IMPEACH THE JUDGE! Let the people speak!

What a clown she is. Let's have drunks, druggies and petty thieves post referendums to repeal alcohol, drug, and shoplifting laws while we are at it! Typical!

Eerie. Was there any mention of Permanent Injunctive Relief?

As a police officer in Hackensack (1964-1989 pre Zisa) We relied on the highly professional Bergen County Police to be there on the few occasions we needed them. They were a great backup to many police departments. They are a highly professional and well trained Para-military unit. The Sheriffs' office however, was known as a political dumping ground where “real cops” wouldn't extend Sheriff Officers the "professional Courtesy", as they never considered them "Real Cops" The merger will just make it like merging the TSA with the FBI.
Bob Doherty

While the disband the Bergen County Police. They should also look into cutting the town municapal Police Dept also. Teaneck has a excellent Police Dept. But, Englewood, Paramus and Oakland are glorified Security Guards. They do nothing to protect the citizens from crime. They are lazy and do not want to fill out police reports and have NO detective skills in solving crimes because they do not care about if you are robbed. I see no reason why taxpayers should be paying $150,000 to Police Officers to write tickets to earn revenue for the town. We are already paying hefty taxes to support their salaries. I would like to see their salaries greatly reduced especially in this economy or reduce the size of the Police Department.

KEEP THE BCPD ! They are very professional, the provide services that individual towns cannot, they patrol the highways and keep the trucks "in line" ( only TWO counties can do this and BCPD is one of them ), BCP had the first canine service, they maintain an excellent SWAT, they provide SCUBA services, they train many many other officers at the BCPA, and the list will just go on.

I must disclose that I ahve known so many BC Police Officers over the years. I have taught at BCPA with some also. They are one of the finest police departments we have and if the were moved into the Sherrifs Dept. we would lose them forever into a political quagmire.

ELIMINATE THE COUNTY POLICE..THEY ARE NOT NEEDED...THEY ARE A WASYE OF FUNDING DUPLICATING SERVICES FOR THE PRIVATE POLICE FORCE OF THE COUNTY EXEC!....ELIMINATE THE WASTE!!!

TAXPAYERS SHOULD BE ANGRY...HOW DARE KATHY DONAVAN DECIDE WE ARE NOT ABLE TO DECIDE OR EVEN TO BE ALLOWED TO HAVE OUR OPINION HEARD ABOUT THIS MATTER...DONAVAN WILL GO TO ANY EXTRREME TO PROTECT HER COUNTY POLICE...EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT NEEDED....I WONDER WHY???...

PERHAPS IT IS TIME TO ELIMINATE THE OFFICE OF COUNTY EXEC!!...VOTERS SHOULD HAVE THEIR OPINIONS HEARD!!!

The BCPD is a skilled outfit yes, but we do not need two of everything. The Sheriff had the right to spend money and have a dept and all these services are not needed twice. I find it interesting that Donovan would like to merge sevices like the police in towns to save money but refuses to let go of her power and merge the BCPD with the Sheriffs office. Ironic isn't it? I voted for her, but now that she has taken my right or asked a judge who is an idiot to take my right away to vote on this shows me she knew she would not be happy with the results and the people of Bergen County would have spoken and it would have been against keeping the BCPD. Donovan has sadly lost my vote.

Maybe the jail is overcrowded with non-violent offenders. Could that be part of the issue, too?

I dont see why we cant merge all the LOCAL pd into the county! Almost like NYC, you have the hugh department with all the precints. This is one way to do away with all the overpaid local police chiefs and assistants, you only need captains in each precint. I has always amazed me when one little local town pays the same amount of money to one chief as the head of the entire NYC department. Seems to me that is where the wast is especially when the locals seem to depend on the county when something bid happens anyway!

While I disagree with the judges decision it was predicated on sound legal principals and jurisprudence. That being said, he should have allowed the referendum to go forward because it would have been helpful to see the opinion of the very people who must pay for a redundunt county police agency. He the people voted to incorporate the BCPD into the BCSD then the Freeholders would have had a mandate to do so and the County Executive could have vetoed it to face the rath of the electorate. A $631,000 dollar study found that the Bergen County Police should be dissolved as they did in Hudson County. One politician should not be allowed to stand up against fiscal snse and the will of the electorate. I'm for hearing from the taxpayer....

Can someone please explain to me why Bergen needs a county police if all but ONE other NJ county have eliminated the department? Why cant all county police be transfered under the sheriff thus eliminating the extra management and associated expresses.

All I can say is its all about the politics and the power not the public and not what is wasteful , duplicated or no longer needed and that goes for all the towns and not just the BCPD. If every town looked into there departments I am sure they would find wasteful and duplication in areas that could be cut but they never will and that's why we will never get spending under control some one always has an agenda for there own gain.

