The police captain claimed in court papers that the former acting chief harassed and retaliated against him when he tried to investigate alleged illegal practices and policies in the department.
A police captain in Bergen County has agreed to settle a lawsuit against Palisades Park in exchange for a promotion to chief and $40,000 in damages, according to court documents.claimed in court papers the former acting police chief harassed and retaliated against himIn settling his lawsuit, Espino was promoted to chief on Nov. 29 at an annual salary of $190,000. Neither the borough nor Espino admitted wrongdoing as part of the settlement, court records show.
“They settled by promoting him to chief and giving him back pay he would have received if he was promoted a year ago,” Espino’s attorney, Patrick Toscano, said Wednesday. A spokesperson for Palisades Park did not immediately respond Wednesday to an email and phone message to comment on the settlement.
Espino was one of several police officers who filed lawsuits against the borough, claiming former Capt. Shawn Lee — who was the department’s acting chief or “officer-in-charge” — engaged in a pattern of retaliation and reprisals. Lee resigned from his $157,040-a-year post in November after the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office seized a computer from the department and a total of four officers filed lawsuits naming him,
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