Port Authority inspector general dies at age 70

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Steve Strunsky/The Star-Ledger

TEANECK — Robert E. Van Etten, the veteran inspector general of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey who was leading an investigation into September’s George Washington Bridge lane closings, died at his home in Teaneck on Monday, the agency said.

He was 70. No cause of death was given.

Van Etten joined the Port Authority as inspector general in 1996, after a 31-year career in law enforcement that included service in the former U.S. Customs Service.

In 1977, Van Etten helped found the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, a lobbying group that now includes 25,000 federal law enforcement officers.

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