Racist text messages cost N.J. corrections officer his job
By Greg Adomaitis
on September 30, 2015 at 10:34 AM
updated September 30, 2015 at 3:27 PM
CAMDEN — A Camden County Department of Corrections officer who took a personal cellphone into the county jail and exchanged "highly inflammatory" racist text messages with a number of other officers has been fired, state records show.
Thomas McNulty, who appealed his initial removal, saw the attempt at overturning his dismissal denied at an Aug. 19 New Jersey Civil Service Commission meeting. The charges were first heard by Administrative Law Judge Sarah G. Crowley, who ruled the officer's dismissal was "essential" ...
According to state records, a "shakedown" was conducted at the county jail last November and turned up a number of cellphones inside the facility, which are prohibited. During an investigation that followed, one of the officers was found to have had a cellphone on him at the time ...
A state fact-finder upheld that McNulty violated a number of polices prohibiting certain workplace conduct. His removal on charges of insubordination, inability to perform duties, conduct unbecoming a public employee, neglect of duty and discrimination that affects equal employment was made effective as of Jan. 22, 2015 ...
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