Dec 8, 2023 | ARRIVE Together | collaboration | community needs | Expansion | Law Enforcement | mental health emergencies | mental health professionals | Paterson | Arrive Together | Behavioral Health | Mental Health | Press Release | Strengthening Police-Community Relations
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that the City of Paterson, New Jersey’s third largest city, will be the first municipality in Passaic County to participate in the Alternative Responses to Reduce Instances of Violence and Escalation (ARRIVE) Together program.
Dec 7, 2023 | aggravated assault | Criminal Charges | Grand Jury | Official Misconduct | Paterson | Police Shooting | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability today announced that a state grand jury has voted to file criminal charges against a Paterson police officer who allegedly shot a fleeing man in the back in June 2022, leaving the victim paralyzed.
Dec 6, 2023 | Fatal Police Shooting | Investigation | Manchester | OPIA | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
The Attorney General’s Office is investigating a fatal police-involved shooting that occurred on December 5, 2023, in Manchester, New Jersey.
Dec 6, 2023 | (CBVI) | Community-Based Violence Intervention | Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance | Grant Funding | Violence Intervention and Prevention | violence prevention services | VIVA | Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance | Press Release | Violence Intervention
Governor Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced that $15 million in grant funding will be distributed to 29 organizations to support New Jersey’s Community-Based Violence Intervention (CBVI) Program and expand it into new communities.
Dec 4, 2023 | Conspiracy | Edna Mahan Correctional Facility | Grand Jury | Indictment | Misconduct | OPIA | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
he Office of the Attorney General and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability announced today that a state grand jury has returned a superseding indictment against corrections officers involved in a January 2021 incident at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women.