Massachusetts state trooper fired for using 'offensive language,' agency says

Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald on Oct 13, 2026

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BOSTON — A Massachusetts State Police trooper was fired from the agency after he made offensive remarks to young people, according to an MSP spokesperson.

Former Trooper Jack B. Cesarz, who was still in his probationary period, was dishonorably discharged effective Oct. 8.

When asked about whether Cesarz was discharged because he allegedly made homophobic comments at a golf tournament, the spokesperson said in a statement, “The Massachusetts State Police took immediate action to terminate Mr. Cesarz following this off-duty incident.”

“Any person who acts with such indiscretion and uses such offensive language towards young people has no place in our ranks,” the statement continued. “The Department will uphold its standards of professionalism and hold members accountable for their actions on and off duty.”

The Boston Herald reached out to the State Police Association of Massachusetts, the union that represents MSP officers, for comment but did not hear back before press time.

As of Monday evening, the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission still listed Cesarz as certified.

According to state payroll data, Cesarz was paid $117,662 in 2026.

After becoming a trooper for the State Police, officers remain in a probationary period for one year.

“During this period, Massachusetts State Police does reserve the right to terminate employment with any employees that do not meet the criteria of acceptable performance and conduct,” the state webpage on “Becoming a State Trooper” notes.

Cesarz’s firing is the most recent in a string of high profile disciplinary actions taken by the State Police.

In a case that gained national attention, Trooper Michael Proctor, the lead investigator in the Karen Read case, was fired by the State Police after he was forced to read a string of abusive and misogynistic texts on the stand during Read’s second trial.

Proctor was initially placed on leave the day of the mistrial in Read’s first trial in 2024 and went through multiple status changes until finally getting fired in March of 2025.

Proctor’s texts included calling Read such things as a “babe” and a “wack job,” and other words too explicit for publication. Proctor also made fun of a medical condition Read suffers and told his sister that he hopes Read “kills herself.”

He concluded through text message early on in the investigation into the death of Boston Police officer John O’Keefe, that, “We’re going to lock this wack job up.”

In another high profile case, State Trooper Scott Quigley currently remains suspended as he fights charges of vehicular homicide through negligent and impaired driving in connection with a 2023 fatal crash.

That case, and those charges, only emerged after a separate civil case filed by the family of the victim forced onto the record documents that revealed the alleged blood alcohol level of Quigley at the time of the crash.

Quigley is accused of crashing into a van, leading to the death of 37-year-old Angelo Schettino. The paraplegic Special Olympian survived for a month in the hospital before succumbing on Jan. 13, 2024, to what a state medical examiner determined were “complications from blunt force trauma.”

And as recently as late August, newly hired Trooper Joel De Barros Pina was dishonorably discharged “during an investigation into his off-duty conduct,” according to the MSP.

Exactly what the allegations were was made public. What is on the record is Pina resigned while being investigated, leading to an immediate dishonorable discharge, per department rules.

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