‘I don’t think we need any outsiders telling us how to run this agency,’ said Colonel Mark Delaney of the State Police.

The State Police union has urged Governor Deval Patrick to order an independent audit of the agency to investigate its complaint that the force is top heavy, with too many highly paid superior officers and not enough troopers…

…“If there is any waste at the top with overstaffing of management, then I’d like to find that out,’’ said Richard R. Brown, president of the State Police Association of Massachusetts, during an interview last week. “That money could be used to put more boots on the street. We shouldn’t be laying off any troopers if there is waste at the top.’’

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