Two suspended Glen Rock police officers accused of deleting two photos from department server
JANUARY 21, 2015, 6:38 PM LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015, 7:21 PM
BY CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
GLEN ROCK — Two borough police officers — suspended without pay pending a departmental hearing — are accused of deleting two photos from the police department’s server, their attorneys said in a statement on Wednesday.
The photos were shot during a retirement party at police headquarters in 2005, said attorneys John McAusland and Merick Limsky, who called the charges levied against their clients “specious.” The statement does not describe what the photographs depicted in any detail.
“Many members of the Glen Rock Police Department, including many of the present leadership of the department, witnessed what was depicted in these photographs when that event actually occurred,” the statement reads. “No charges were brought in 2005 and no charges should have been brought now.”
Officers Christopher McInerney and Bryan Scott were both suspended by Police Chief Fred Stahman late last month without pay or benefits. The statement does not include information on the specific charges filed against McInerney and Scott by the borough, which also has not made the charges public.
Hundreds of residents and area police officers turned out for Glen Rock council’s meeting Jan. 14 to support both men, and insist they be reinstated. Since that meeting, a crowd-funding campaign for the officers has raised more than $8,000 in donations.
The chief, mayor and council did not reveal at the time what led to the suspensions.
Bigger and darker font please
Is that all there is?
Didn’t think they had servers in Mayberry…..