Nov 18, 2024 | art exhibition | art work | civil rights laws | combating youth bias | cultural heritage celebration | DCJ | Division of Criminal Justice | Division on Civil Rights | educational workshops | effectively prevention of bias incidents | high school students | midle school students | No Hate in the Garden State Youth Competition | open mic night | podcast | social media awareness campaign | Youth Competition to Combat Bias | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | DCR | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced the No Hate in the Garden State Youth Competition as part of a statewide initiative to eliminate bias and discrimination in New Jersey.
Nov 15, 2024 | Body Worn Cameras | Clinton Place | Hawthorne Avenue | Independent Prosecutor Directive | Investigation | Newark | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | Police Shooting | Porsche Macan | stolen vehicle | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
The Attorney General’s Office released footage from police body-worn cameras relating to the non-fatal shooting of an adult male, on August 12, 2024.
Nov 15, 2024 | 68th Street | 7000 John F. Kennedy Blvd. East | 911 Call | Bellevue Avenue | EMS personnel | Fatal Police Encounter | Fire department | firearm | Foot Chase | Guttenberg | Hudson County | Investigation | N.J. | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
The Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) is investigating a death following a foot pursuit involving law enforcement that occurred on November 12, 2024, in Guttenberg, Hudson County, New Jersey.
Nov 15, 2024 | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Policing Policy | Press Release | Public Integrity
A state grand jury has voted not to file any criminal charges at the conclusion of its deliberations regarding the death of an individual from Manchester Township, New Jersey who was fatally shot during an encounter on December 5, 2023 with police officers in Manchester, in Ocean County.
Nov 14, 2024 | bipartisan legislation | Burglary Laws | cross-jurisdictional burglary suspects | Department of Law and Public Safety | deter | Division of Criminal Justice | Home Invasions | information sharing | investigate and prosecute | Law Enforcement Leaders | Newark | NJPBA | NJSACOP | Residential Burglaries | Statewide Burglary Task Force | Strategy Meeting | Advancing Innovative Policing Policies | Division of Criminal Justice | Gun Violence | Policing Policy | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court | Tackling Auto Theft | Violence Intervention
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin held a meeting in Newark with law enforcement leaders from across the state to discuss how officers and prosecutors can best use the newly enacted laws that heighten criminal penalties for residential burglaries.
