A Suffolk County jury found on Monday that the State Police systematically discriminated against female and minority troopers through its promotional process and ordered the agency to pay more than $6.8 million.

The verdict came in a lawsuit, first filed in 2016, alleging the overwhelmingly male and white State Police brass routinely pass over female and minority troopers for promotion, and exile those who do earn advancement to far-flung barracks and overnight shifts. Specifically, it involved allegations from five current and former troopers, including women and Black and Hispanic people, that they were passed over for prized positions within specialty investigative units seen as stepping stones to agency leadership. The jury found that the agency’s practices involving coveted special

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