New money problems for Mass. State Police revealed, report says

BOSTON — New problems have been revealed for Massachusetts State police, and once again it involves Troop F.

State police payroll figures just recently popped up on the state comptroller’s website and shows an additional $3.4 million in payouts to Troop F.

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The Boston Globe reports most of the money appears to be tied to a $40 per diem offered to Troop F troopers who drove their own cars to work.

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At least one trooper earned nearly $13,000 last year from that one benefit with the state comptroller’s website showing the average Troop F trooper earned $8,000 from that perk.

Troop F, which is part of Massachusetts State Police but is funded by Massport patrols Logan Airport and the Seaport.

This isn’t the first payroll scandal state police have faced in recent months.

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Questions arose as to why some six-figure overtime salaries for Troop F troopers had not been disclosed.

And Troop E, which patrolled the Mass Pike, was caught putting in for overtime shifts that troopers weren’t really working.

As a result, Gov. Charlie Baker recently eliminated Troop E as a standalone division.

State police released a statement to Boston 25 News Wednesday morning and said the colonel has started a 3-day review of Troop F operations.

State police said Massport has been "diligently disclosing" Troop F pay records ever since it was reported the information had not been put onto public websites and that the process is ongoing.

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