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Georgia State Patrol fires over 30 new troopers for cheating on speed detection test
My Fox 8 / WJBF Atlanta ^ | Jan 30, 2020 | Web Staff

Posted on 01/30/2020 5:31:32 PM PST by Ken H

ATLANTA (WJBF) – Thirty-three new troopers with the Georgia State Patrol are out of a job after it was discovered they allegedly cheated on exams, authorities said at a press conference Tuesday.

Col. Mark McDonough, commissioner of the Department of Public Safety and head of GSP, said that students with the 106th trooper school cheated during an online test for speed detection in October of 2019. The investigation began just days after testing and included interviews with each of the students.

Top DSP officials learned about the scandal from the girlfriend of one of the cadets, Demon Clark, WJBF reported. The girlfriend allegedly admitted she took the online test for Clark. When the cadet was asked about the cheating allegations, he told his superiors “he was not the only one who cheated, the whole class cheated,” and that is when the decision was made to investigate the testing of the entire class, McDonough said.

According to the Department of Public Safety, during the investigation each cadet described the way they cheated and helped each other with the online exam. Investigators also found that the cadets used Snapchat, group messages and Google to find and share test answers.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cheating; donutwatch; georgia; police
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1 posted on 01/30/2020 5:31:32 PM PST by Ken H
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Direct link => https://myfox8.com/2020/01/30/32-new-georgia-state-troopers-fired-1-resigned-after-allegedly-cheating-on-exams-tmw/


2 posted on 01/30/2020 5:32:30 PM PST by Ken H
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one of the cadets, Demon Clark,
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Who names their kid Demon?


3 posted on 01/30/2020 5:33:14 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Ken H

If they went back over the past five years....they’d probably find another hundred ‘cheaters’ in the system.


4 posted on 01/30/2020 5:33:16 PM PST by pepsionice
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To: Ken H

Not something you want on your resume.


5 posted on 01/30/2020 5:33:30 PM PST by DoughtyOne (It's a New Year, and time to up our FR Monthlies by 5-10%. You'll <hardly miss it and it will help.)
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...each cadet described the way they cheated and helped each other with the online exam...

"There's no "I" in "team"?

Weird. How hard is pointing a radar gun at traffic?

6 posted on 01/30/2020 5:33:51 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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Well, they can still qualify for the FBI Academy.


7 posted on 01/30/2020 5:36:40 PM PST by oldplayer
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“Top DSP officials learned about the scandal from the girlfriend of one of the cadets, Demon Clark, WJBF reported. The girlfriend allegedly admitted she took the online test for Clark”

And THIS, is why chicks are not allowed to join the Mafia.


8 posted on 01/30/2020 5:36:43 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Ken H

They aren’t upset that the cadets cheated, it’s the news of the cheating that compromises their cases against speeders.


9 posted on 01/30/2020 5:37:49 PM PST by a fool in paradise (We need a tax to stamp out Communism- If you espouse Marxism weÂ’ll redistribute all of your money.)
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To: Ken H

I was told by a law enforcement officer that ALL GPS officers have a quota complete each month.

When the lights are turned on by GPS, you will get a ticket.


10 posted on 01/30/2020 5:38:32 PM PST by Dacula
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To: Pearls Before Swine

They have to be able to claim competency, testify under oath about the accuracy, etc.

it’s all about the legal challenges to their tickets.


11 posted on 01/30/2020 5:38:50 PM PST by a fool in paradise (We need a tax to stamp out Communism- If you espouse Marxism weÂ’ll redistribute all of your money.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

I believe the exam also includes visual estimation of speed, not just the use of radar or lidar equipment, and it also probably tests on the use of VASCAR, which is a passive speed calculation system.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VASCAR


12 posted on 01/30/2020 5:39:17 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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Wonder if they were tested on the use of SCMODS.


13 posted on 01/30/2020 5:42:35 PM PST by Ken H
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To: a fool in paradise
They have to be able to claim competency, testify under oath about the accuracy, etc.

So its about the buzz-words they are supposed to say to justify a ticket if challenged. Not exactly corrupt, but creepy, as its both a means of defending justice and aggressively dishing it out, say, for ticket quota cash.

14 posted on 01/30/2020 5:44:31 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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Can’t see that happening on a speed estimation test.


15 posted on 01/30/2020 5:50:45 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Ken H

GSP has a class on how to have a look down your nose nasty attitude while wearing your dumbassed whatever hats it is they wear. Why each and every one of those guys have such a nasty way and attitude I’ll never know.


16 posted on 01/30/2020 5:53:51 PM PST by devane617 (Kyrie Eleison, where I'm going, will you follow?)
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To: a fool in paradise

they have the dumbest people hired that they can find and probably 90% could not pass an exam if they tried


17 posted on 01/30/2020 5:55:39 PM PST by devane617 (Kyrie Eleison, where I'm going, will you follow?)
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To: Ken H
if they'll cheat on a test, they'll LIE in court!
18 posted on 01/30/2020 5:57:43 PM PST by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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To: Ken H; Gamecock; SaveFerris

They also cheated on their IQ and conversion tests.


19 posted on 01/30/2020 6:01:18 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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Demon Clark

No photo necessary?

His mother a Satanist?

20 posted on 01/30/2020 6:01:45 PM PST by PAR35
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