Apr 22, 2025 | "Newark Set" | “Double ii – Queen Street Blood Gang” (Double ii) | “Exit 5 | “Passion | ” “Body Bag | ” “Route 21 | 200 block of North 9th Street | advisors | assault firearms | assaults | Board of Social Work Examiners | cocaine | Conspiracy | criminal organizations | DCJ Major Threats Division (North) | detectives | distributors of controlled dangerous substances (CDS) | Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) | drug offenses | enforcers | fentanyl | heroin | Illegal drug trafficking | intimidation | luger | maintaining gang discipline | Newark | Newark Police Department | Newark Police Division’s Intelligence Unit | NJSP | open-air drug market | Racketeering | semi-automatic rifle | shootings | supervisors | territory | violence | Violent Drug Gang | weapons offenses | Battling the Opioid Epidemic | Combating Gun Violence | Division of Law | Fighting the Opioid Crisis | Gun Violence | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) announced that 26 people have been charged for their alleged roles in an enterprise that used violence and intimidation to operate an open-air drug market in Newark.
Apr 21, 2025 | 911 Call | active shooter | Columbia Street | East Stroudsburg | Fatal Police Encounter | footage | Independent Prosecutor Directive | Knowlton | Lehigh Valley Hospital | medical episode | Mount Pocono Regional | New Jersey State Troopers | NJSP | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | one female victim | Pennsylvania | police body-worn cameras | radio and communication transmissions | Warren County | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
The Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) released footage from police body-worn cameras, as well as radio and communication transmissions and a 911 call, capturing the events surrounding an individual’s death on February 12, 2024 following an encounter with New Jersey State Troopers
Mar 4, 2025 | "No Bill" | Attorney General Directive 2019-4 | Brook Hollow Drive | cyclist death | Evidence | Fatal Crash | Grand Jury | Hackettstown | Hackettstown Medical Center | Independent Prosecutor Directive | Long Valley | New Jersey State Police | NJSP | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | testimony | Willow Grove Street | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
A state grand jury has voted not to file criminal charges at the conclusion of its deliberations regarding the death of a cyclist who died following a February 5, 2024 crash in Hackettstown, New Jersey, involving a member of the New Jersey State Police (NJSP).
Sep 24, 2024 | accountability | anonymous reporting | anti-hazing policy | complaints | DEI | Discrimination | diversity in hiring | hiring process | Internal Affairs | Investigations | kaufman dolowich | mandatory in-service training | Memorandum | New Jersey State Police | nitti | NJSP | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | Reforms | Reports | retaliation | senior leadership | sexual harassment | transfers | transparency | New Jersey State Police | Press Release | Public Integrity | Statutes, Regulations & Rules | Strengthening Police-Community Relations
Investigations by OPIA and Outside Law Firm Lead to More Than Two Dozen Recommended Changes That Will Be Implemented.
Aug 23, 2024 | aggravated assault | Aggravated Manslaughter | County Road 521 | death by auto | decedent | eluding | Fatal Crash | Hope Township | Investigation | New Jersey State Police | NJSP | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | pursuit | Warren County Prosecutor's Office | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
The Attorney General’s Office today identified the decedent, the driver who allegedly struck his motorcycle, and the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) Trooper involved in a police pursuit and fatal crash on August 13, 2024, in Hope Township, Warren County, New Jersey.