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A traffic officer patrols a lightly trafficked street in Weehawken, N.J., on Feb. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
TRENTON, N.J. (CN) The New Jersey Supreme Court appeared likely Tuesday to give force to new state directives that would identify police officers disciplined for misconduct.
“Attorneys do this, we have an attorney disciplinary process; the medical community and many other professions do this,” Justice Barry Albin said at oral arguments. “Why should law enforcement be exempted from what so many other professions do in terms of disclosing those people who have been disciplined?”
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal adopted the shift in the wake of nationwide protests last summer after George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, part of a bid to have more transparency and accountability in law enforcement.
NJ AG Grewal can t release names of disciplined police, lawyers argue
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How the Police Bank Millions Through Their Union Contracts
The public funds six-figure “sick day” payouts, $2,500 “perfect attendance” bonuses and lucrative “extra duty” assignments identified in a ProPublica, Asbury Park Press analysis of New Jersey police union contracts.
Feb. 8, 5 a.m. EST
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One town’s police contract guaranteed a retiring lieutenant $121,000 for unused sick time. Another’s promises officers six months pay with no work required as a parting retirement benefit. In another contract, cops get paid $109 an hour for side gigs like monitoring traffic at construction sites.