from the Presidential Election of 2020 and the death of George Floyd, as well as the implementation of Peace Officers Standards & Training Commission (POST) requirements and the introduction of body worn cameras for all officers under his command. In addition to these challenges, he successfully ensured officer safety and accountability through the use of a 24-hour global positioning system (GPS) which monitored all department vehicles, implemented new department towing procedures, and supervised the field training/probation period of all new recruits. During those two years, operations were fluid, which required him to address rapidly evolving issues and needs on a daily basis.

In his most recent position with the MSP as a Detective Lieutenant in OPIA, his work involved conducting personnel investigations of police personnel, staff inspections of department entities, and ensuring that MSP members were certified to satisfy POST standards.

During his MSP career, Scott served for 4 years as a detective in the Disabled Persons Protection Commission-State Police Detective Unit. During this time, he honed his skills in building a case, often without the ability of the victim to communicate. Scott realized that his talent was in conducting a methodical investigation. He understands that undisputedly clearing a person of a heinous crime is just as important to completing a case that results in the arrest of a suspect. What is most important is the ability to lead an unbiased investigation that allows the evidence to dictate the outcome. He has participated in over 100 homicide investigations while assigned to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office as a Trooper. He investigated fatal motor vehicle crashes, unattended deaths, suicides, homicides, thefts, narcotics cases, and located missing persons/victims/witnesses. Scott was assigned to a unit that specialize in the investigation of cold case murders and most notably won a conviction in 2010 of first-degree homicide in the 1986 disappearance of the suspect’s estranged wife.

Scott began his career as a child care worker at a Department of Youth Services detention center, he enjoyed a successful career with the Department of Corrections (DOC) before joining the MSP. During his 10 years with the DOC at Massachusetts Correctional Institute Cedar Junction (Walpole), he served as a Disciplinary Hearing Officer and attained the rank of Sergeant.