BOSTON — Governor Charlie Baker has finally elected to swing his gubernatorial axe upon a Boston Seaport-based Massachusetts State Police barracks long suspected — and recently proven via an audit finished under his top state cop — as a fraudulent overtime goldmine.
Following the recommendation of the State Police superintendent, Colonel Kerry Gilpin, Bake announced the elimination of Troop E, "where the apparent abuse of accident reduction patrols took place," and where a recently-completed audit determined that more than 20 state troopers in 2016 took home lucrative overtime pay for shifts created under the so-called "Accident and Injury Reduction Effort" (AIRE) program that they never worked.
