A Teaneck police officer who won a multimillion-dollar whistleblower verdict has filed a new lawsuit, alleging township officials retaliated against him again by suspending him just weeks before his landmark civil rights trial.
BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — A veteran Teaneck Police Department officer has filed a new civil rights lawsuit against the Township of Teaneck, the police department, Police Chief Andrew McGurr and other officials, claiming they retaliated against him shortly before he prevailed in a previous whistleblower trial that resulted in a verdict exceeding $2.1 million.
The lawsuit, filed in Bergen County Superior Court, alleges Officer Glenn Coley was issued an unpaid five-day suspension on July 2, 2025, less than three weeks before his first whistleblower trial began, in what he describes as an effort to intimidate him and interfere with the pending litigation.
Officer alleges retaliation continued after first lawsuit
According to the complaint, Coley claims Teaneck officials violated New Jersey’s Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA) and the New Jersey Civil Rights Act by disciplining him for reasons unrelated to his job performance…