Jersey City POBA elects new president and his leadership team to three-year terms
Jersey City Police Officers Benevolent Association President-Elect Joe Cossolini. Screenshot via Twitter.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Carmine Disbrow was seeking a fourth term as the POBA president after being elected in 2012, 2015, and 2018, but he was defeated handily by Det. Joseph Cossolini at the union’s election – which occurs every three years – which was tallied on April 15th.
With 459 ballots counted, Cossolini secured 351 to Disbrow’s 108, with the detective’s slate all securing at least 307 votes and pulling off a clean sweep, according to tally forwarded to HCV.
Jersey City rally sparks debate over ‘F - the pigs’ chant
Updated Apr 19, 2021;
A Saturday rally in Jersey City sparked debate after video circulated online of marchers shouting “F - the pigs,” apparently at police officers stationed on the street.
A video clip of roughly 100 protestors shouting the slogan as they approach a Jersey City Police Department vehicle drew criticism from Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, who called the chant “inflammatory + infectious rhetoric which only further divides us” on Twitter.
“Obscenities being hurled at police officers who risk their lives every day is unacceptable, we should agree this isn’t an appropriate way to express grievances + it undermines calls for change,” he wrote.
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Police Director Tawana Moody, a civilian, takes over atop the Jersey City Police Department
Updated Feb 02, 2021;
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Jersey City Police Director Tawana Moody is taking over all police department operations in the wake of Chief Michael Kelly’s recent retirement, bringing the city’s police force under the leadership and oversight of a civilian, Mayor Steve Fulop said Tuesday.
Fulop said appointing a civilian to oversee the department will improve police accountability, transparency, and community relations. The move also expands civilian access to Internal Affairs investigations, including resident complains of potential police wrongdoing, he said.
“Public perspective is just as valuable as police perspective, and I believe this latest step we’re taking will strengthen police/community relations,” Fulop said.