A Teaneck police officer was awarded just over $2.1 million by a jury on Aug. 7 after blowing the whistle on excessive force within his department.
In April 2022, Officer Glenn Coley filed a lawsuit against the borough, the police department, the former police chief and several ranking officers.
The lawsuit named former Chief Glenn O'Reilly, Capt. Michael Ferrante, Capt. Kenneth Croonquist, Sgt. Jeanne Williams and Sgt. Kenneth Egbert, but that O'Reilly in particular, made up events and allegations to suspend him and retaliate against him.
Coley was awarded $937,200 in compensatory damages and $1,180,000 in punitive damages.
The lawsuit said the hostilities against Coley stemmed from his testimony on behalf of a Black Teaneck woman who had been the victim of police brutality in 2014.
"Upon arriving at the scene, [Coley] acted to shield and protect [the woman] from his own brother officers, stopping them from continuing to assault, berate, manhandle, threaten, and continuing to terrorize [the woman]," the lawsuit states.
Coley is also Black and has been an officer with Teaneck since July 2002.
According to court documents, Coley was suspended without pay for 15 days following "a nighttime encounter in a public park" where Coley "bravely and appropriately" disarmed and detained someone who was thought to have a gun. The gun wasn't found in a first pat-down and was found in a second one, and Eric Kleiner, Coley's attorney, said it was hidden in the suspect's high-top sneaker...
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