The Massachusetts Department of Labor Standards on Thursday confirmed it is weighing whether to investigate the death of Enrique Delgado-Garcia at the Massachusetts State Police training facility in New Braintree.

Before he died, Delgado-Garcia told a close friend that the first months of the academy were like “torture,” and numerous former trainees have filed complaints and lawsuits in recent years describing hazing-like conditions.

Enrique Delgado-Garcia allegedly described hazing-like conditions at the State Police Academy, his friend told The Boston Globe.

Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. said Monday that his office will not handle the investigation into the death of a Massachusetts State Police recruit after a training exercise last week because it would be a conflict given that the trooper used to work as a victim witness advocate for his office.