Three Jersey City ‘cannabis cops’ are reinstated, but not allowed to carry their guns

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Three Jersey City police officer whose termination over off-duty cannabis use had been overturned by the courts are finally back on the job, but the city will not allow them to carry their service weapons.

Omar Polanco, Norhan Mansour and Mackenzie Reilly were called Tuesday and told to report to work Wednesday, and they were placed on pay status as of Sept. 20, a source told The Jersey Journal.

Polanco was fired March 1, 2023; Mansour on March 23, 2023; and Reilly on Aug. 25, 2023. All three were placed on modified duty and are working in an “office capacity,” city officials said.

Read more at source:  https://www.nj.com/hudson/2024/09/three-jersey-city-cannabis-cops-are-reinstated-placed-on-modified-duty.html

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