Fifty-six troopers who were laid off beginning on Aug. 24 in an effort to reduce state spending after state employee unions voted against a deal with Gov. Dannel Malloy will be brought back to work.
State employee unions eventually ratified a deal with Malloy after getting clarification, and 40 sworn personnel, whose salaries were almost $2.3 million, have since chosen to retire on either Sept. 1 or Oct. 1. The 56 troopers who are being brought back on the force make a combined $1.9 million.
All the troopers will be stationed on the road and will be notified on Monday, according to a release from the Department Of Emergency Services And Public Protection. They will return in the order they were laid off, with most returning on either Oct. 7 or Oct. 21.
“As a former State Trooper myself, it pained me to send layoff notices to the 56 men and women who were a part of our State Police force,” Commissioner Reuben Bradford said in a news release. “But there was a fiscal reality that we were facing, and we couldn’t keep people on staff if we didn’t have the money to pay them. With the retirements of some of the longest-serving members of the State Police, we were able to rescind the layoffs of these 56 State Troopers. I’m looking forward to having them back on the road.”
