New Jersey Watchdog has won a New York Press Club Award for its investigative reporting on “retired” public officials who collect both pensions and paychecks from the state. In the category of political coverage, judges selected “60 NJ State ‘Double-Dippers’ Collect $10 Million Per Year” as the winner. The story by investigative reporter Mark Lagerkvist was published [...]Read More>>

A New Jersey lawmaker is pushing a bill to stop retired school administrators from double-dipping by collecting both pensions and salaries from post-retirement school jobs. Assemblyman Ralph Caputo, D-Essex, cited an investigation by New Jersey Watchdog and NBC 4 New York that found 45 retired superintendents employed as interim school administrators, collecting $4 million a year [...]Read More>>

  New Jersey Watchdog’s investigations of disability pension abuse were hot topics on Fox Business News. Investigative reporter Mark Lagerkvist was a guest on the “Varney & Co.” program. The discussion began with NJ Watchdog’s report on a Morris County sheriff’s deputy who received a disability pension after claiming he was traumatized by what he saw at crime scenes.  After he [...]Read More>>

Why are these guys not being checked every year like they are supposed to be!  That way if there are better, they don’t get all that money and they should get another job!  OMG, this is crazy! Read More>>

OMG!!  Are you addressing a prosecutor being bias?   A prosecutor having some inside connection?  A prosecutor with a FAMILY MEMBER also involved with knowledge?  Are you speaking about corruption?  What can we do?  What do we do? Who do we ask for help?  No wait.  This is NEW JERSEY. I have been following what I [...]Read More>>

This retired officer’s unjustified disability pension should be terminated … and if he knowingly accepted stolen merchandise OR lied about it, he must be prosecuted. AND, if anyone helped cover it up (prosecutor or otherwise) they should also be prosecuted (and lose their job as well). Another article on this here: http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20130503/OPINION02/305030001/BOB-INGLE-Disability-pension-reform-needed. Read More>>