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Paramus Man Files Lawsuit Against Bergen County Police Academy Over Alleged Training Injuries

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Paramus NJ, a Paramus man, Nicholas Trapani, has filed a lawsuit against Bergen County, its Police Academy, Sheriff’s Office, Prosecutor’s Office, and five individuals involved in the academy’s training program, alleging serious injuries sustained during his time at the academy. The lawsuit, filed on New Year’s Eve in New Jersey’s Superior Court, raises concerns about the training practices and lack of medical care provided to recruits.

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Bergen County Executive James J. Tedesco Assumes Full Operational Responsibility of the Bergen County Police Academy

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Hackensack NJ,  Bergen County Executive James J. Tedesco, III releases the following statement regarding the operation of the Bergen County Police Academy:

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Bergen Police Merger good to go

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Bergen Police Merger good to go

Freeholders give final approval to combining Bergen County Police and Sheriff’s Office

February 25, 2015, 9:32 PM    Last updated: Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 9:53 PM
By JOHN C. ENSSLIN
staff writer |
The Record

The Bergen County freeholders took what was called a “historic” final step Wednesday toward creating one unified county law-enforcement agency by combining the County Police into the Sheriff’s Office.

By identical 6-to-1 votes, the freeholders gave final approval to two ordinances that will place the 98-year-old County Police Department’s 95 officers under the command of Sheriff Michael Saudino.

Freeholder Maura DeNicola, who has questioned the estimated savings of the consolidation plan, cast the lone dissenting votes.

DeNicola said she realized the plan was moving ahead and she wanted it to happen as efficiently as possible.

“But I’ve always felt that this takes us in the wrong direction in Bergen County in terms of trying to save money and make policing more efficient,” DeNicola said.

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Bergen County Police would be due hefty pay raise in consolidation with Sheriff’s Office, union says

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Bergen County Police would be due hefty pay raise in consolidation with Sheriff’s Office, union says

MAY 16, 2014, 6:41 PM    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014, 10:58 PM
BY JOHN C. ENSSLIN
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD

A rose is a rose is a rose, author Gertrude Stein once wrote.

But is a realignment a merger or a consolidation?

That’s the question left dangling after a four-year contract that the Bergen County freeholders approved unanimously this week with the union that represents officers in the Bergen County Police Department.

And it’s a $1-million-a-year question.

The board’s Democratic freeholders contend that their plan to put the 89-member county police force under the command of the sheriff is a realignment, not a merger. The ordinance, approved by the freeholders in October, uses the word transfer, not merger.

Thus they hope to avoid a so-called poison-pill clause insisted upon by the union that would scuttle the deal if the department is merged, consolidated or disbanded into the Sheriff’s Office.

Under that interpretation, the new labor contract would be undone and the final overlapping year of the old contract would kick in.

Three years ago, at the request of Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan, the union agreed to defer pay increases until 2014, the final year of the old contract.

This year, the union made concessions on wages in exchange for job security. It inserted the poison pill to protect against a merger.

If the transfer is not called off or voided by a court, and the union succeeds in invoking the poison pill, then instead of getting a 1.5 percent annual pay hike under the renegotiated contract, the officers would get a 10 percent raise starting this year under the terms of the old agreement. And they would have to negotiate a new one for future years.

The difference is about $1 million in annual salaries.

The freeholders voted for the realignment only after receiving written assurance from the county’s labor lawyer that nothing in the new contract limits which department can supervise the County Police.

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