For years the Internal
Affairs Department in the Township of Irvington was in shambles. The
department’s unit for all practical purposes was a waste of taxpayer’s
money. The department either refused to
take citizens complaints, and when complaints were taken the internal affairs
officers routinely rubber stamped their fellow officers actions dismissing the
citizen complaints as unfounded or unsubstantiated. These types of internal affairs
investigations unfortunately are not isolated to Irvington.
In two successful civil
rights lawsuits against the Irvington Police department by Attorney Vincent J.
Sanzone, Jr., it was uncovered in the discovery process that the internal
affairs unit failed to comply with Attorney General Guidelines which required
among other things that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office be notified of
patterns of abuse among its police officers.
Further, in one case the K-9 unit was run with such disregard for the
law that the department was disbanded entirely.
More county prosecutor’s
should follow the lead of Essex County and monitor cities and towns in their county to determine if the
internal affairs units in those jurisdictions are following the law. One county in particular Union County should seize the files of the Elizabeth Police Department which routinely
in violation of the law by refuses to take citizens complaints, through
intimidation and other means. The Elizabeth
police department’s internal affairs unit is currently a joke and continues to
make no effort to investigate its rouge police officers. Until the Union County Prosecutor’s Office
intervenes people’s constitutional rights will be continually violated by rouge
and errant police officers of the Elizabeth Police Department.
Law Office of Vincent J.
Sanzone, Jr., Esq.
YourCivilRights@gmail.com
277
North Broad Street
P.O.
Box 261
Elizabeth, N.J. 07207
Office Phone: (908)
354-7006
Cell Phone: (201) 240-5716
Dated: October
2, 2012
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