American Military News by Jordan Culver January 30, 2020
‘A punch in the gut’: 30 Georgia State Patrol troopers fired after investigation into cheating allegations
An entire class of Georgia State Patrol troopers was fired Wednesday after an investigation into accusations the graduates cheated on an online exam.
The group of graduates from the 106th Trooper School — 30 were fired Wednesday — were accused of cheating on an exam for the “Speed Detection Operator component of the trooper school curriculum,†the Georgia Department of Public Safety said in a statement.
DPS Commissioner Col. Mark W. McDonough told reporters at a press conference the now-fired troopers have written 133 speeding tickets since they graduated in August, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The outlet reported information has been given to courts throughout the state and that most of those violations are expected to be dismissed.
“It’s a punch in the gut,†McDonough told reporters, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “This goes to our very core values.â€
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