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whaletacochamp t1_j1xgnse wrote

Reply to comment by superduperhi5 in Vermont state trooper suspended during investigation of barracks theft by casewood123

Narcotics investigation unit…. 🤔

Also $95k a year plus free drugs?? I’m in the wrong line of work.

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MarkVII88 t1_j1yzq4h wrote

Imagine how much Sergeants and higher ranking troopers must make, especially if they've been in the State Police for 10 years or more.

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whaletacochamp t1_j1z5yvo wrote

Cops make a shit load. Hell, most remaining Burlington cops make about $100k too.

Meanwhile they’ll spend the majority of their shift hanging out in their car wearing thousands in free gea or shooting the shit with their friends and meanwhile a teacher who is busting her ass and spending half of her paycheck on supplies makes $35k.

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Fromage_Damage t1_j1zfeb3 wrote

I've had Burlington cops take my $250 from an $8/hr job, back in the day, because I had weed, and bitch about how little they make. Like c'mon, I'm sure starting pay isn't great, but it's still not terrible. They always thought they had some huge drug bust with hard shit and got pissed it was just weed. I got pardoned by Shumlin tho.

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ManOfDrinks t1_j1z4bzw wrote

Luckily we don't have to imagine because the publicly accessible salary database is linked directly in the article everyone here definitely read.

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MarkVII88 t1_j1z9w2n wrote

Remember that State Police Sergeant about 10 years ago, who was fired and charged for defrauding the state for overtime he didn't work? His FY12 income topped $133K. The only people employed by the state who made more than this guy were Commissioners of Departments, like Children and Families, and the Governor. This guy was fraudulently claiming overtime to bulk up his income, particularly during the 2 years prior to his retirement from the VT State Police. The pension pay of retirees was determined by their level of income in the last 2 years of their employment by the State. So this guy was trying to cash in for life.

https://vtdigger.org/2012/07/14/vermont-state-police-trooper-arraigned-for-felony-charges-details-of-fraud-emerge-in-affidavit/

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ManOfDrinks t1_j1zbeyz wrote

What does a seemingly unrelated story from 8 years ago have to do with this ongoing investigation? What does anyone's salary have anything to do with this?

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