Bergen County Executive-elect James Tedesco vows to push ahead on police merger
NOVEMBER 5, 2014, 11:48 PM LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2014, 12:06 AM
BY JOHN C. ENSSLIN AND JEAN RIMBACH
STAFF WRITERS |
THE RECORD
A day after his come-from-behind victory in the race for Bergen County executive, James Tedesco signaled he will follow through on one of his main campaign pledges: merging the Bergen County Police into the Sheriff’s Office.
At a freeholder work session Wednesday, Tedesco asked the board’s attorney to make a formal request that the county voluntarily drop the lawsuit that County Executive Kathleen Donovan filed against the freeholders seeking to block the merger plan.
Tedesco, a Democrat, defeated Donovan, the Republican incumbent, in a decisive 54 to 46 percent vote on Tuesday.
Tedesco, who will take office in January, has said he will make the consolidation of the two departments one of his top priorities during the first 100 days of his administration.
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