Top Cop Back

It has been a year-long struggle for former interim police chief Reggie Brown, but the effort to win reinstatement within the Monroe Police Department has paid off. Following a recent ruling by the Second Circuit Court of Appeal, Brown is well on his way back to being employed by the city's police department. In a February 2024 ruling, the court asserted that a reviewing court was "out of bounds" when it overruled a decision by the Monroe Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board that ruled Brown should be reinstated to the police department. In its ruling, the board imposed a 90-day suspe...