Mar 9, 2024 | Fatal Police-Involved Shooting | Hamilton | Investigation | 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 March 8, 2024, in Hamilton Township in Mercer County, New Jersey.
Mar 8, 2024 | concealing misconduct | Essex County | failing to perform background checks | failing to perform drug tests | Guilty Plea | hiring unqualified drivers | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | operating unsafe buses | OPIA | School Bus Company | Child Protection | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Policing Policy | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced today that an Essex County-based school bus company and one of its owners pleaded guilty, after hiring unqualified drivers, failing to perform drug tests and background checks, operating unsafe buses, and attempting to conceal their misconduct.
Mar 7, 2024 | 2021 | 2022 | anti-Arab | anti-Black | anti-Jewish | anti-Muslim | Antisemitism | Bias Crimes Public Awareness Campaign | Bias Incident Dashboard | Bias Incident Report | bias intimidation | Black | hate | Hispanic | Islamophobia | Jewish | Latinx/e | No Hate in the Garden State | Office of Justice Data | Preliminary Data | statistics | The Department of Law and Public Safety (LPS) | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | Division of Criminal Justice | Division on Civil Rights | Office of Justice Data | Press Release | Racial Justice
Public Awareness Bias Campaign and Interactive Public Bias Data Dashboard Launched to Help Combat Rising Number of Bias Incidents For Immediate Release: March 7, 2024 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General For Further Information: Media...
Feb 29, 2024 | "Red Tape Review Group" | Casino | Division of Gaming Enforcement Director | gaming industry | Governor’s Office | Retirement | Senior Policy Advisor | Sports Betting | Division of Gaming Enforcement | Gaming Enforcement | Press Release | Sports Wagering
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced the retirement of David L. Rebuck after serving 13 years as the Director of the Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE), making him the longest-serving director in DGE’s history.
Feb 28, 2024 | Corruption Bureau | forged signatures | illegitimate building permits | Indictment | OPIA | Paterson | Paterson City Building Permits | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced a state grand jury has voted to indict a Paterson housing and zoning inspector as well as an accomplice, charging them for their alleged roles in a conspiracy to accept money in exchange for illegitimate building permits bearing forged signatures, purported to be issued by the City of Paterson.
Feb 21, 2024 | Bumble | Civil Penalty | Criminal Background Screening | Internet Dating Safety Act (“IDSA”) | Internet Dating Services | New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act (“CFA”) | Public Disclosures | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs (“Division”) announced today that Texas-based internet dating service provider Bumble, Inc. will pay $315,000 and change its business practices to settle allegations it violated New Jersey’s consumer protection and internet dating safety laws by misrepresenting or failing to disclose its criminal background screening policies and practices to its New Jersey users.
