Surveillance Video Appears To Capture Hackensack Officers Picking Locks

HACKENSACK, N.J. — Surveillance footage acquired by NorthJersey.com that appears to depict Hackensack police picking the lock of a Prospect Avenue apartment building last year has become a new piece of evidence in an internal affairs investigation.

Recently-released surveillance video has become a key part of an internal investigation in the Hackensack police department.
Photo Credit: *Cecilia Levine*

Cecilia Levine

10/06/2017 12:48 p.m.

The video depicts the only uniformed officer accompanied by six others in street clothing trying to open the locked lobby door of Sheldon Arms apartments.

When that doesn't work, a detective appears to crouch down and then, pop — the door swings open.

Daily Voice originally reported in May that those six officers had been suspended, and amid an administrative investigation were the unit commander, the second-in-command and two detectives and two patrol officers, multiple law enforcement sources confirmed.

As a result, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office dropped charges in eight criminal cases after the officers in question allegedly conducted an illegal search.

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