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Trenton NJ, according to Newsweek in January 2017, Laura Gallagher told New Jersey State Police troopers she was a victim of a sexual assault. The detective who interviewed her believed her account and secured a warrant for the suspect. His work on the case won him a commendation. But three-and-a-half years later, Gallagher’s alleged assailant is still free.
Newsweek alleges that interviews with state troopers, prosecutorial staff and other individuals involved in the case, all of whom requested anonymity for fear of reprisal, and a review of hundreds of pages of confidential documents appear to show that officials in the highest echelons of the State Police stymied a corruption complaint against the county prosecutor’s office that had been lodged by troopers handling Gallagher’s case.
In a deposition in a related proceeding, acting State Police Superintendent Patrick J. Callahan, the force’s top official, recalled an exchange with the prosecutor’s office shortly after the suspect was charged.Reportedly, the state troopers who interrogated alleged suspect argued with the Sussex Country prosecutors on whether or not they should pursue the said sexual assault case, and Acting State Police Superintendent Patrick J. Callahan had intervened in this debate remarking that they “would look into it.” The case was left unsolved despite Callahan’s promise of addressing it.
Recent documents indicate that a corruption probe linked to an unsolved sexual assault case has been brushed under the rugs by top-ranking officials of the New Jersey State Police.
He won’t be fired. Probably won’t even be reprimanded. PBA Union abd blue wall of silence BS. Hand in your badge pervert. You’ve lost the public trust and are unfit to serve.
How Police-Union Power Helped Increase Abuses
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-police-union-power-helped-increase-abuses