Some officers placed their hands on the Bible, others on the Quran. But every one of the 24 Passaic County sheriff’s officers promoted on Thursday took the same oath – to uphold the U.S. Constitution – and one of them even made history. Nart Hapatsha became the first Muslim to be appointed Passaic County undersheriff, giving him a place in Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik’s Cabinet. Hapatsha was one of the first Circassians in the Sheriff’s Office when he took the…
Passaic County appoints first Muslim undersheriff during promotion ceremony
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