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Mountainside administrator supports suspended cop

May 22, 2018 12:21 amMay 23, 2018 12:30 pm

The Mountainside borough administrator is showing some support for the owner of “Big Blue” – the suspended police officer who is accused of harassing five of his fellow police officers and a civilian with a blue dildo he keeps in...

Dildogate allegations may be reason to change culture, group says

May 18, 2018 9:32 pmMay 20, 2018 5:29 pm

A lawsuit alleging homophobic slurs by senior officers of the Mountainside police department have caught the attention of Garden State Equality, the New Jersey-based LGTB rights advocacy organization. “We are awaiting further details but obviously, if this is true, it...

Lawsuit alleges harassment, racism by Mountainside cops

May 17, 2018 12:39 amOctober 11, 2018 12:55 pm

It’s Animal House Meets Super Troopers in a small Union County suburban town. Six Mountainside police officers filed a lawsuit on Friday alleging the borough’s leadership has failed to counteract systematic violations and harassment they claimed to have experienced in...