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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMost State Police troopers implicated in overtime fraud scandal will keep their jobs
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/10/metro/most-state-police-troopers-implicated-overtime-fraud-scandal-will-keep-their-jobs/Massachusetts State Police Colonel Christopher S. Mason announced in January that the department would move to fire 22 troopers who had committed overtime fraud and were found to have collected thousands of dollars in pay for hours they never worked.
But this week the department revealed that most of the troopers implicated but never criminally charged in a widespread payroll scandal will get to keep their jobs after all. And they will likely keep their pensions.
The department announced late Thursday that 15 troopers will be suspended for various lengths of time and ordered to pay restitution. One trooper has been fired, and the department intends to fire five more once their disciplinary cases come to a close.
But the suspended officers will get to keep their jobs and could be back on the road in the coming weeks, according to department spokesman David Procopio.
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Most State Police troopers implicated in overtime fraud scandal will keep their jobs (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Jul 2020
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Voltaire2
(13,245 posts)1. In just about any other job falsifying your hours
gets you terminated.
Nevilledog
(51,268 posts)3. Absolutely.
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Mariana
(14,861 posts)4. They should all be prosecuted. nt.
Crunchy Frog
(26,701 posts)5. Pretty much the only way a cop can get in serious trouble
is to act as a whistle-blower, or otherwise fail to cover the asses of other cops.
Nevilledog
(51,268 posts)6. Yup.
onethatcares
(16,204 posts)7. drug test them
if they thought they could get away with falsifying O T, they probably have done a lot worse.