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PUTRAJAYA: Policemen living beyond their means will have their movements monitored the moment they leave home.
All district police chiefs (OCPDs) have been told to watch out for the slightest hint of abnormal spending habits and lavish lifestyles.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said for starters, any officer who failed to declare his assets would be asked to produce a show-cause letter and face disciplinary action.
"We want to know if they are being responsible while on duty. Those who live beyond their means and raise suspicions with their lif... Read more
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Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
07 November 2007
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Court upholds traffic convicti
A unanimous state appellate panel on Wednesday upheld traffic convictions against Newark Police Director Garry McCarthy and his wife, finding substantial evidence of misconduct.
The convictions stemmed from an altercation between the McCarthys and police on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in February 2005 after one of the McCarthys' daughters got ticketed at a highway rest stop.
At the time, McCarthy was a deputy commissioner of the New York City Police Department. Newark Mayor Cory Booker selected McCarthy as the leader of the city's police in September 2006.
McCarthy, 48, has maintained he did nothing wrong. A message seeking comment from McCarthy's lawyer was not immediately returned Wednesday evening.
McCarthy and his wife had traveled to a rest stop on the parkway near Englewood Cliffs and confronted officers who had ticketed their daughter for parking in a handicapped spot without a placard. The daughter said she had forgotten to bring her placard when using her mother's car.
McCarthy parked alongside one of the officers' cars, blocking a rest stop exit, and he and his wife yelled at the officers, a trial judge found. An officer smelled alcohol on McCarthy's breath, and McCarthy was handcuffed and taken into custody.
When McCarthy's wife, Regina, retrieved her husband's weapon, which had been placed in the police vehicle, the gun was taken from her and she was handcuffed and taken into custody, the trial court found.
McCarthy was convicted of obstructing traffic and his wife for making unreasonable noise. Both were fined $200.
The McCarthys appealed. Regina McCarthy claimed the noise regulation is too vague, and Garry McCarthy maintained his conviction should be reversed.
The appellate panel, in a 3-0 decision, rejected those arguments, finding the trial judge based the convictions on substantial credible evidence from the two ticketing officers and two other witnesses.
Doug Doyle, a lawyer who handled the case for the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office, was pleased with the ruling.
"I think the appellate panel came to the right conclusion," he said. "There was sufficient and credible evidence to uphold the convictions."
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