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ENGEL v. TP. OF WOODBRIDGE

124 N.J. Super. 307 (1973)

306 A.2d 485

WILLIAM ENGEL, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. TOWNSHIP OF WOODBRIDGE AND JOSEPH F. McLAUGHLIN, CHIEF OF POLICE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WOODBRIDGE, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 21, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert F. Dato argued the cause for defendants-appellants.

Mr. Thomas J. Savage argued the cause for plaintiff-respondent (Messrs. Dugan, Tucker and Savage, attorneys).

Mr. Robert McCracken, Assistant Prosecutor, argued on behalf of amicus curiae Mr. John S. Kuhlthau, Middlesex County Prosecutor.

Before Judges CARTON, MINTZ and SEIDMAN.

PER CURIAM.

The issue in this appeal is whether a police officer can be compelled by his superiors to submit to a polygraph test in connection with an investigation of a theft.

Plaintiff, a member of the Woodbridge Township police department, avers that in May 1972, based upon an anonymous letter, he was interrogated at police headquarters concerning his alleged involvement in the receiving of stolen refrigerators. On June 7, 1972 he received the following...

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