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State pays N.J. State Police trooper $325,000 to settle whistleblower lawsuit over gun tracking

We represent many whistleblowers throughout the State of New Jersey in diverse employment situations. In 2013, one of our cases, Robert Betten v. State of New Jersey et al., was a State Trooper who brought an action under CEPA. His case is discussed in the following article from the Star Ledger:

Christopher Baxter | The Star-Ledger

TRENTON — The state Attorney General’s Office has agreed to pay $325,000 to a former State Police trooper to settle claims he was mistreated after warning that the division was failing to properly keep track of its thousands of weapons.

The settlement, reached in February and recently obtained by The Star-Ledger, was the second in as many years to include a significant payout to a trooper who claimed retaliation after raising concerns about weapons management.

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