The Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) is responsible for investigating and prosecuting violations of New Jersey criminal laws. With a staff consisting of over 400 detectives, prosecutors, civil investigators, and professional support personnel, DCJ investigates criminal activity across the State, focusing on high-impact cases that require significant or highly specialized investigative resources. DCJ also provides integral statewide trainings for prosecutors and law enforcement officers. In addition, DCJ assists the Attorney General in his role as the State’s chief law enforcement officer, which pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act of 1970, gives the Attorney General broad supervisory authority over New Jersey’s 21 County Prosecutors’ Offices and the State’s 38,000 law enforcement officers.
NOTICE
On November 7, 2024, the New Jersey Supreme Court ordered the publication of two documents related to prior driving while intoxicated (DWI) convictions derivative of inadmissible Alcotest results:
1) S-152—an excel spreadsheet of every breath sample given on an affected Alcotest instrument between November 5, 2008, and April 9, 2016; and
2) The “Dennis Calibration Repository”—PDFs of the 1,046 calibration records of the affected Alcotest instruments.
For more information please see:
Victim Information:
1) How to file a domestic violence restraining order; 2) resources for domestic violence victims; and 3) petitioning the court to dissolve the no contact order for defendants/juveniles released from custody due to public health emergency credits.
Forms For Attorney General Directive Strengthening Oversight of Municipal Court Prosecutions
[Law Enforcement Directive 2019-7]
Beginning in January 2025, for the reporting period of January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024 and going forward, Municipal Prosecutor Disclosure Statements and Municipal Prosecutor Separation Statements must be reported via the Law Enforcement Reporting Portal.
Please contact reportingrequirements@njoag.gov if you have additional questions.
Recent News
Two Senior Corrections Officers Assigned to the Juvenile Justice Commission Charged with Sexual Assault and Official Misconduct
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) announced the charging of two Juvenile Justice Commission Senior Corrections Officers who allegedly sexually assaulted, and had unlawful sexual contact with, a female resident of the Female Secure Care and Intake Facility located in Bordentown, New Jersey.
Ex-Caseworker for Division of Child Protection and Permanency Indicted on Sexual Assault and Official Misconduct Charges After Alleged Abuse of Two Minors
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ), and the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) announced the indictment of an ex-caseworker for the New Jersey Department of Children and Family Services’ Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCPP), for his alleged sexual abuse of two children.
Two Middlesex County Men Indicted in Alleged $6.7 Million Fuel Investment Fraud Scheme
For Immediate Release: July 30, 2024 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision of Criminal Justice- J. Stephen Ferketic, DirectorOffice of Securities Fraudand Financial Crimes Prosecutions- Pablo Quiñones, Legal Chief For Further...