An attorney representing a Red Bank police officer said City Manager Chris Dorsey “abused his power” by suspending the officer for 30 days without pay.
Page 59 of Red Bank’s personnel policy manual states that the “length of suspensions [without pay] should not normally exceed fifteen (15) workdays.”
Robin Flores spoke three days after Dorsey fired Cpl. Rebecca Chauncey and suspended officers Bradley Hanon and Eric Massengale for 30 days without pay for “never questioning the issue of a warrantless entry and search of a private residence” conducted by two bail bondsmen, city documents show.
Flores represents Chauncey and Hanon.
“It’s just an arbitrary use of his power that we plan to appeal,” Flores said Wednesday. “Dorsey should really stick to his policies.”