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LAWSUIT: Former North Jersey Police Officer Fired Over EMT Work During Pandemic LAWSUIT: Former North Jersey Police Officer Fired Over EMT Work During Pandemic
Lawsuit: Former North Jersey Police Officer Fired Over EMT Work During Pandemic A former Morris County police officer has filed a lawsuit alleging he was forced to quit for taking a job as a Bergen County EMT during the COVID-19 pandemic. Clifton's Thomas Trommelen says he was forced to resign from the Harding Police Department after officials there refused to approve his work as a Fort Lee EMT, over fears he would be at risk for contracting Coronavirus, according to the suit filed last week in state Superior Court in Morris County. Trommelen, 27, didn't want to leave the force because he felt it was understaffed at the onset of the pandemic, the suit says. Trommelen …

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