Paterson agrees to pay $50,000 in lawsuit alleging police misconduct



BY JOE MALINCONICO
PATERSON PRESS
PATERSON - City officials have agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a lawsuit in which a resident says a police officer assaulted him in January 2010.
The lawsuit says Tyree Glover was walking down an unspecified street when the officer, Dustin Bradley, yelled at him and then shoved his head against a parked vehicle for no reason.
Bradley was working on a off-duty police-assigned security job in uniform at the time of the incident, according to legal papers. The suit says Bradley then conducted a search of Glover that was intrusive and humiliating.
The lawsuit alleged that Bradley targeted Glover because the resident is black. But the complaint provides no details backing up that claim.
City officials declined to comment on the case. The council approved the $50,000 settlement last month.
Bradley was one of the police officers laid off because of budget cuts in 2011.
In 2012, Bradley was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon in connection with a fight in Morris County, during which he allegedly fired his gun into the air, according to news reports.