The Maryland State Police has agreed to pay $2.75 million to dozens of aspiring troopers who were rejected due to a discriminatory hiring process, officials announced Wednesday.

The state police also will rework its testing regime for applicants, ditching a widely used generic test in favor of one that will be crafted specifically for troopers.

The payment and testing revisions are the result of a two-year investigation by the federal government into discriminatory hiring practices. The two sides agreed to a consent decree that was filed in federal court on Wednesday.

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