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New Fairfield official critical of proposal to push full Resident State Trooper costs onto municipalities

Some small towns in the Greater Danbury area are concerned about a part of Governor Dannel Malloy's proposed budget that would end state contribution for Resident State Troopers.  Connecticut currently pays 15-percent for the first two resident troopers in each town.  Town leaders say they'll be faced with a choice of having to increase taxes or cut services in order to pick up that part of the tab. 

 

Kent, New Fairfield, Sherman, Southbury, Bridgewater, Roxbury, and Washington employ residents state troopers. 

 

New Fairfield employs 7 resident state troopers and 6 police officers.  First Selectman Susan Chapman says the state is unfairly pushing its fiscal woes onto small towns.  It's a $66,000 hit to the municipal budget. 

 

She noted that the state already cut it's contribution in half two years ago. 

 

Chapman says this is an excellent program that's served small towns well over the years.  She added that the difference in cost between a state trooper and a police officer is not significant, but it's the benefit from having troopers in town that is the real difference in this program.

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Dave Rinelli

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