As long as they keep their pensions--and I can assure you they will--no lessons will be learned. Once again, we'll learn that public sector employees are subject to different rules than the rest of us.

A loss of license IS A MUST . Deadly wepon is in place hear. A DUI/DWI is a weapon with intent. This must be lost of license and fines for 3yrs and loss of pensions! community service is a must! 500 hrs. This would of been for the use of OUR cop cars and gas and paying them for this crime.!

If you youtube Death Race 2012 NJ, one of the videos shows the escort exiting the gsp at exit 109. Then heading down Newmans Springs Rd, to the rt 35 & Broad st intersection. Is this the escort in question?? I thought they went to AC??

Heres a link to the video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWTecXn5wIE

Check the last 2 mins, if you know the area, you can recognize the landmarks

Okay, so now we know how to beat the E-ZPass cameras thanks to our state law enforcement officials.
BTW, any other hints on how we lowly citizens can skirt the law would be helpful. Maybe info on how to acquire a Get-Out-of-Jail-Free card?

The Police at Exit 109 cleared the road for those maniacs!!!!
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I would bet these cops acted on someone's orders and they are just the fall guys now. I would also put money on the fact that Governor Crisco also knew about this when it happened.

Both officers have displayed flagrant disregard for the safety of the public, their jobs and their badges. We do not need this kind of jackass cop on our street. Prosecute them and toss them off the job they disgraced.

I m not sure if i agree with losing their pension over this, after all those years of service, maybe a portion of it, i m sure they are fall guys as well. How about no escorts for rich guys in sports cars. The state police should lose their pensions for not stopping the high speeds on the GSP north between Toms River & Long Branch, if you dont drive 75 + you will get run over! How bout doin your jobs & slowing that down before more people die

i don't believe a penality of complete loss of pension would apply here but a significant portion would be...say a loss of 35% - 40% in their pension as well as to lose all health ins benefits. After all the troopers did pay into their fund and did have years of service before this event.

What I'd like to know is, was there a "per vehicle buy in" to join the caravan down the GSP? If palms were to be greased along the way and the owners of these high end high performance sports cars were to be permitted to use their cars in a manner they were built for, they certainly could afford to pay an entry fee. Just think of how far a "donation" of $500 or $1000 per car could go.

yes paul di bartolo because its takes a real genius to cover a plate to avoid ez pass . oh no the secret is out now. this is just another huge blunder brought to us by the christie administration and it wasnt the first time this death race happened. cant wait to vote gov crisco out of office and back to the fryolater at mc donalds where he belongs.these overpaid athletes didnt even have to pay the tolls christie refuses to veto that is breaking the backs of the middle class. if any of we peasants living under christie would have done this it would be a minimum $1500 fine.

pauley ask gov crisco how to get a get out of jail free card he gave one to each of these 24 drivers.

I don't believe these two acted alone on this. The ones a the top never get the blame, Their should be and independent investigation, IF THERE is such a thing anymore , Two much corruption.

Didnt the Troopers learn ANYTHING after the Crash that hurt Gov Corzine? Please OBEY The same driving laws that we must OBEY,,,How Dare you guys give us tickets when you dont abide by the same rules...Besides that..I believe he should get his pension..I believed he earned it

these guys do the same thing for the fat slob of a govenor we have

The troopers if convicted should be sent to the state prison that stamps out Jersey license plates.

what power abuse, shame on all involved!

What was the motivation to do this? How did they even know these people with the luxury cars? I think there is a lot more to the story that we haven't heard. They either got paid a nice sum of money (which I personally think we would have heard about) or they are the fall guys for higher powers (seems more likely) Just my opinion

Even though Police are held to a higher standard there is one thing that we must remember..They are still humans and can have rotten judgement from time to time..I am sure his good deeds far outway his bad deeds as a Trooper..He is not a robot..Lets remember that...It appears this is the way people that have been given tickets before (Probably Deserved) can get revenge...How many of us have done things that were bad in judgement? He who is perfect cast the first stone..

@ proud - The pesonalized plate department with no black electrical tape.
WUZNT - ME

How many of us could prove the boss told you to do something. These officers have no proof who told them what to do so they take the fall.

protect and serve.............their masters !

I believe they are motor vehicle violations and not criminal. Check the law books. No jail time and no loss of pension.

Lock these Troopers up !!

The entire parkway is Patrolled by State troopers, Where were these patrols ,when this was happening.. More had to be involved?! Were they willing spectators??

paul di bartolo it was only a matter of time before you would change the subject from something like what this article was about and which happened under gov ice cream cone to holder . i,m surprised you havent blamed obama for crooked nj state troopers yet. berkeley lifer i think they should keep you on mop duty the fryolater is way to high risk for you. lol republicons like di bartolo and bekely lifer are the usual conservative hypocrites who always say " blame bush right?" when our trainwreck of an economy was inherited in 2009 is mentioned but dare say anything about gov crisco and all you hear is "corzine blah corzine blah blah" . its old already .

funny thing berkeley lifer i dont see anything about affordable health care anywhere in this article. is there an "off" switch on your hate speech. ? berkely lifer i thought that was you in the walmart parking lot dressed as daniel boone holding up misspelled signs. lol

berkeley lifer why are you up so late? are they putting lawrence welk re runs on at a later time?

berkeley lifer i see youre still keeping racism alive and well in lacey. say hello to the boys from brazil from me will ya?

