2/24/17
by News Department on 02/24/17Cost for PSP...
It costs $600 million for state troopers to provide full-time police services in nearly 1,300 municipalities, the state police commissioner said Thursday at a Senate budget hearing.
Commissioner Col. Tyree Blocker broke down the per capita cost at $234 annually for full-time services to 2.5 million Pennsylvania residents living in those municipalities.
Governor Wolf proposed the $25 fee as part of the next state budget. The proposal would generate $63 million in state revenue. A portion of that revenue would go to train 100 new troopers. Another 400 municipalities rely on state troopers for part-time services. They aren’t affected by the governor’s fee proposal.
The overall state police budget would be $1.2 billion in fiscal 2017-18. More than $700 million would come from the Motor License Fund built on state gasoline taxes and motorist fees.