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Public Safety &
Corrections
Public Safety Services
State Trooper Pay Raise
- A $15.6 million pay raise was provided for Louisiana State
Troopers during the 2002 Regular Session of the Legislature.
This funding will raise the starting pay of troopers from
$22,048 to $31,304, with a salary increase to $36,601 after
one year of service. Louisiana had ranked last in a comparison
with 14 other Southern states. Top-ranked North Carolina pays
its state troopers $33,672 to start, over $11,000 more than
Louisiana previously offered.
Homeland Defense
- For FY03, a total of $2.4 million and 68 state troopers and
civilians, including equipment and supplies, were added for
Homeland Defense efforts.
Other Significant Budget Items
- $1,029,099 in Statutory Dedications from the Criminal
Identification and Information Fund for thirty-five positions
to perform criminal background checks.
- $1,000,000 in State General Fund for operations of the State
Crime Laboratory, including development of a plan for
equitable distribution of funds to crime laboratories in the
state subject to review and approval by the Joint Legislative
Committee on the Budget.
- $450,000 for enforcement activities for slot machines at
race tracks in the Gaming Enforcement Program in the Office of
State Police.
- $369,540 in State General Fund for salary funding of 9
information technology positions in the Office of Management
and Finance.
- $225,981 in State General Fund for additional administrative
hearings for the Legal Program in the Office of Legal Affairs.
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