At first, I didn't think that these officers should lose their pensions. However, that was before I heard they deliberately covered their license plates with tape. They knew exactly what they were doing and that it was against the law. No special treatment. Judge them like anyone else who got caught doing this.

The argument that he had 25 years of service and one screw up is unsubstantiated right now. How do we know he never did anything like this before?

Judge him for his crime and may his punishment fit the crime, whether it be jail and/or loss of pension.

If you dont agree with a liberal, out comes the race card

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PVyDmTkfk6s/TDzsSTx0ytI/AAAAAAAADa4/ZxMqTTp7oV0/s400/losing-the-debate-shout-racist.jpg

I cant believe that the A.G. is making such a big deal about this. I agree that there shouldnt be cars going 100 mph on any roadway but if your going to prosecute these troopers what about all the other troopers and local cops that violate this and other laws. Its a total waste of our tax dollars. Nobody was hurt. Its bad enough the guy lost his job. Go prosecute all those gang bangers that are ruining the Jersey Shore then waste my money going after others.

Seriously, why don't all you mental midgets who fee the need to resort to personal attacks and insults rather than just dealing with the facts intelligently post under your real, full names and include a picture in your profile so we can all join in the fun.
I can't wait to see how many rocket scientists that draws out of the woodwork:-)

Were Don Imus or Jon Corzine occupants of the luxury vehicles?

I am angry that the Nj State Police would conduct these high speed escorts.....I guess, as a "courtesy" to athletes supposedly involved in work for charities.....I don't believe it! Whether the officers received some kind of pay for this, only the parites involved know, but I hope it is investigted. After viewing the you tube video of the "rally" that happened in 2010, I get an idea of just how unsafe it is. The kicker was seeing people pulled over by other State Police on the sides of the GS Parkway while this group of luxury sport cars drive by at speeds up to 120 MPH. I imagine a similar scenario for the 2012 incident. Someone higher up HAD to know about this....don't the officers have to report to someone and doesn't that supervisor have to know where his reporting officers are and what they are doing? I wonder if the patrol cars are equipped with with GPS tracking units....what a story those units could tell...

Police need to be properly supervised and disciplined for improper actions. Criminal behavior has to be prosecuted and any appropriate punishments given the officers involved. They gave preferential treatment, broke motor vehicle laws.... and for no appropriate reason (they were not responding to an emergency,) they put the motoring public at risk, they were neglecting their other duties in order spend the time to escort these sports cars, and it was a misuse of their time & the equipment that the taxpayers of New Jersey pay for law enforcement and public service & protection. The state waited too long to be able to prosecute the drivers of these vehicles, but they also should be warned.....NJ public will not put up with this any more.

Government Storm Troopers

Okay, Matt, so when people are trying to discuss a serious topic and attempting to dialog back and forth and then some yahoo enters the fray by referring to our governor as a fat pig, what's your method of responding? Frankly, reading such gibberish has grown old and it's past time for these people to stand up and identify themselves. I do not engage in calling people names based on physical characteristics. On the other hand, in using the term 'mental midgets', I was being kind. Besides, it was extremely generic, not pointing to anyone particularly unless someone wanted to own the title.

Tar and feather them.... They are the scum of the earth.....
How in the hell do I get that friggin Obama banner off the top of my screen?
FREE BOSS HOG

It's sad that there are Police Officers that really believe they are above the law...Most of them I believe are good...Let's see if we can find out how many tickets have been issued to Police Officers in the last 5 years..

Don't troopers stay in assigned areas in proximity to the barracks they are assigned to? And I'm sure other troopers saw this activity and radioed in what to find out what it was about. And I'm positive other motorists called in to express their concern for safety. Who answered what hadto be a decent amount of inquires and what was the answer?

Thank You Chrissy for following the real truth behind all of this, NO-ONE in Higher the ups KNEW this was going on??? B .S.!!

The Garden State Parkway ain't safe for any brothers smokin or transportin some choom.

President Nixon DIDN'T GET AWAY WITH IT....Why does anyone with little power think they can?

The fix is in. The deal has already been cut and agreed to by all parties. What is going on now is just a show for the public.

Here's the deal. They will get to keep their pensions in exchange for not throwing their superiors under the sports cars

the troopers should lose their jobs and pensions.....

and what about the rich guys ? are they getting charged with anything ? squeze the troopers to find out who they are and throw them in jail too.

