New Jersey’s Lords of Discipline acted without boundaries

Conspiracy fan gets a real one

Source: Monica Yant Kinney
Amy Johnson used to be hooked on The X-Files. Now, it’s 24. Once a conspiracy theorist, always a conspiracy theorist. That’s what happens when you get run out of the New Jersey State Police by men with guns who think it’s funny to give sexually explicit performance evaluations and vulgar Valentine’s Day cards. I hadn’t seen Johnson in a few years, and almost didn’t recognize her. She’s walked off 80 of the

Published on April 30, 2006, Page B01, Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA)

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More investigation urged on troopers’ secret society

Source: Troy Graham INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
New Jersey state Sen. John Adler (D., Camden) wrote the attorney general this month, urging her “to take a hard look” at a report on the Lords of Discipline, a reputed secret society of state troopers accused of harassing fellow troopers at several South Jersey barracks. A two-year investigation launched under the previous attorney general identified 10 troopers who hazed other officers, but found no evidence that the Lords of Discipline existed.

Published on April 29, 2006, Page B01, Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA)

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Trooper-hazing report made public

Source: Troy Graham INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
A female New Jersey trooper complained that another officer had given her a lewd valentine and fondled her. A Hispanic trooper said he had been called a “token,” and had heard another trooper refer to African Americans as “swinging from trees.” After a white trooper complained about what he thought had been a bogus arrest, someone put transfer requests in his mailbox and spit tobacco on his car. Those were some of the details in a

Published on April 25, 2006, Page B01, Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA)

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Judge: Release findings on ‘Lords’

Source: Troy Graham INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
A federal magistrate ruled yesterday that the findings of an investigation into the Lords of Discipline, a reputed secret society of state police troopers, must be made public. A two-year investigation found no evidence the Lords of Discipline existed, but the results, contained in a 40-page executive summary, have remained confidential. The Lords have been accused of harassing fellow troopers – minority and female officers, in particular – setting codes of conduct and meting out

Published on April 8, 2006, Page B01, Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA)

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