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40 Newly-Minted Sheriff's Officers To Hit Passaic County's Streets, Sheriff Says 40 Newly-Minted Sheriff's Officers To Hit Passaic County's Streets, Sheriff Says
40 Newly-Minted Sheriff's Officers To Hit Passaic County's Streets, Sheriff Says Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik is instantly adding 40 officers to the streets amid the closing of the county jail to new inmates. The group is made of corrections officers who otherwise would have been laid off, said Berdnik, who’d promised there’d be no job losses once the jail is closed. The sheriff plans to swear them to their new positions at his Wayne headquarters on Thursday, March 31. The move “expands the number of officers deployed throughout Passaic County,” he said. The officers will be on foot, in parks and in vehicles, targeting crime-prone “hot spots” in the count…

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Passaic Sheriff: Man Caught Throwing Block Through Forensics Office Window Passaic Sheriff: Man Caught Throwing Block Through Forensics Office Window
Passaic Sheriff: Man Caught Throwing Block Through Forensics Office Window A repeat offender with a lengthy criminal history was arrested Thursday after he threw a concrete block through the front windows of the Passaic County Sheriff's forensic investigations unit, authorities said. A witness pointed officers to Carl Belton, 50, after the window at the Bureau of Criminal Identification near the Passaic County Jail at Marshall and Grand street was smashed, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Surveillance video confirmed that it was him, the sheriff said. Belton had outstanding warrants from Bloomfield (drinking in public), Trenton (the same, plus diso…

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by Jerry DeMarco