NJ police chief accused of pooping by desks, spiking coffee with Viagra/Adderall

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The complaint alleges a hostile workplace that includes juvenile pranks, like putting firecrackers under chairs, to acts bordering on criminal like dosing the office coffee with drugs like Viagra and Adderall and jabbing a needle into an officer’s penis.

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Detective Derin said he witnessed Farley dump a handful of Viagra and Adderall into a coffee pot, stirring the pills until they dissolved, and then waiting for someone to drink a cup. After that, Derin said he would get his coffee from a K-Cup machine “because I did not feel it was safe to drink from the pot anymore,” he wrote.

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Michael Derrin, a special captain with administrative duties, claims Farley chased him around the office and cornered him before “[sticking] a hypodermic needle through [his] jeans into the tip of [his] penis,” drawing blood.

Derrin claims Farley would also shave and put his body hair on people and their food.

Lt. Alex Guzman claims Farley exposed himself, made inappropriate comments and defecated on the floor and in garbage cans.

Officer Rasheed Siyam claims to have been called racial slurs by Farley and others in the department. Officer Christopher Bowen claims he was punished with a shift change after missing arrest and traffic ticket quotas.

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Among some of the other incidents of harassment the officers had to endure included Farley placing hot sauce in a microwave, which essentially turned the substance into a pepper spray that permeated the office.

“I rushed to turn off the microwave as fast as possible, but the fumes spread from the chief’s office throughout the entire police department so badly the fire department had to be called in order to vent the building and get the scent out,” Derin wrote.

He also put firecrackers under officers’ chairs, once ripped a television monitor off the wall and smashed it to pieces, and yanked a doorbell off a wall because he felt too many people were visiting the office, Derin claimed.

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“After cornering me in the filing area with no further room for retreat, he sticks a hypodermic needle through my jeans into the tip of my penis,” he wrote.

Derin wrote that when he protested, Farley “told me I don’t know how to take a joke.”

“From this point on, the chief creates a hostile work environment,” Derin wrote. “The chief would shave his body hair on peoples’ property, their persons, and their food. He was also fond of scraping fluids from his underwear onto people seated in the chief’s office.”

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Guzman claims his family members were also subjected to Farley’s harassment after the chief sent sex toys, intimate lotions and gay pride flags to his home.

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North Bergen Police Department

We are excited to announce that on Thursday, February 1st, 2024, Robert J. Farley Jr. took the oath as the 11th Chief of Police in the history of our department. We extend our warmest congratulations and sincere wishes for Chief Farley as he begins his new journey as our leader. We have full faith in his abilities and foresee a successful and fulfilling tenure ahead.

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