No ‘Major Discipline' For Mendham, Chester Police

CHESTER, NJ — New Jersey’s Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck released the first list on Tuesday of “major discipline” issues that police departments from throughout the state submitted to the Attorney General's Office.

The issues that were reported span between June 15 and Dec. 31, 2020 and were required per a directive by former Attorney General Gurbir Grewal.

This past June, Grewal announced that police departments had two months to submit the information, his 102-page directive receiving backing from the state's Supreme Court.

Discipline that falls under the major category would include suspensions of more than five days, reductions in rank and terminations.

While New Jersey's State PBA President Pat Colligan called June's court decision "frustrating and disappointing," he was satisfied with a provision that allowed officers who agreed to discipline, the potential to have a judge's approval to keep records their records sealed.

Neither Mendham Township nor Mendham Borough Police reported any major discipline issues during that time period and instead came up under the category “Agencies Without Major Discipline," a list the majority of New Jersey police departments appeared on.

Chester Police didn’t show up on either of the lists as of Tuesday.

For the full list released by the Attorney General's Office, click here.

Going forward, police departments will be required by each Jan. 31 to submit major discipline information from the last calendar year to the Attorney General’s Office.

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Reporting contributed by Josh Bakan.

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