Anthony Villanueva seeks an avenue to return to police work, six years after his removal.
But because of how the allegations unfolded against him in two separate legal systems, he has little recourse to rejoin the force, and wonders if he’ll ever work again as a police officer in New Jersey.
Villanueva was pulled from street patrol in April 2017 due to his actions in a police chase involving several officers. Villanueva, through an employment attorney, started fighting for his job in the administrative arena. He went to the state Civil Service Commission, which scheduled hearings in the Office of Administrative Law in the fall of 2018.Villanueva appealed the decision. That goes to the state court system’s Appellate Division, and it does not happen right away., on civil rights charges accusing them of using excessive force during the police pursuit and filing false reports.
“We took it to the Justice Department, and they threw everything at us,” Ballarotto said. In the end, a jury of Villanueva’s peers cleared him of his actions on the job.
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