Union stops N.J. town’s attempt to make cops say if they attended Capitol riot, officers say
Updated Jan 27, 2021;
The state’s second-largest police union has stopped Neptune Township from demanding that its officers inform the town whether or not they participated in the Jan. 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol, the union announced Tuesday in a statement.
The Fraternal Order of Police’s-New Jersey Labor Council said it resolved a grievance on behalf of the members of Neptune Superior Officers Association Lodge 19, and “preserved its members’ Constitutional and contractual rights,” according to the statement.
The township “demanded” on Jan. 20 that its officers identify if they participated in the incident that left five people dead including Capitol police officer and New Jersey native Brian D. Sicknick, and that they would face discipline if they refused to answer, the union said.
A New Jersey police union on Tuesday announced that it had won a dispute over a town’s demand that local police officers identify if they participated in the violent Jan.
GOP Rep. Jim Banks says the move is all part of the Democrat Party s grand plan to federalize elections and make it hard for Republicans to ever win again.
A New Jersey police union has won a dispute with a town that demanded local officers identify if they had participated in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
The town of Neptune upheld a grievance filed by the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP)-New Jersey Labor Council, which claimed that the town had violated its members’ constitutional and contractual rights.
The town issued a notice on Jan. 20 that required officers to identify if they were involved in the Jan. 6 riot in Washington, D.C. The FOP argued, however, that there was no indication, complaint, or information to suggest that any Neptune Superior Officer was in any way involved.