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ICYMI: Wait, troopers in overtime scandal get to keep their pensions?
While the state and the world focus on the coronavirus outbreak, other stories fly under the radar.
Updated March 24, 2020, 4:27 p.m. Now here’s an outrage that shouldn’t get lost during the coronavirus crisis: earlier this month, the state retirement board decided that 14 former Massachusetts State Troopers accused of overtime fraud will get to keep their pensions.
The allegations against the troopers had been sustained by the department internal investigation. Dozens of current and former troopers are caught up in the scandal, which involved bilking taxpayers for hours the officers didn’t work.
But the retirement board said its hands were tied. Because the troopers hadn’t been convicted of a crime, it had no grounds to deny them their pensions.
And that just revives the question of why Attorney General Maura Healey’s office didn’t pursue more charges as a result of the investigation. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/24/opinion/wait-troopers-overtime-scandal-get-keep-their-pension/
