
MAY 7, 2015 LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2015, 12:25 AM
BY STEVE JANOSKI AND ABBOTT KOLOFF
STAFF WRITERS |
THE RECORD
The officer who fatally shot a Wyckoff family’s 5-year-old German shepherd was also involved in an alleged 2010 police chase in Newark that ended when the police car he was driving fatally struck a domestic violence suspect.
The officer, Kyle Ferreira, was not charged or indicted in the Newark case, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said Wednesday. And Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox said that the department knew about the incident when he was hired in February 2012.
Newark agreed to settle a civil lawsuit related to the incident for $350,000, according to federal court documents. Ferreira was among 160 Newark police officers who were laid off in late November 2010 because of budget cuts, an attorney for Newark said.
Fox said that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office had cleared Ferreira of any criminal wrongdoing in the case and that it was “simply ruled an accident.” He said that Wyckoff authorities were “aware of it, and we investigated it.”
Katharine Carter, a spokeswoman for the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, said prosecutors had presented the case to a grand jury, which found “no cause for action” against Ferreira. “In essence, his actions were deemed to be justified,” Carter said.
I fully expect that the dog shooting incident will result in significant costs to the taxpayer, what with legal bills and an eventual settlement with the owners. Taking into consideration this, plus the previous matter, I’d say that this cop, at the very least, poses an ongoing liability that the taxpayers should not be saddled with. From a risk management perspective, I think it’s time for this cop to find another line of work.
What other line of work, besides “reality celebrity”, will pay a 25 year old with no education or exceptional athletic ability six figures?
Dog pile on the cops … what is this Baltimore?
Apologize; buy the family a new dog; move on
…but wait,,, that would be too practical and reasonable.
How do you know all this 3:58?
LOL @ 6:12.
“Yeah sure officer, just come in my yard and shoot stuff…kill my dog and buy me a new one it’s all good…OH SHIT THAT WAS MY 2 YEAR OLD!!! Hey officer tell you what, can you impregnate my wife so I can have another two year old in a couple years? Yes? Ok we’re cool!”
I’m not anti cop. My brother in law is a cop in Newark (he didn’t get fired) and he’s a great guy. I am anti dumbass meathead cop. The kind that shoots first and thinks later.
Get it?
6:12 you just don’t get it. Killing people’s pets, murdering people, driving drunk and getting a pass multiple times are just unacceptable. Zero tolerance. Cops rightfully are held to s higher standard, and yet here you are defending bad behavior and saying “move on”? F$&@ YOU.
25 yr old cops don’t make 6 figure salary’ they’re too far down the pay scale line.
9:24, 11:57… equating killing an animal to killing a child and impregnating your wife… talk about not getting it.. you guys are delusional.
BTW, nice touch accentuating your ignorance with foul language.
More apoligies for bad behavior. Zero tolerance, Cops must be held to a higher standard of fired for incompetence.