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Fifty Jersey City Police Officers participated in the annual Police Unity Tour this week. Despite the tour being shortened to a one-day ride due to the pandemic, the Jersey City Police Cycling Team raised $100,000 for the National Law Enforcement Officer’s Memorial and Museum, and to bring awareness of Law Enforcement Officers who have died in the line of duty. Photo by Jen Brown. ×
Fifty Jersey City Police Officers participated in the annual Police Unity Tour this week. Despite the tour being shortened to a one-day ride due to the pandemic, the Jersey City Police Cycling Team raised $100,000 for the National Law Enforcement Officer’s Memorial and Museum, and to bring awareness of Law Enforcement Officers who have died in the line of duty. Photo by Jen Brown.
North Bergen PD has lowest municipal use-of-force rate in Hudson, AG database shows
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
North Bergen’s use-of-force rate is six percent, according to the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office’s Use-of-Force Dashboard.
“Building trust between our officers and the community we serve has never been more critical to our mission, so I could not be more proud of the men and women of the North Bergen Police Department who are truly living up to our values by limiting the use of force whenever possible,” Police Chief Peter Fasilis said in a statement.
“I believe strongly that we are most effective when the residents know us, trust us, and believe we are here to protect them. Reducing use-of-force encounters helps build those relationships and makes our entire community safer.”
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Chief Fasilis gives his department two thumbs up. Photo by Art Schwartz.
New data released by the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office shows that the North Bergen Police Department employed use of force at a lower rate than any other municipal police department in Hudson County last year.
According to the data, North Bergen’s rate was 6.0 percent, with just seven use-of-force reports filed between Oct. 1, 2020, and Feb. 28, 2021.
Mayor Nicholas Sacco and other officials celebrated the ranking as proof that its fostering of better police-community relations is succeeding and helping make residents safer.
“We’ve always known that our North Bergen Police Department is one of the most outstanding law enforcement agencies in the state, and this new set of data proves that our officers are not only keeping us safe from crime, they are doing it in a professional manner that shows restraint and respect,” Sacco said. “I commend Chief Peter Fasilis and his entire te
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North Bergen to hold first webinar for property tax reval
The May 6 Zoom event aims to inform residents about the process ×
Multiple webinars will be held amid the property tax revaluation process.
North Bergen will soon begin its property tax revaluation, which has been in the early phases for months. Due to a directive from the state and the Hudson County Board of Taxation, the township is undergoing a mandatory property tax revaluation to accurately assess the value of all properties.
Representatives from Appraisal Systems Inc. (ASI) will hold a series of Zoom webinars where residents can watch a presentation about the process and ask questions.
Notorious N.J. ‘Torso Killer’ pleads guilty to 2 murders from 1974
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Richard Cottingham, the notorious serial killer dubbed the “Torso Killer” for his gruesome modus operandi, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to two murders from 1974, authorities announced.
Cottingham, 74, who is currently serving a life sentence in New Jersey State Prison after admitting to six killings in New York and New Jersey, pleaded guilty to killing Mary Ann Pryor, 17, and Lorraine Kelly, 16, back in August 1974, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said in a statement.
Early January 2020, it was discovered that Cottingham had previously confessed to the murders of three Bergen County teenagers in the late 1960s - each a cold case for over 50 years. Although he was not charged with the teens’ murders, the prosecutor’s office said the cases were “exceptionally cleared.”