N.J. police chief steps down as state probes racial profiling email

WYCKOFF – Police Chief Benjamin Fox agreed Tuesday to temporarily step down with pay as the township's top cop as the N.J. Attorney General investigates an ACLU complaint that he condones racial profiling, according to Township Administrator Bob Shannon.
Wyckoff Police Chief Ben FoxChief Ben Fox of the Wyckoff Police DepartmentHandout

The complaint stems from a 2014 email the chief allegedly sent to his officers urging them to watch out for "suspicious black people in white neighborhoods."

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