New details surrounding the depraved antics of a New Jersey police chief accused of creating a toxic workplace through disturbing “pranks” — like spiking the office coffee pot with Viagra, pricking an officer’s penis with a hypodermic needle, and defecating on the floor — emerged in court documents and shocking images outlining the alleged harassment.
Court filings from five officers planning to sue the Township of North Bergen allege a wide range of shockingly inappropriate behavior from North Bergen Police Chief Robert Farley — including disgusting pics that detail his deranged defecation habit.
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One photo in the filings shows Farley executing one of his reportedly favorite pranks — standing shirtless over a subordinate’s desk and shaving his body hair so as to deliberately leave a mess.
Another nasty photo, taken by the office’s elderly cleaning woman, shows a deuce planted on the bathroom floor that was allegedly left there by Chief Farley.
The 20-year veteran of the force would also regularly poop in the upper part of the toilet and was unafraid to drop trough and take a number-two in front of staffers, something he did outside the restroom on several occasions, a filing from Lieutenant Alex Guzman alleged.
Det. Michael A Derin, whose cop father has also filed a lawsuit, claimed that Farley instructed him to clean up the piles of crap before the cleaning lady would arrive at work and see them — a demand made after the chief noticed the cleaner documenting the fecal horror with her cell phone.
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Once promoted to chief in Jan. 2024, Farley also allegedly left a poo in the trashcan for his replacement to find. Guzman claimed that it took several days of pestering the chief for him to finally agree to clean it up, according to the documents.
The younger Derin also claimed that the chief forced him to do his daughter’s homework, including writing a letter for a culinary class and an essay on the evolution of policing. The chief allegedly instructed the young officer to ignore all police work until he had completed the paper.
The detective was threatened with termination if he did not complete the essay to a satisfactory degree, he alleged in the filing.
The inconsolable cops also said Farley would also regularly walk out of the bathroom with his penis exposed to his peers, saying, “Hey, look, bigger than you thought, right?” according to Guzman’s filing.
The alleged sicko’s inappropriate bathroom behavior didn’t end there.
“He also was fond of scraping fluids from his underwear onto people seated in [his] office,” the court documents alleged.
Three of the filings each detail two notable incidents — one in which Farley dumped a handful of Viagra and Adderall into a communal coffee pot and another in which the chief microwaved a cup of hot sauce, which caused firefighters and EMS to respond.
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The chief allegedly heated up the hot sauce to such a degree that the pepper essence fumigated the air of the entire building, creating a pepper-spray-like effect that sent staffers scrambling.
Firefighters were called to clear the vent systems and EMS had to treat an officer who experienced a health episode due to the tasteless prank.
Derin claimed in his filing that Farley instructed officers to claim that the hot sauce incident was a result of a busted pepper-spray canister in the building’s armory.
Peppers are allegedly a preferred piece of prank fodder for Farley.
Guzman claimed that the chief once snuck a ghost pepper into a hamburger that was being eaten by the lieutenant’s 1-year-old son, causing the child to become ill, according to his filing.
The lieutenant also claimed that Farley was responsible for sending masturbation oil, gay pride flags, and dildos to his home, causing distress and embarrassment for his wife and children.
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In a less cartoonish infraction, Farley and a fellow officer allegedly backdated a police report apparently done to make the report appear to fall within a required 45-day internal affairs timeframe, which would be a violation of New Jersey state law, according to the filing from Guzman.
In each of the filings, officers allege that Farley retaliated by refusing to promote them to positions they were qualified for and by giving them unfavorable shifts.
Detective Michael F Derin, father of Michael A Derin, was allegedly fired from his position while he was on the way to filing a complaint with the state’s attorney general in what he believes is clear-cut retaliation.
The elder Derin also claims Farley, along with a captain, destroyed an already approved — and positive — performance review, replacing it with a negative review.
All of the officers alleged that the chief would regularly fly into rages wherein he once broke a television, destroyed subordinates’ belongings, and threw eggs against doors and walls.
A lawyer for the men wants the state attorney general to take the reins away from the problematic police chief.
“We strongly urge the NJ State Attorney General to take immediate control over the North Bergen Police Department,” Patrick P. Toscano, Jr. told The Post in a statement. “The filed Title 59 Notices of Tort Claim are self-explanatory, and the photographic evidence cannot be controverted or misinterpreted.”
A spokesperson for the town of North Bergen said the allegations were sent to the local prosecutor and then the state attorney general to investigate as soon as they came to light.
“The township will respect the outcome of that investigation, and at this point none of these allegations have been proven to be true,” the COO of a public relations firm hired by the town said in a statement.
The town accused the officers of making the accusations against Farley in retaliation for cuts to their overtime by the chief, who reportedly reformed the department’s overtime policy and reduced spending on the extra hours by $1 million per year.
Both Guzman and Derin’s compensations were significantly cut by the overtime reforms, the town rep said.
“It’s highly suspicious that these allegations have only come to light after Chief Farley instituted these reforms, which were designed to protect North Bergen taxpayers and ensure that all officers have access to extra duty assignments,” the statement said.
