Hackensack Mayor John Labrosse said Monday the city has no plans to return three city police officers – fired after an unlawful break-in – to active status despite the state’s recommendation that three of them be reinstated.

Earlier this year, Administrative Law Judge Susana Guerrero disagreed with the city’s firing of Justin De La Bruyere, Rocco Duardo, Joseph Gonzales, Mark Gutierrez and Victor Vasquez and forwarded the matter to the state’s Civil Service Commission.

The commission last week upheld Hackensack’s decision to fire Detective Mark Gutierrez for allegedly falsifying a police report from the day of the break-in and Sgt. Justin de la Bruyere for signing the report, according to NorthJersey.com.

However, the commission decided Duardo, Vazquez and Gonzales should be reinstated.

The commission has the final say in the matter.

Hackensack Mayor John Labrosse on Monday said the officers will not be returned to active status.

“Although we are pleased that the Civil Service Commission upheld the termination of two former officers and imposed the maximum suspension of 180 days that is allowed by law on two others, we are not fully satisfied with last week's decision,” Labrosse said in a statement.

“We firmly believe we have demonstrated that all of these officers are unfit for duty, and none of them will be resuming active status in the department,” Labrosse said, adding the city was exploring whether to appeal the decision.

The five were among seven Hackensack police officers accused of illegally entering an apartment on Prospect Street without a search warrant or probable cause in 2016.

Two of the original seven – high-ranking officers in the Hackensack Police Department – retired before a disciplinary hearing could be held.

All of the officers involved said they were conducting a narcotics investigation.

In a police report, the officers claimed they knocked on a door but there was no answer. However, surveillance video showed the officers appearing to pick locks.

The allegations against the officers led former Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal – who is now the state’s attorney general – to drop charges against 17 suspects in eight criminal cases. Grewal had said the situation created credibility issues for the officers, who could be called out as liars by defense attorneys in those eight cases.

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