There are too many elderly and non-violent offenders in the jail. Ask any nurse who has worked there. It's a vast waste of resources, including but not limited to public safety manpower. It's time to look at the many alternatives to the incarceration of these people. It's another way to keep our taxes stable.

Can any one tell us why we vote for FREEHOLDERS what's the point ?
When the will and wishes of the people are trampled on my Queen Donovan and her King Campaign manager who can buy injustice quicker than the poor people in NJ can buy a Big Mack.

Now Donovan needs to move the function of corrections into the dept. of public safety and saudino needs to privatize his paper boys. The rest of the SOs and 15% hacks can sit in the courthouse and wave their metal detectors. Then we move towards one countywide police dept. THE BCSD NEEDS TO STAY IN THE JAILS AND COURTS GNUBIE!! THEY ARE NOT COPS!!

don't bogart that joint, pass it over to me

@GNOBI01 There are many factors involved in this issue. I note that the way you express yourself to others on this site is very disrespectful.

A sheriffs officer cant become a cop because they wont merge the BCPD with them.......so he out there moaning about everything except the fact that they are not cops get over it !!! talk all you want about the system but you can't change the FACT YOU are not real COPS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GNOBIE01 want to be a cop---take a test !!!!! for a real police officer stop your crying .........

To Ms. Francis:
With all due respect, you are factually incorrect about Sheriff's Officers not being able to "become cops," as you put it; they are cops.
I was in the Bergen County Police Academy with many Sheriff's Officers and they participated in exactly the same training classes that I did. They hold the same Police Training Commission Certificate that I have and they engage in the same patrol function that I do. They carry guns, on and off duty, as do I and they strive toward professionalism in a myriad of diversified duties. In every sense of the word they are police officers and some have given their lives in the line of duty. It's inappropriate to besmirch the memory of those like Sheriff's Officer Joe Rybka, who made the supreme sacrifice, by saying that Sheriffs Officers are not cops. That's simply incorrect, wrong headed, purposely hateful and inappropriate. Bergen County Sheriff's Officers are police officers and very professional police officers, at that. It's really no more complicated than that and I'm proud to serve along side them and to consider many Sheriff's Officers to be my closest friends. You may not be a fan of the Sheriff's Department, that is your privilege, but the hate filled rhetoric is beneath the dignity of everyone reading this and hurtful to the survivors. Let's try to keep them in mind when we respond.
Respectfully,
Sergeant Michael Barry # 195 - Port Authority of NY & NJ Police Department (PATH Command)

Test

In response to maryanne, who stated the Bergen jail is full of the elderly and "non violent" offenders, you seriously need a reality check. The jail houses roughly 900 inmates on a daily basis, whose charges range from domestic violence to murder, that's right, MURDER. So much for your " elderly and non violent" theory. I encourage you to do some research. You can start with the hostage incident that took place in the 80's, when two corrections officered were taken hostage and held for 24 hrs by inmates. From there research the late 90's when an officer I worked with was savagely beaten within inches of his life during a botched escape. That beating ended his career. Or research where Richard Kuklinshi, the "iceman" was housed. That's right, the Bergen County jail. Where do you think each and every killer, rapist, and thug who ends up in state prison starts out?? That's right, the county jail of the county they were arrested in. And there they stay, sometimes for a year or more until the trial and sentencing is done. Corrections officers, unarmed and outnumbered 60 to 1, have the hardest Job in law enforcement, bar none. I know because I was one first before I became a street cop. This responses has nothing to do with the merger question but I almost fell off my chair when I read that highly uneducated comment. Next time do your homework. Non violent and elderly???? Maybe you should do comedy.

Sgt Barry - basic academy training and a certificate do not make sheriff officers cops. they guard the courthouse and serve process. is that what a cop does at the port authority or in a municipality or in the state police? NO they do not. they do not perform the same patrol function. get rid of them now. save the taxpayers money now.

Ok for the record let's clarify some things for those who are confused, of which there appears to be many. Sheriffs officers are cops. They receive the exact same 19 weeks training, attend the exact same police academy class, and are awarded the exact same police training certificate as all municipal and county police officers. The only difference is their job title and function, currently. They handle court security, serve process, handle evictions, as well as missing persons and crime scene forensics. They may also conduct traffic enforcement and issues summonses or make arrests when needed. This all amounts to being qualified as "cops" in my book, although thy do not currently patrol towns. I think many people are confusing sheriffs officers with the other job title in that department, corrections officers, who while also able to make arrests and enforce the law, receive different training geared towards corrections and do not handle any traffic enforcement at all. Both titles fall under the umbrella of the sheriff.

Everyone has a right to their opinion and has a right to express it without being attacked by another. We should be allowed to vote on it. Other counties in the state have done away with them. Let the people decide.

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