Long-delayed Hoboken police audit recommends major staff cuts
Following a wait of several months, the operational audit of the Hoboken Police Department has now been released to the city. The audit makes recommendations for significant staffing cuts of...
View ArticleFormer Hoboken city council president sues N.Y. cop, Hoboken cop over 2007...
Former Hoboken Fourth Ward Councilman Chris Campos is suing Sgt. James Peck of the Hoboken police and New York City police officer Joseph Liotta in a civil lawsuit over his DUI arrest more than three...
View ArticleA 22-year-old employee of the Hoboken municipal garage was arrested on Friday...
A 22-year-old employee of the Hoboken municipal garage was arrested on Friday in connection with the theft of a police transponder from back in January 2009, according to police reports. On Friday,...
View ArticleNew budget, same controversies, PBA floods council meeting in opposition of...
Judging by Wednesday night’s City Council meeting, the city’s new six month budget, introduced by a narrow 5-4 vote by the majority allied with Mayor Dawn Zimmer, will be the fresh ground on which many...
View ArticleRamos to Zimmer: Call off police layoffs
Two days after her council majority voted against a non-binding rescind order for Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer’s plan to lay off 18 police officers, Zimmer was hand delivered a letter this morning from...
View ArticlePolice layoffs avoided, Retirements, new HHA plan saves jobs
The bitter fight over Mayor Dawn Zimmer’s plan to lay off 18 police officers may have come to an end. Mayor Zimmer, Police Chief Anthony Falco, and Executive Director of the Hoboken Housing Authority...
View ArticleCops surprised by demotion announcement timing
All of the past year’s political battles were on display again at a marathon City Council meeting Wednesday night. Among the biggest issues was a plan to demote 12 police officers – a number that was...
View ArticleHoboken Police Union appeals 9 Hoboken police demotions to the state
Ken Ferrante left work at the Hoboken Police Department on Friday a lieutenant and returned today a sergeant. "It feels awkward," said Ferrante who was formerly a commander of three community policing...
View ArticleSettlement in N.J. sergeant selection process case draws mixed emotions from...
In January 2010, the Department of Justice sued the state and New Jersey Civil Service Commission, alleging the sergeants exam discriminates against black and Hispanic officers and arguing the tests...
View ArticleHoboken Police Sergeant Test Postponed Indefinitely
The Sergeant’s exam must be postponed indefinitely, due to the ongoing negotiations between the State of New Jersey and the United States Department of Justice regarding an acceptable revised test plan...
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