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Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella today announced the release of Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Directive No. 2020-08, Revised Internal Affairs Procedures and Public Disclosure of Serious Law Enforcement Disciplinary Violations. As we continually reassess how best to serve our communities and heal some of the divisions in our society, this Directive is one part of our effort to improve the procedures which guide and discipline our profession. This Directive is intended to address disparities in the way Bergen County police agencies conduct internal affairs (“IA”) investigations as well as the uneven level of discipline imposed on police officers among the various agencies.
