PRESS RELEASES
AG Grewal Announces Results of Survey Showing 40% of New Jersey’s Law Enforcement Agencies Now Have Conducted Energy Devices (Tasers) Use of the devices by police in New Jersey is carefully restricted by a statewide AG Policy. Used properly, they can be a lifesaving tool in a crisis that might otherwise lead to deadly force.
For Immediate Release: October 23, 2020 Office of The Attorney General- Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney GeneralOffice of Public Integrity and Accountability- Thomas J. Eicher, Director For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Peter Aseltine609-292-4791Citizen...
Attorney General’s Office Investigating Fatal Accident in which Police Vehicle Struck Pedestrian in Clifton
For Immediate Release: October 23, 2020 Office of The Attorney General- Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney GeneralOffice of Public Integrity and Accountability- Thomas J. Eicher, Director For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Peter Aseltine609-292-4791Citizen...
Twelve Arrested in Takedown of Gang-Related Drug Ring that Sold Large Amounts of Heroin and Cocaine out of Drug Mills in Paterson Division of Criminal Justice and Paterson Police Department led “Operation 42-50” targeting a local set of the Crips street gang that was trafficking drugs in a violent neighborhood
For Immediate Release: October 22, 2020 Office of The Attorney General- Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General Division on Criminal Justice- Veronica Allende, DirectorFor Further Information: Media Inquiries-Peter Aseltine609-292-4791Citizen Inquiries-609-984-5828Paterson...
AG Grewal Marks Knock Out Opioid Abuse Day, Announces State To More than Double Healthcare Entities with Enhanced Access to Prescription Database to Better Identify Patients at Risk of Addiction
For Immediate Release: October 6, 2020 Office of The Attorney General- Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney GeneralNJ CARES- Sharon M. Joyce, DirectorDivision of Consumer Affairs- Paul Rodríguez, Acting DirectorFor Further Information: Media Inquiries-Lisa...
AG Grewal Marks International Overdose Awareness Day With $1.2 Million in New Funding to Better Identify Patients at Risk of Addiction by Enhancing Access to Prescription Database – Federal Funding Obtained in Partnership with NJ Dept. of Human Services to Fight Addiction
For Immediate Release: August 31, 2020 Office of The Attorney General- Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney GeneralDivision of Consumer Affairs- Paul Rodríguez, Acting DirectorNJ CARES- Sharon M. Joyce, DirectorFor Further Information: Media Inquiries-Lisa...
AG Grewal, Division of Consumer Affairs Announce Actions to Expand Access to Mental Health, Substance Abuse Services During COVID-19 Pandemic – Measures Aimed at Expanding New Jersey`s Mental Health Workforce and Improving Access to Substance Abuse Treatment and Counseling
Measures Aimed at Expanding New Jersey’s Mental Health Workforce and Improving Access to Substance Abuse Treatment and CounselingFor Immediate Release: July 15, 2020 Office of The Attorney General- Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney GeneralDivision of Consumer Affairs- Paul...
Leading Member of Criminal Ring That Trafficked Untraceable “Ghost Gun” Assault Rifles and Cocaine Sentenced to 14 Years in State Prison
Arrests in Operation Stone Wall were first ever in a ghost gun trafficking case under law signed by Gov. Murphy in 2018 making it crime to buy, manufacture, possess or sell ghost guns in New JerseyFor Immediate Release: July 10, 2020 Office of The Attorney General-...
AG Grewal Issues Statewide Order Requiring Law Enforcement Agencies to Identify Officers Who Commit Serious Disciplinary Violations – Col. Callahan to Release Identities of All State Troopers Subject to Major Discipline over Last Twenty Years
For Immediate Release: June 15, 2020 Office of The Attorney General- Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney GeneralNew Jersey State Police- Colonel Patrick Callahan, SuperintendentFor Further Information: Media Inquiries-Peter Aseltine609-292-4791Citizen...
AG Grewal Outlines Process for Revising New Jersey`s Use of Force Policy – Initiative to Include Statewide Listening Sessions, Online Public Comment Website
For Immediate Release: June 12, 2020 Office of The Attorney General- Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney GeneralFor Further Information: Media Inquiries-Peter Aseltineor Lee Moore609-292-4791Citizen Inquiries-609-984-5828TRENTON – Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal today...
Governor Murphy and AG Grewal Announce Continued Progress and New Measures to Strengthen Police-Community Trust
For Immediate Release: June 2, 2020 Office of The Attorney General- Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Peter Aseltine609-292-4791Citizen Inquiries-609-984-5828 TRENTON – Governor Phil Murphy and Attorney General Gurbir S....