Jersey City Police Unions Sue City Over CCRB Resolution

JERSEY CITY, NJ — Jersey City's two police unions are suing the city over a resolution the City Council passed to create a civilian complaint review board.

The lawsuit was filed on Thursday by the unions' attorney, Michael Bukosky of the Hackensack firm Loccke, Correia, and Bukosky. The lawsuit was first reported and obtained by The Hudson County View — it claims the resolution is too broad and police unions weren't given enough notice, among other things.

"The members of plaintiffs’ police organizations have been denied both substantive as well as procedural Due Process where the adoption procedures utilized by the governing body neither provide notice nor identify any defined process for police department personnel investigations undertaken by private persons appointed through the new resolution to the new civilian board," the lawsuit reads.

Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop tweeted this criticism of the lawsuit, "Accountability should not be the enemy of the police and a lawsuit here doesn’t reflect well on rhetoric from police unions on their willingness to be a partner in improving law enforcement."

Read more about this story at the Hudson County View.