Officer To Face Discipline Over Pot Joke

A New Jersey police department said an officer will face discipline for a 5-year-old photo of him smoking a fake joint in uniform. The Cresskill Police Department said Detective Lt. Joseph Trumbetti will keep his job but will face disciplinary action over a photograph of him smoking an imitation marijuana cigarette as a joke at the Battle of the Bands Concert at Cresskill’s recreation center five years ago. “There was no traces of drugs -- there was nothing illegal,” Chief Edward Wrixon said. However, “he shouldn’t have been doing that in uniform.” The picture was given to police recently by Gregory Levitzki of Dumont, father of former officer Brad Levitzki, who was fired in June after a hearing officer found him guilty of six charges of misconduct on duty. Levitzki’s attorney said the photo was evidence of hypocrisy on the part of the department.