Legislative Analyst Finds Big Issues with CA Hwy Patrol

SACRAMENTO - The California Legislative Analyst's Office on Friday, in a report said that the state's Highway Patrol Department "cannot adequately explain the disparity between the IDR [as industrial disability retirement] rates for senior officers and rank-and-file officers," and is asking the Legislature to authorize an investigation. However, the Analyst's office says that the incidence of fraud among rank and file CHP officers is less than had been previously thought."Since 2000, more than three-fourths of California Highway Patrol's (CHP's) senior-ranking officers have retired due to work...