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Originally Posted by MAC
Massachusetts is one of the few states that uses police details for road work. The majority of states use laborers (flaggers) who are given a course in traffic management. This saves the states a bunch of money as the flaggers are usually paid less than half of what a police detail costs. The arguement can be made about it coming out of the contractors pocket but ultimately it comes out of the tax payers pockets.
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Then RI is really screwed up...we have both cops and contractor flag wavers on all road details.
The police and laborer unions and politicians all holding hands,how lovely.Everybody wins except the taxpayers who aren't cops,laborers or politicians.Only in RI.
Btw Matt we all have personal lives cop or not and unless its an emergency if I were caught talking on my cell during work hours its a warning the 1st time and %$%$%$%$canned the second time.No excuse for a cop to be on the cell while performing traffic detail.None.