I must be the only one who thinks this is no big deal. On any normal day the GSP has traffic moving above the speed limit and it doesn't intimidate me at all. I've also been pulled over a few times in my 30 yrs of driving the GSP and the officers were very fair and respectful while performing their duties. I'll admit covering the licence plate was a dumb move. But I don't think any of them should lose their job or pension they paid in to. Let's not think this is what they do all day every day. They put they're life on the line every day for us. For that I am greatful...

People speeding on their own every day is a normal occurrence on the parkway and every other highway. The difference was that the cops were a part of this high speed show of luxury cars. If they wanted to escort them somewhere, did it have to be at high speeds? No, of course not, but they did it anyway and I am sure they were ordered to do it. While they normally put their lives on the line for us, this time they put our lives on line!

Just to introduce another point: NOBODY GOT HURT. When you consider the types of vehicles involved and what they are actually designed for (and capable of) does anybody think the speed limit was going to be obeyed by these guys? The Troopers may have actually prevented these drivers from killing someone.

unintelligent comment Joe..As long as NOBODY GOT HURT makes it right...Then why do they have Speed Limits Signs..Your saying let people drive as fast as they can as long as NOBODY GETS HURT...WOW...

All the Higher up are HOPING their is no further investigation, No way they didn't know this was happening!! IF SO ! ! then WE are in Big trouble with incomplement leadership!!

fred and matt you,ll never get through to those like paul di bartolo and joe p. paulie who will do anything to deflect from the issue that the gov is responsible and complicit in guilt of the officials who serve under him. yeah 24 race cars doing 120 mph weaving in and out of traffic and the best joe p offers is "well at least no one got hurt. ' i wonder how much of a struggle it would be for those like berkeley lifer and these other two if one wrong turn of a steering wheel ended up being a family of kids dying in a fireball. i guess it would have been " yes its tragic these kids were killed but what about obamacare?"

i,m surprised the simon wiesenthal center hasnt located berkely lifer yet. there are only a few of the old guard left .

the lamest excuses too. look at the top of the thread " paulie" offers us " whats the big deal? they,ve been escorting govt officials for decades" . yeah because all govt officials go to meetings in the mach 5. wheres racer X when you need him?

chris being the kind of republican who puts a bumper sticker on his car that says "annoy a liberal , fly the american flag" because of course liberals all hate the american flag right? .

I thought I read everything there was about the Trooper escort. I never saw anything about CC or Republicans being involved or anyway responsible. What did I miss?

Despicable. Were they being paid to provide these escorts and who were the drivers? Were these cops working on the side???A lot more to this story I’m sure.

jersey swamp what you missed was gov crisco is their superior. a superior holds responsibility for those in his charge much as gov cuomo would ultimately be responsible for ny state troopers. this wasnt the first time nj troopers did this. they also did it in 2010 as well. this time they got caught because a driver put the video on you tube. you tube is the worst thing that ever happened to gov crisco.too bad the only public who could tell him how bad of a job he is doing is republican senior citizens on a beach at 2 pm when everyone else is working. the rest of us can maybe get a post card to him maybe at the koch mansion or whatever state mitt romney's in which judging by what he did in london and israel would be somewhere in the state of confusion.

This Sgt was stupid, no two ways about it but lets be real about this. Let them resign and move on.

jerseyswamps i guess you and proud will do just about anything to not mention the subject of this article which is governor christie's slacker leadership.

Didn't you mean to say that it's bush's fault, tonio?

Last I heard CC wasn't part of the escort...The same American Attitude...ITS ALWAYS SOMEONE ELSES FAULT...

Joe. You introduced another Point...Nobody Got Hurt...What possible reason does that Point serve? How does that POINT deserve any type of discussion? You want what type of response because Nobody Got Hurt? I don't understand your point..

I personally have participated in LEGALLY conducted road rallys sponsored by BMW from Maine to Massachusetts. Never have those who particpate ignored tolls or sped much beyond the legally posted speed limit. We still had fun and did not endanger the safety of ourselves or other motor vehicles. Consquently, I am hardpressed to excuse these State Troopers or those arrogant fools that they allegedly escorted.

I can only but guess that the police officers were paid a sufficient amount of money to escort a fleet of luxury cars? Surely they must have known they would be spotted though, and thus caught. They were not hiding or driving discretely, they were speeding in plain sight. Luckily, no one and no car parts was injured. I think perhaps there would not have been any complains if the drivers were not speeding. The police officers definitely knew what they were doing was a criminal offence since they tried to cover it up. - http://www.carid.com

@tom, this article is like nine months old.

It seems that there are a number of cases of state troopers abusing their authority and position. Even prior to this, I have read of news of state troopers who have been issued suspension for falsification and tampering because they were escorting a high-speed caravan, etc. I became more aware of this I when I was searching for car parts news and car news over the internet. Why it caught my attention because I once witnessed of a state trooper vehicle escorting a high speed caravan in 2010. I was not able to take a photo or proof of it, but another person did. The last I have heard was that the authorities have been very strict with the usage of state trooper vehicles, especially during the night. - http://www.carid.com