Robert A. Troy
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Robert A. Troy Troy
Chief Robert A. Troy delivered a minute-by-minute report of the Christmas night accident in a businesslike call that the bridge needed to be lifted for a passing tugboat to the final grief-streaked radio transmissions made seconds after Officers Shawn Carson and Robert Nguyen plunged into the frigid waters of the Hackensack River. He believed the blame lay with the Department of Transportation and other factors were involved. Those factors were communication lapses within the Police Department that kept the two officers from knowing the bridge was up.  Chief Troy acknowledged that their department had communication issues. Robert A. Troy was a chief of the Jersey City Police Department who delivered a report of the Christmas night accident, from the first businesslike call that the bridge needed to be lifted for a passing tugboat to the final grief-streaked radio transmissions made seconds after Officers Shawn Carson and Robert Nguyen plunged into the frigid waters of the Hackensack River. In a news conference, he said that bridge should never have been lifted. According to him, he believe that the blame lies with the Department of Transportation with other factors involved. The chief added that those factors were communication lapses within the Police Department that kept the two officers from knowing the bridge was up. Chief Troy announced that their department has communication issues.