Feb 4, 2025 | ARRIVE Together | ARRIVE Together Alternative Response Program | ARRIVE Together Initiative | Jersey's National Model | NJ Residents | Arrive Together | Attorney General Statement | Office of Alternative Community Responses | Press Release | Strengthening Police-Community Relations
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that the adoption of the Alternative Responses to Reduce Instances of Violence and Escalation (ARRIVE) Together program in Brick Township and Toms River Township makes the landmark program available to residents of the state’s 15 most populous municipalities. Both police departments will partner with Bright Harbor Healthcare for the provision of mental health services during ARRIVE interactions with the public. According to 2020 census data, Brick has a population of more than 73,000 residents and Toms River has more than 95,000 residents.
Jan 31, 2025 | block trump | essential federal funding | funding freeze | multi-state coalition | Trump Administration | Attorney General Statement | Press Release
Federal Judge Today Issued Temporary Restraining Order to Restore Funding, Orders Trump Administration Not to Withhold Federal Funding Allocated by Congress
Jan 31, 2025 | diversity equity inclusion | eleven attorneys general | joint statement | trump | twelve attorneys general | Attorney General Statement | Press Release
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, along with twelve attorneys general, today issued a joint statement addressing President Trump’s recent executive orders purporting to dismantle diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility policies and programs—collectively referred to below as “DEIA”:
Jan 15, 2025 | Law and Public Safety | LPS | passaic valley | Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission | PSVC commissioner | public employee | Sewerage commission | The Office of the Attorney General | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) today announced that a Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission (PVSC) employee has pleaded guilty after trying to influence a PVSC Commissioner in a corrupt attempt to advance in his career.
Dec 12, 2024 | State Police | Gun Violence | Press Release | Statewide Affirmative Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Office
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced a lawsuit against Glock, Inc. and Glock Ges.m.b.H. (together, “Glock”) seeking relief for multiple violations of the State’s firearms industry public safety law through the knowing manufacture, sale, and distribution of its namesake pistols, which can easily be configured to fire automatically as illegal machine guns, using an inexpensive device commonly known as a “Glock switch.”
