EDISON, N.J. (AP) - Officials say they have disciplined a
New Jersey police officer for leaving his patrol car idling in his driveway for
more than two hours during the Super Bowl.
But it's not clear how the Edison Police Department punished
Sgt. Andrew Chupela.
Chupela's neighbor, Thomas DeRienzo, filed a complaint on
Super Bowl Sunday after he said Chupela arrived home at around 7:30 p.m. and
drove off at 10:15 p.m.
Police officials wrote DeRienzo that the officer had
violated department rules and would be disciplined. But they didn't say how.
DeRienzo tells The Home News Tribune (http://mycj.co/1cwXn2m
) the lack of transparency is troubling and fosters an attitude of mistrust
about a department that has had a history of discipline problems.
The police sergeant is paid $145,000 a year.