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| Corrections sergeant fired |
| By nj.com - Terrence T. McDonald/The Jersey Journal The Jersey Journal |
| Published: 06/27/2011 |
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The Hudson County Department of Corrections has reinstated a sergeant who was terminated in April 2010 after allegedly making racist remarks to coworkers. The county’s decision came after an administrative law judge ruled in January that the county relied on “unreliable testimony” to determine the man’s fate. Michael Prins, the sergeant, was accused of making disparaging remarks about President Obama, fashioning a Ku Klux Klan mask out of a napkin, and allowing a subordinate to give a Nazi salute, all in a county facility on Oct. 21, 2009. But the allegations were the result of a series of misunderstandings, and HCDC employees who witnessed Prins’ behavior disputed that he made or permitted others to make racist remarks, Judge Barry E. Mascowitz ruled in January. Mascowitz found that the HCDC lieutenant tasked with investigating the incident took a complainant’s word that Prins’ comments and actions were racial in nature and did not interview any of the parties involved to discover the truth, according to Mascowitz’s ruling. The judge ordered Hudson County to reinstate Prins, and grant him back pay, benefits and seniority. Read More. |
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