Police Chiefs Assail Proposal ; Say River Vale Plan Empowers Mayor

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › July 29, 2005

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RIVER VALE - A proposed ordinance restructuring the township's Police Department has raised concerns from state and county police organizations.

"Everything that we're addressing has to do with diminishing the power of the chief and putting it into the mayor's hands," declared Sandy Danco, chairman of the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police's Legal Aid and Arbitration Committee.

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Police Chiefs Assail Proposal ; Say River Vale Plan Empowers Mayor

Mayor George Paschalis said the ordinance was changed because of a letter received from the state Attorney General's Office last year that said the police chief and police direc...

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