State Trooper contract approved by Appropriations; raises wages, phases out longevity

HARTFORD, Conn. – The General Assembly’s Appropriations Committee approved a three-year contract between Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration and the Connecticut State Police that will increase troopers’ wages nine percent by 2018 while removing the prospect of longevity pay for new recruits.

Longevity pay comes in the form of biannual bonuses that increase every five years once a trooper reaches the 10-year qualifying anniversary. The state police union’s concession means no trooper hired after July 1 will be entitled to longevity pay unless they have a record of wartime service. Most state employee unions conceded in 2011 to end longevity pay for any new employees.

Sandra Fae Brown of the Office of Policy and Management’s labor relations group told committee members that phasing out longevity pay could eventually reap $1.3 million per year in savings.

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