Press Releases : Office of Alternate and Community Responses

AG Platkin Issues a Directive Formalizing the Office of Alternative and Community Responses Within Department of Law and Public Safety

Mar 13, 2024 | ARRIVE Together | Attorney General 2024-01 | Attorney General Directive 2019-1 | Brookings Institution | OACR | Office of Alternate and Community Responses | Office of Alternative Community Responses | Press Release

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced a groundbreaking step forward in addressing how New Jersey’s law enforcement agencies respond to mental health and addiction crises by issuing an Administrative Directive to formally establish the Office of Alternative and Community Responses (OACR).