![]() “An Internal Affairs investigation was conducted to determine why he was allowed to work overtime. “A review of his (Rogers’s) biweekly timesheets confirmed that Trooper Rogers worked LACE overtime and off-duty escorts/details while serving the reduction in pay,” Dupuy said in his letter of November 13. That represented a total penalty of more than $4,800 but LouisianaVoice said in August that there was speculation that he more than made up for that reduction by being allowed to work overtime on LACE and off-duty escorts of oversized loads. 19, 2010, by Edmonson to a 240-hour reduction in pay (a 10 percent reduction for 30 pay periods, or 60 weeks. LACE, which stands for Local Area Compensated Enforcement Program, is a program by which state troopers are paid by local jurisdictions for extra traffic enforcement (read: quotas). In his letter, Dupuy referred to allegations first addressed by LouisianaVoice that Trooper Jimmy Rogers was allowed to work LACE overtime and off-duty escort details-all “while serving a disciplinary action in the form of a reduction in pay which spanned from December 27, 2010, to February 5, 2012.” Here is Dupuy’s letter (click on images to enlarge): Charles Dupuy who serves as Assistant Superintendent of State Police under Superintendent Mike Edmonson. The letter of reprimand was signed by Lt. Our records on the Chris Guillory appeal were obtained through separate but confidential sources.) ( Belated editor’s note: our public records request to the State Police Commission was for appeal records for Chris Ivey, Ryan Roberts, Ronald Picou and Brett McCloud. That appeal is scheduled to be heard on Feb. Pursuant to a public records request made to the State Police Commission which hears all disciplinary appeals by state troopers, we learned that Guillory has retained Baton Rouge attorney Jill Craft to handle his appeal. It was also brought to our attention that certain retired state troopers are no longer welcome at meetings of affiliate members of the Louisiana State Troopers Association (LSTA), especially those retirees who might question the wisdom of the LSTA’s making campaign contributions to political candidates. We now know what that discipline was as well as what the alleged infraction was, and it substantiates what we wrote about back in August. Chris Guillory has filed an appeal of an undetermined disciplinary action for unknown actions. ![]() We first learned that Troop D Commander Capt. LouisianaVoice has learned of new developments in the ongoing saga of the State Police Internal Affairs investigation at Troop D.
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