Nearly 200 Massachusetts State Police recruits will graduate from the training academy on Wednesday.
It is the training troop that Trooper Enrique Delgado-Garcia was a part of until his death. He became unresponsive during a training exercise.
The 90th Recruit Training Troop graduation ceremony is scheduled for 11 a.m. at the DCU Center in Worcester.
The new troopers completed 25 weeks of training at the State Police Academy in New Braintree, but it was there that Delgado-Garcia suffered a serious injury during a boxing exercise and died the next day.
Delgado-Garcia was buried in late September.
A source tells 25 Investigates that he suffered broken bones, damaged teeth and a spinal cord injury in the boxing ring.
Worcester District Attorney Joesph Early later disclosed that his office had a conflict of interest in the investigation, as Delgado-Garcia worked in his office as a victim advocate.
The investigation has been turned over to trial attorney David Meier and state police will not be involved.
Since Delgado-Garcia’s death, state police have suspended all contact boxing training until further notice. They also asked the Department of Standards and Training to review the Academy’s Defensive Tactics Program.
Delgado-Garcia was sworn in as a soldier in the hours before he died.
State police said they administered the oath of office and pinned the trooper badge on him as friends and family surrounded Delgado-Garcia.
It’s unclear if they will honor him in any way at Wednesday’s graduation ceremony.
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