Today’s announcement is the latest step in Attorney General Grewal’s ongoing effort to strengthen trust between law enforcement and community and builds on his December 2019 launch of the Excellence in Policing initiative. Among other recent announcements:
Under the order, going forward every state, county, and local law enforcement agency in New Jersey will be required to annually publish a list of officers who were fire d, demoted, or suspended for more than five days due to a disciplinary violation, with the first list to be published no later than December 31, 2020.
In an opinion in March ordering the release of Wigginton’s name, US District Judge Vernon Broderick in New York wrote that the Justice Department left out key facts in arguing that the public wasn’t entitled to know the identity of the US attorney because the case was only about an “improper, consensual relationship.”.
It took less than a month for DOJ to respond, sending a copy of the 14-page report on June 12, 2017. But it was heavily redacted, including Wigginton’s name.
The inspector general’s office ultimately found that Wigginton violated department ethics rules in how he carried on the relationship, as well as the department’s regulations and policy against sexual harassment.
In the lawsuit, BuzzFeed News narrowed its request to the identities of the US attorney and supervisory US attorney, and any redacted material that related to both substantiated and unsubstantiated allegations; it did not seek information about witnesses or the name of the special agent who wrote the report.
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department’s inspector general announced in May 2017 that an unnamed US attorney, who had since retired, committed misconduct in office. He’d had an affair with a subordinate, according to the one-page release, created a hostile work environment, and potentially violated department sexual harassment rules.
BuzzFeed spokesperson Matt Mittenthal said in a statement: "We're pleased with this outcome, which upholds federal transparency laws and allows BuzzFeed News to provide the public with key details about misconduct at the highest levels of law enforcement — without further delays.".
A federal judge ordered DOJ to release the now-former US attorney’s name after BuzzFeed News sued. WASHINGTON — The Justice Department’s inspector general announced in May 2017 that an unnamed US attorney, who had since retired, committed misconduct in office. He’d had an affair with a subordinate, according to the one-page release, ...
Today’s announcement is the latest step in Attorney General Grewal’s ongoing effort to strengthen trust between law enforcement and community and builds on his December 2019 launch of the Excellence in Policing initiative. Among other recent announcements:
Under the order, going forward every state, county, and local law enforcement agency in New Jersey will be required to annually publish a list of officers who were fire d, demoted, or suspended for more than five days due to a disciplinary violation, with the first list to be published no later than December 31, 2020.