New Jersey AG Spent $270,000 to Investigate Media Reports on Top State Cop
On 4/22/21 at 5:19 PM EDT
The New Jersey Attorney General s Office spent nearly $270,000 to investigate coverage from
Newsweek and other outlets regarding the acting head of the New Jersey State Police s handling of a corruption case.
News of the probe and its price tag come amid calls for police reform and transparency nationwide, including in New Jersey, where Acting State Police Superintendent Patrick J. Callahan has not received a confirmation hearing in three and a half years.
Newsweek first reported on June 16 of last year that Callahan, then deputy superintendent of operations, held an informal sitdown in March 2017 with Sussex County Prosecutor Francis A. Koch and two other officials at a Bound Brook diner, where Callahan revealed that one of his troopers had filed corruption charges against the prosecutor s office. The charges surrounded the handling of a quashed sexual assault case involving a
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Woman who made sex assault claim criticizes report clearing N.J. State Police, prosecutors of misconduct
Updated Apr 01, 2021;
The woman at the center of a sexual assault investigation that led to a bitter fight between New Jersey State Police and county prosecutors on Wednesday criticized a new report that cleared law enforcement officials of wrongdoing.
In 2017, Laura Gallagher accused the son of a county official of shoving her into a car and groping her.
State troopers arrested the man, but the Sussex County Prosecutor’s Office later decided not to bring charges, which led to formal complaints of misconduct and lawsuits that continue to this day.
New Jersey Herald
A Franklin police lieutenant suspended for allegedly misusing steroids will have to testify at his own disciplinary hearing as a witness for the borough, after a ruling Monday by the New Jersey Supreme Court.
The court s decision allows attorneys representing Franklin borough and its police department to question Jeffrey Smith first, clearing the way to resume a 2019 hearing that was halted on its first day when the officer objected.
Smith had contended it would be fundamentally unfair if he was called as the first witness, which he said would force him to testify before he has heard a single witness testify against him.
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