An internal document is forecasting the possibility of layoffs at the Pennsylvania State Police.
The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, citing an internal document it obtained, reported Sunday that the agency is forecasting the potential layoffs of about 10 percent of the approximately 4,400 troopers under a budget proposal aimed at trimming the department's spending.
The department offers full-or part-time police service to about two-thirds of Pennsylvania's municipalities, as well as complex DNA, ballistics and drug testing services, too.
The department's budget is around $900 million and even that may not be enough, according to the document, which mentions a freeze on new police academy cadet classes until 2013, closing five barracks and freezing civilian hires.
