New Jersey.com
THE RECORD
BY PETER J. SAMPSON
STAFF WRITER
DECEMBER 25, 2014
RUTHERFORD — A U.S. Army veteran is suing the borough, its mayor and its six council members, claiming he was wrongly denied appointment to the police force because of concerns by officials that his post-traumatic stress disorder poses “too large a risk.”
John Robbins, a decorated war veteran who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, is the second veteran to sue the borough this year. He contends the job offer that was extended to him was unlawfully revoked as part of a pattern and practice of discrimination against veterans, who enjoy a preference in hiring under state law.
Robbins, a Rutherford resident who served 8½ years in the military, is classified as a disabled veteran by the state’s Civil Service Commission. He was ranked second on a 2012 civil service list, and after completing a series of interviews and a background investigation, he was notified by the borough that he would be hired as a police officer.
But despite passing the physical and psychological examinations, Robbins was passed over Nov. 27, 2012, when the council voted to approve candidates ranked fifth, 10th and 11th, his lawsuit claims.
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