EIGHTY STATE POLICE RETIREES BACK ON NJ PAYROLL; DOUBLE-DIPPERS GET $12.8M A YEAR IN PENSIONS & SALARIES
New Jersey State Lottery deputy director Duane Daniels hit a jackpot when he retired as a State Police captain at age 50.
Daniels started collecting an $88,296 annual pension in October 2009. That same month, he was hired as the lottery's head of security at a $90,000 salary. For Daniels, his annual payout increased to $178,296.
In this game, taxpayers don't stand a chance. The rules are rigged in favor of Daniels and scores of other retirees. While mid-career retirements drain millions from state pension funds that face a $41.7 billion shortfall, double-dipping adds insult to voters who were promised reform.
A New Jersey Watchdog investigation found 80 State Police retirees are back on the state payroll as full-time employees. Collectively, they receive $12.8 million a year – nearly $7 million in salaries plus $5.8 million from pensions. Of the 80 "retired" troopers:
· Twenty-two are re-employed by the State Police; 19 as investigators. They draw both State Police pensions and paychecks.
· Twenty-seven work as investigators elsewhere within the Department of Law & Public Safety, the agency in charge of the State Police. Twenty are assigned to the Division of Criminal Justice, five are under the Division of Law, and the Division of Consumer Affairs and Office of Attorney General each employ one.
· Thirty-one State Police retirees work at other state agencies, including the State Comptroller, Treasury, Education, Insurance & Banking, Secretary of State, Motor Vehicle Commission, State Parole Board, Human Services, Health and Senior Services, Information Technology and Office of Homeland Security.
For the complete story and full list, go to http://newjersey.watchdog.org.
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