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Corrections body‑armor purchase, compactors and staffing gaps draw union scrutiny at Essex County meeting
Summary
Union leaders urged commissioners to approve body armor and raised concerns about ill‑fitted or stale vests, jail staffing and a prolonged warden vacancy while the board approved equipment contracts for the Department of Corrections and related vendors.
Union representatives and county corrections officials spotlighted safety equipment and staffing at the March 6 meeting as the board considered two Corrections contracts: Armor Scribe body armor vests (state contract) not to exceed $429,628.55 and up to three self‑contained compactors (not to exceed $104,994).
James Troisi, vice president of FOP Local 106, told commissioners the vests are “most definitely needed,” and said many officers were fitted in 2018 but that by 2024 “well…
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