[Husker24]

“I absolutely refuse to write tickets unless somebody really deserves it,” the trooper said. “You think twice before you take $600 out of somebody’s pocket.”

My God, someone in Massachusetts with common sense.

[benjaminjjones]

My God, someone in Massachusetts with common sense.

Yes, that is a refreshing point of view.

From one individual.

But as ladyjane pointed out, in MA it is the law to have a trooper or policeman on any kind of road construction. Their union lobbied for it. Some guys make way over 100k a year in overtime.

I could be wrong, but as I recall, beyond just lobbying for the law, they threatened to strike (or worse?) when abolishing paid details was proposed.