\u2018Police Conspiracy\u2019 <\/strong><\/h2>\nVanderclock believes he was the victim of a conspiracy instigated by the department\u2019s most senior officers who turned against him after he supported a colleague, Officer Erik Ferschman, who was fired, then reinstated, for taking an authorized meal break in 2015.<\/p>\n
He became even less popular with the top brass in 2017 when he and other members of Police Benevolent Association Local 136 initiated a vote of no confidence in Clarke\u2019s ability to lead the department.<\/p>\n
Vanderclock developed PTSD after he was called to a fatal vehicle collision where he witnessed a driver burn to death, an experience that left him \u201cdeeply disturbed\u201d and \u201ctemporarily disabled.\u201d But PTSD was a condition the Wayne County Police Department refused to take seriously, asserts the complaint.<\/p>\n
It names several senior members of the department, alleging racketeering, discrimination, harassment, negligence, retaliation, creating a hostile work environment and emotional distress, as well as violations of the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A New Jersey police corporal says he was bullied into attending a gambling addiction clinic after buying lottery tickets, where he was forced to endure \u201cneurological testing with electrical shocks applied to (his) head.\u201d Corporal Rick Vanderclock is suing the Wayne County Police Department and Police Chief James Clarke for insisting he attend a problem-gambling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":109572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,13699],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Lottery Scratch-Off Cop Sent for Electric Shock Therapy Sues Department<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n