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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Teaneck's top cop snatched by Newark

No, not that Newark... The News Journal of Wilmington reports that Teaneck police chief Paul Tiernan is moving down to Newark, Delaware to head up the police force in that town. As a result, a vacancy is opening up at the top of the Teaneck Police Department only weeks after the Chief's request to add a significant number of officers to combat gang activity was pared down by the Council.

Whether or not friction over that decision played a role in Tiernan's departure is unclear. What is clear is that the next police chief will inherit the gang problem- and the already negotiated terms of the solution. One wonders whether the issue will be reopened by the new leadership in conjunction with the Council and if a candidate's preference for adding staff versus finding less costly ways to address the gang issue will become a new litmus test for potential hires.

8 Comments:

At 12:59 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Goodbye and good riddance. The only thing he accomplished was screwing the taxpayers into hiring 5 more officers for "his" department. Can the council wake up, recind the ordinance, and allow the county gang task force to come in and do the job they are experts in?

 
At 12:59 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thank you, Paul (not Tiernan)!

 
At 1:08 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Maybe the TNB slate could take the job collectively and redeploy all Teaneck police officers to work full time investigating the election fraud.

 
At 12:19 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Now is the time for a public safety director.

If the council is serious about tax savings, than here is the opportunity. You take the Police Chiefs 135K salary and the ( do nothing ) fire Chiefs 130k and you hire a public safety director for 90k.

He or She will report directly to the Manager ( or her husband . Better yet, since Helene is running both depts. anyway let's give her the title ( or her husband ) + 50k and the chiefs crown vic.

 
At 1:35 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

When is the next Town Council Meeting? I want to either get a babysitter early or get my TV revved up for the action!!!

 
At 3:56 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anon at 12:59:

Who would you have wanted to be Chief after Giannone left?

 
At 12:43 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Any chance he can take the 5 officers with him?

 
At 9:20 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

See the front page of today's Record about "Police Hype Gangs to Score Funding."

 

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