"Five Bergen County Cops Grab Half-Million A Year In Pensions – Plus Six-Figure Salaries "
New Jersey Watchdog
October 17, 2011

Facts (see news article cited directly above): 

• Sheriff Michael Saudino: 
• $268,000 per year ($138,000 salary plus $130,000 pension). 
• Saudino retired as Emerson Borough police chief on Dec. 31, then took office as sheriff the following day. 
• Undersheriff Steven Librie: 
• $219,000 per year ($115,000 salary plus $104,000 pension). 
• Librie retired as deputy police chief of Teaneck Twp. in August 2010, then was hired as undersheriff in January. 
• Undersheriff Brian P. Smith: 
• $218,000 per year ($110,000 salary plus $108,000 pension). 
• Smith retired from the Paramus Police Dept. in 2005, then he was hired as undersheriff this year. 
• Undersheriff Robert A. Colaneri: 
• $204,000 per year ($110,000 salary plus $94,000 pension). 
• Colaneri retired from Carlstadt Borough in 2006, then was hired as undersheriff in January 2011. 
• Undersheriff Harry Shortway Jr.: 
• $186,000 per year ($110,000 salary plus $76,000 pension). 
• Shortway retired from Ridgewood Village in 2001, then was hired by Bergen County as undersheriff in January 2011.

Commentary:

• Oink!
• Oink!
• Oink!
• PIGS at the trough!