Jersey Monitor
Jersey City could begin facing daily fines starting Saturday for refusing to reinstate two police officers whose terminations over their cannabis usage were overturned by the state Civil Service Commission.
The state will fine the city $100 daily for each officer — Norhan Mansour and Omar Polanco — with a total maximum of $20,000. Saturday will mark 31 days since the Civil Service Commission gave the city one month to rehire the officers.
Michael Rubas, attorney for the cops plus three others who were disciplined for their cannabis consumption, said he has inquired with the city police department four times since Aug. 2 about their jobs. Rubas said that Mansour and Polanco remained unemployed as of Friday.
A Jersey City spokeswoman didn’t respond when asked if the city would pay the fines or reinstate the officers. City spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione said the department plans to appeal.
“As the liable entity, we will appeal as the Civil Service Commission continues to avoid the principal cause at the center of this legal dispute,” she said in a statement.
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Jersey City to face daily fines for not reinstating cops fired for using cannabis
