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Troopers Union Alleges Retaliation, Gender Bias in Firing of Female State Trooper

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    -36% Somewhat Liberal

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    30% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    -36% Somewhat Liberal

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62% : (WRGB)-- A former New York State trooper who tested positive on a drug screening says she was unfairly targeted and fired by the agency -- and now, the state troopers union is calling on the state Inspector General to investigate The New York State Troopers Police Benevolent Association filed a formal complaint Tuesday with the Inspector General, alleging the New York State Police retaliated against former trooper Jamie Kasper and fired her in what the union calls a case of gender discrimination and abuse of power.
57% : Beau Duffy, Executive Director of Public Information for the New York State Police, responded saying all appropriate procedures were followed in Kasper's case.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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