FRAMINGHAM (CBS) – Duty status hearings will be scheduled for 19 state troopers, sergeants, and lieutenants involved in an overtime scandal involving 21 current and former members of the Massachusetts State Police, the agency’s head, Col. Kerry A. Gilpin, confirmed Tuesday.
The action stems from the results on an internal audit of overtime paid to troopers on the Mass Pike for shifts they didn’t work. The results of the audit, which began last year, have been forwarded to Attorney General Maura Healey’s office for investigation, Gilpin told reporters during a press conference Tuesday morning.
“We will seek to determine whether policies, rules of the state police were violated and if criminal charges are warranted,” Gilpin said.
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