Ernest Farley

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

Lieutenant Ernest Farley was terminated by the Department Of Corrections in 2020. According to the record, Roselle Park Police responded to a residence on July 24, 2020 for a harassment complaint under NJSA 2C:22-4, and an investigation found a Facebook exchange in which Farley posted a profane message telling a civilian to kill themselves and identified himself as an NJDOC supervisor. He was not demoted or suspended, and other sanctions were not reported.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Roselle Park Police responded to--a--residence--on--July--24, 2020--in--response--to--a--complaint--of--Harassment--(NJSA--2c:22-4).--Included--in--the--complaint--narrative--of--the--Police--Report--was--the--following:--the--civilian--wished--to--document--an--incident--to--prevent--her--having--repercussions--as--her--children--also--live--in--Toms--River--NJ.--She--also--stated that--due--to--the officer --being--in--law--enforcement--officer--who--is--armed--she--does--not--know--what--the officer --are--capable--of--doing.--The--investigation--revealed--that--in--an--exchange--on----the officer r--social--media--account--FB--with--a--civilian--the officer --made--the--following--statement:--"Hey--stupid,--shut--the--f***--up--and--go--kill--the officer rself--the officer --ignorant sack--of--s****. The officer support--a--traitor--and--a--coward--and--invoke--Jesus--name.--F***--the officer --oh,--by--the--way--I--am--a--police--Supervisor--and--i--don't--want--scum--like--the officer --backing--me." The--civilian--responded, "Good--job--for--a--LT.--for--the--NJDOC."--The officer admitted--to--identifying--the officer rself--as--a--CPL--for--the--NJDOC--on--the officer r--public--FB--page.