CJ Griffin Discusses 2023 Police Major Discipline Report with NorthJersey.com

CJ Griffin, partner and director of the Justice Gary S. Stein Public Interest Center at Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C., was recently quoted in a NorthJersey.com article titled, “NJ Attorney General Releases 2023 Police Major Discipline Report, Revealing 539 Incidents.” The article discusses the 2023 Major Discipline Report, enumerating incidents of law enforcement officers across the state who faced reprimand for a litany of violations after probes by presiding internal affairs units.  2023 was the second year in a row Attorney General Matthew Platkin’s office released the report months after the data was due to be submitted by each agency on Jan. 31.

"The delay is unacceptable all around," said CJ Griffin. "Why are we getting it six months later?" Noting that the report itself says it was completed June 27, Griffin added: "Why did it take more than a month to post to the public?"

Grifin found "vague" examples in the report, such as one synopsis of why a Camden County corrections officer received a 15-day suspension for authoring "an inappropriate post on his personal Facebook account" that was deemed "unbecoming" conduct.

"Inappropriate and unbecoming, how? Was it racist or sexist? We need the details,” said Griffin.

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