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Prosecutor Takes Control Of Englewood Police Department Prosecutor Takes Control Of Englewood Police Department
Prosecutor Takes Control Of Englewood Police Department Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced Thursday that he’s assuming full control of the Englewood Police Department beginning Friday. “The present action under which the Prosecutor’s Office will assume full direction and control of the police department is occasioned by the unanticipated retirement of Englewood Chief of Police Lawrence Suffern on April 1,” Musella said in a statement. Musella thanked Suffern “for his service to the residents of Englewood for more than 30 years, and I wish him good health and all the best in his retirement. “I also commend the men and women of the E…

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Bergen Prosecutor Takes Control Of Troubled Englewood PD's Internal Affairs Unit Bergen Prosecutor Takes Control Of Troubled Englewood PD's Internal Affairs Unit
Bergen Prosecutor Takes Control Of Troubled Englewood PD's Internal Affairs Unit The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office has assumed control of the troubled Englewood Police Department’s Internal Affairs Unit from Chief Lawrence Suffern for at least the next six months amid accusations that he singled out officers for punishment by denying them extra-work opportunities. A six-month investigation into the department’s internal affairs operation made the move necessary, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella and Englewood City Manager Sonia Alves-Viveiros said in a joint statement Wednesday. Both signed a memorandum of agreement placing a full-time monitor from Musella’s off…

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by Jerry DeMarco