On July 6, 2015, the Township of Holmdel (Monmouth County) agreed to pay $80,000 to a female applicant who, allegedly because of her gender, was not hired as a police officer. In her suit, Stephanie Geisel claimed that even though she ranked 2nd on the civil service eligibility list and was otherwise highly qualified, Holmdel […]
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Tinton Falls Borough pays $527,500 to settle police lieutenant’s whistleblower lawsuit.
John A. ScrivanicTinton Falls Police Chief On July 7, 2015, the Borough of Tinton Falls (Monmouth County) agreed to pay $527,500 to a retired police lieutenant who claimed he was disciplined and harassed out of his position for reporting a police sergeant’s alleged theft to the county prosecutor. In his suit, Kevin Pierson said that […]
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Keyport secretly pays $40,000 to settle hostile work environment suit.
On May 6, 2015, the Borough of Keyport (Monmouth County) agreed to pay a total of $40,000 to three Borough police officers who claimed that they were subjected to a hostile work environment by the Borough Administrator after they had arrested her for assault and other charges in the Borough’s parking lot. Additionally, one of […]
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OPRA lawsuit seeks police Internal Affairs “Index Files.”
Mitchell A. LittleToms River Police Chief On Friday, December 11, 2015, 2:30 p.m., Ocean County Superior Court Robert E. Brenner will hear argument on a pair of cases that challenge the Toms River’s and Seaside Park’s refusal to disclose their police departments’ Internal Affairs “Index Files” to an Open Public Records Act (OPRA) requestor. Police […]
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Southern Regional Board of Education pays $30,000 to settle age discrimination lawsuit.
On November 11, 2015, the Southern Regional Board of Education (Ocean County) agreed to pay $30,000 to a now 73 year old part time school bus driver who claimed that school district officials discriminated against him because of his age. In his suit, Thomas E. Pancoast said that his bid for a full-time driver position […]