Crime & Safety
State Police Dispatcher On Unpaid Leave For Outrageous Posts
In Facebook posts, Carla Grant published information about investigations and that a pregnant overdose victim needed to be left to rot.
BROCKTON, MA — The Massachusetts State Police dispatcher who made headlines for explosive posts on a Facebook page has been placed on unpaid leave. Carla Grant is off the job pending an investigation. The move came following a disciplinary hearing held Tuesday morning.
Grant's behavior was exposed by an investigation by the Enterprise, who found posts from Grant on the Brockton Hub Facebook page speaking about a police investigation and insulting a pregnant woman who overdosed.
In since-deleted posts, Grant made a comment about dash cam evidence from a February 2017 fatal crash in Avon. The post was published a month before a driver in the crash was arraigned and evidence was made public.
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Last September, she said of a pregnant woman who suffered a drug overdose and was saved by Narcan, "She needs to be left to rot. (Expletive) that (expletive) ‘disease’ crap! Selfish piece of (expletive)!”
Grant has not returned requests for comment from reporters.
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BREAKING: Dispatcher Carla Grant has been put on unpaid leave while an internal investigation into her online posts plays out. Her status will be re-assessed when the investigation is over. @boston25 https://t.co/Dt8G11LdUh
— Mike Saccone (@mikesacconetv) March 28, 2018
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