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Fired Wayne Officer Claiming Retaliation, Sexual Harassment Seeks Reinstatement Fired Wayne Officer Claiming Retaliation, Sexual Harassment Seeks Reinstatement
Fired Wayne Officer Claiming Retaliation, Sexual Harassment Seeks Reinstatement A former Wayne police officer said she was fired for filing a sexual harassment lawsuit. Now, she wants her job back. In her most recent lawsuit filed in Passaic County Superior Court Friday, Aug. 2, Christie Ohlendorf is seeking to have her job restored. Ohlendorf says she's been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression, related to being a female police officer in Wayne. "Our client was illegally terminated at her internal affairs hearing as direct retaliation for her filing her civil lawsuit as against Wayne," the former officer's attorney, Patrick Toscano sai…

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by Sam Barron
Politics
Muslim Police Chief Put On Administrative Leave After Being Targeted In Racist Remarks: Report Muslim Police Chief Put On Administrative Leave After Being Targeted In Racist Remarks: Report
Muslim Police Chief Put On Administrative Leave After Being Targeted In Racist Remarks: Report Ahmed Naga, the Long Hill Township Police Chief who recently filed a notice of intent to sue the town due to alleged workplace discrimination and racism, has been put on administrative leave just days after a private investigator unearthed and submitted evidence of a committee member making racist remarks, NJ.com reports. Naga was suspended with pay as of Thursday after Patrick Toscano, his lawyer, submitted clips where township committee member Brendan Rae told a private investigator under him in a sworn statement that the chief had been called a Muslim ethnic slur, according to the outlet.…

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by Valerie Musson