Fired over his conduct during Karen Read ’s high-profile murder case, former Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor has dropped his Civil Service Commission appeal to get his old job back, his lawyer said Monday.

“Based upon disclosures made available to our office on Friday, October 17, 2025, the Appeal of Michael Proctor was withdrawn today,” attorney Daniel Moynihan confirmed via email.

Addressing the commission earlier this year , Moynihan argued Proctor was an “exemplary trooper” who was “made to be a scapegoat” amid intense public scrutiny surrounding Read’s case. Proctor led the investigation into the death of Read’s boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, and was one of several investigators implicated in her defense team’s claims of a law enforcement consp

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