What did he take? Allegedly

Narcotics investigation unit…. 🤔

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

Schnozberries...

Scumbag!

ACAB

I'm sure he'll find another $95k police job with easy access to narcotics.

These schnozzberries taste like schnozzberries

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

Paid leave. Paid. Imagine any other job where you get a paid vacation while they investigate you for theft.

The Caledonian Record says it was a stolen Rolex - allegedly

Good point, we should do the right thing and just fire people without cause.

Yeah, it's messed up. They really need to have private liability insurance just like doctors and lawyers, and structural engineers and contractors, truck drivers and mechanics and commercial fishman. In fact, it's really weird that they don't!

How's the leather taste?

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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Have an upvote. Funny thing is a year ago this would have 100. FTP!

Paid leave is negotiated with the union contract.

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.

Bootlicking is when you support fair labor practices, got it.

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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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?

Hilarious. Cops don't go after their own unless they got him with hard evidence. Try that at just about any other workplace and your out on your ass. Fair labor my ass. Now what was it you were saying officer? Or could it be union rep.?

Probably not much to "investigate" either. This wouldn't become public unless the evidence was overwhelming and even then it's hard to get past the thin blue line as they call it.

Assigned Cop At Birth.

I was saying maybe we should focus our energy on getting more places to unionize, so the protections that come along with unionization aren't exclusive to a few select labor markets.

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.

It boggles my mind they throw it away for something dumb like that. A NY trooper recently got fired for scamming Walmart for $200 in merchandise.

Where did I say fire? I said paid leave.

Lol He's obviously the cops union rep or close buddy. Who the fuck defends a thieving cop without some personal connection.

ACAB until i need one

lol average response time for me is over 45min.

How about an IT director who refused to implement new security measures so hackers got the personal info of thousands of people?

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/suffolk-county-employee-placed-on-administrative-leave-following-cyberattack/

Or a utility clerk who is accused of stealing $150,000 from a city?

https://www.whio.com/news/local/former-wapakoneta-utilities-department-clerk-charged-with-stealing-over-150000-city/H3PQIMPSTBH2NC5JPNIWPHZTJQ/

Or a city manager accused of stealing from a local business?

https://wildrivers.lostcoastoutpost.com/2022/aug/10/despite-theft-charges-janell-howard-still-brooking/

Idk why people act like paid leave is some benefit or luxury only certain people get when it's standard HR procedure these days. You put the person on leave so they can't potentially keep doing what they are accused of, but they still get paid in case the allegations are proven false so they can't sue you later.

If you're against paid administrative leave in this circumstance, then you are either

A) Against it in all circumstances, including those where it is obvious no wrongdoing occurred and the subject will be exonerated, or

B) Automatically assuming he's guilty, will be fired, and could have been fired immediately if it weren't for those pesky rules saying we need to prove he did it.

Given you're apparently unaware this process is the standard for any unionized workplace, it seems likely that you just have some ideological beef with the police, and see police unions as an extension of the police rather than a union protecting its workers. If you're against collective bargaining, you're against job protections such as requiring investigation and cause for dismissal.

Reddit might hurt your feelings though

Reddit hurts their feelings though.

Rolex-now that's some serious time. /s

We asked you to bring pitchforks and torches, not logic, reality and reason. You're out of the mob Kixeliz! /s

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A yah, ok