The head of an organization that represents Georgia troopers says they have the worst pay of any state highway patrol in America.
Sgt. Charles Chapeau, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge, says starting pay for troopers in Georgia is less than $36,000.
Chapeau says the low pay leads to a high turnover rate and makes the roads less safe.
Lithia Springs native Chris Richardson says he didn’t make enough as a Georgia State Trooper, so he's moving to Texas, where he says he can make double his former salary as a Texas Highway Patrol Trooper.
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