Police Chief in New Jersey Paid $115,000 While Suspended For 130+ Policy Violations

Irvington

Reason

When you're well paid, your paid vacations masquerading as suspensions can be very lucrative.

From the Star-Ledger:

Irvington Police Chief Michael Chase hasn't worked a single day in the past nine months, but a series of legal fits and starts has allowed the town's suspended top cop to take home roughly $115,000 so far this year, leading to a state investigation, officials said.

Chase was suspended in December 2012 after an investigation by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office accused him of quashing a probe into alleged misconduct by his police officer nephew and charged him with failing to properly supervise his department's Internal Affairs Unit. Accused of more than 130 violations of Attorney General's Office guidelines and police department rules, Chase was suspended — with pay — indefinitely.

Earlier this year, Irvington's mayor participated in fearmongering over the sequester. 

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Comments

[Paul.]

Payroll procedures were followed.

[The Rt. Hon. Serious Man, Visc]

Some pigs are more equal than others. Why it's outrageous! The average beat cop would only get $60,000 in paid vacation if he broke the law and was being investigated!

[Hyperion]

But surely, being deprived of selflessly and nobly serving the public, must be far worse punishment than just taking away his salary.

Imagine, just sitting in front of his TV, idly, while knowing that marijuana fiends are on his neighborhood playgrounds, pushing their dope to little children, and he's been rendered powerless to do anything! Surely, death would be a lesser punishment.

[UnCivilServant]

Then lets have mercy and give him death.

[The Late P Brooks]

Earlier this year, Irvington's mayor participated in fearmongering over the sequester.

WAR ON COPS!

[Pro Libertate]

I should punish my children with paid vacations, too. I'm sure that would correct any behavioral issues.

[Episiarch]

Don't worry, ProL. I'll "punish" your teenage daughters the proper way.

[some guy]

I thought Warty had jurisdiction over such things.

[UnCivilServant]

He's reserved for when the perpetrator is unredeemable.

[Episiarch]

I have special jurisdiction over teenage girls. Especially when they are the offspring of ProL.

[Pro Libertate]

Sorry, no, paid vacations only. I merely follow the lead of the best and brightest.

[Paul.]

Don't worry, ProL. I'll "punish" your teenage daughters the proper way.

By forcing them to drink 'craft' beer and eating Hummus?

[Episiarch]

I don't want to get into details, because ProL might shoot me in the face, but "forcing" and "drinking" can totally be part of it, don't worry.

[playa manhattan]

Jesus! I'm amused, but also glad you guys are on opposite sides of the country.

[Pro Libertate]

You think that's a coincidence? Our treaty creates spheres of influence.

[Episiarch]

It's funny because ProL thinks that I abide by treaties.

[Pro Libertate]

You forget that we are both nuclear powers.

[Episiarch]

You can't hug your children with nuclear arms, ProL. But I can.

[Pro Libertate]

Isn't that a Journey song? "Nu-clear Arms?"

[Neoliberal Kochtopus]

By forcing them to listen to rant after rant about how awesome New York is 😛

[UnCivilServant]

New York sucks. I should know, I live here.

[Almanian!]

Well that sucks

[Brett L]

That's essentially what grounding was to me. Oh, I get to catch up on my reading for a week? Cool. It used to annoy the shit out of my parents, but they weren't about to discourage my reading because of some other dumbass thing I had done.

[Loki]

This seems appropriate to post here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....e=youtu.be

[mr simple]

Earlier this year, Irvington's mayor participated in fearmongering over the sequester.

Of course he did. Making sure they all get paid their bloated salaries is priority one.

[Almanian!]

*Lights the dunphy signal*

[Hyperion]

I don't recall a Dunphy sighting around here, in a long time.

[Clich? Bandit]

and this is a problem how?

[UnCivilServant]

He descends into urban legend territory and no one believes he exists anymore.

[Hugh Akston]

But he does exist. At least he did. He saved me from a pot smoker once by jumping his jet-ski over traffic and emptying two magazines from his service weapon into the guy's chest before he had a chance to light up. It seemed a little excessive at the time, but in the totality of circs it was a good stop. As he scooped Morgan Fairchild up off the street and disappeared into the night while powerlifting two 300lb barbells, I yelled after him "thank you dunphyman!"

"hth" he called back. I never could figure out what that meant.

[Almanian!]

+300lbs

[Almanian!]

also, that brought a fucking TEAR to my eye, Hugh - a TEAR

we don't deserver dunphy. we don't. but he's here, watching, helping, saving, GIVING.

Fucking GIVING, man. even though we don't deserve HIM, man!

*sobs uncontrollably*

hth

[SugarFree]

Some men just want to see the world hyperboliate.

[R C Dean]

no one believes he exists anymore.

The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled . . . .

[UnCivilServant]

You keep lighting that thing, but he never shows.

[Hugh Akston]

He often doesn't. But I like reminding everybody that he's out there.

[The Rt. Hon. Serious Man, Visc]

dunphy is the hero Reason deserves, but not the one it needs right now.

[Almanian!]

Wait....wha'....?

[The Rt. Hon. Serious Man, Visc]

A hero can be anyone Alamanian, even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as tasering and punching a man walking down the street to let him now that the world is a fucked up place.

[sarcasmic]

Wingate believes he was a victim of racial discrimination and is suing the police department. He insists he's not angry with the officer who arrested him. "If I ever see him again, and he needs my help for something, I'll help him," Wingate said.

Dumbass.

[R C Dean]

Shorter Wingate:

"Yes, massa. Anything you say, massa."

Who claims they were victim of a racial assault, but doesn't have any bad feelings toward their actual attacker?

[Paul.]

Who claims they were victim of a racial assault, but doesn't have any bad feelings toward their actual attacker?

You find this strange? Gay people who were for years oppressed by their government demand more of it.

Black people attacked by racist mobs in the night AND their government demand that they not be allowed to defend themselves.

I've long ago abandoned any attempt to see the logic in people's political whims.

[Loki]

Maybe when he says "If I ever see him again, and he needs my help for something, I'll help him" what he means he'll help him die?

[Byron]

ATFPAPIC - STOP RESISTING!!!

[Eduard van Haalen]

"lucratice"

I think you mean "lucrative"

[Almanian!]

I think Lucratice is a Ludacris' cuzzin, yo

[The Late P Brooks]

dunphy is the hero Reason deserves

If by "hero" you mean "pinata".