There was an odd statement by Union County Prosecutor Theodore Romankow, quoted in the Sunday Courier story of the tragic death of Fausto Fabin Ramos, a North Plainfield man who was struck by a Plainfield police vehicle driven by Det. Robert Henderson. Henderson was answering a report of gunshots fired on Putnam Avenue.
(The online story is here: Plainfield police vehicle causes fatality.)
What caught my eye was the following:
". . .Calling Henderson "one of the good guys" on the city police department, Romankow said there was no indication the officer was under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the accident."
I have reread that statement many times since Sunday, and find it puzzling. Did Prosecutor Romankow mean to imply that some of the cops in the city's police department are NOT 'good guys'? Or that some cops are, or could be found to be, 'under the influence of drugs or alcohol' while on duty?
There were rumors circulating last Spring that the Attorney General's office was inquiring into alleged irregularities in PBA finances, but no public action was ever taken by the AG, nor did any stories ever surface in the press. Is the prosecutor making an oblique reference to this? Or was he referencing some other issues of which he has knowledge?
Was Romankow trying to tell us something? Or did he just speak thoughtlessly to the reporter? Will we ever know?
-- Dan Damon
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1 comment:
Dan, You have too much time on your hand!
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