Dec 3, 2024 | defendants indicted | facilitating human trafficking | human trafficking | human trafficking rings | human trafficking rings dismantled | seven defendants | Crime Victims | Division of Criminal Justice | Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance | Human Trafficking | New Jersey State Police | Press Release | Victims of Crime Compensation Office
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ), and the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) today announced that seven defendants were indicted in connection with two separate human trafficking enterprises in North and South Jersey. One human trafficking ring was based in Essex County, where a suspected female trafficker allegedly used beatings with an electrical cord and other acts of physical violence to control the teenage victims, subjecting them to sexual assaults by strangers and profiting from the abuse.
Oct 23, 2024 | act of violence | aggravated assault | assault | Body Worn Cameras | cumberland county | flashlight | Gibbstown | handcuffs | New Jersey State Police (NJSP) | New Jersey Superior Court | NJ State Trooper | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | punch | Sentencing | Upper Deerfield Township | New Jersey State Police | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced the sentencing of a former New Jersey State Police (NJSP) trooper for a September 2022 assault in Cumberland County, in which he punched a woman in the face while holding a metal flashlight, as the victim was handcuffed in the back seat of a police vehicle.
Sep 24, 2024 | accountability | anonymous reporting | anti-hazing policy | complaints | DEI | Discrimination | diversity in hiring | hiring process | Internal Affairs | Investigations | kaufman dolowich | mandatory in-service training | Memorandum | New Jersey State Police | nitti | NJSP | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | Reforms | Reports | retaliation | senior leadership | sexual harassment | transfers | transparency | New Jersey State Police | Press Release | Public Integrity | Statutes, Regulations & Rules | Strengthening Police-Community Relations
Investigations by OPIA and Outside Law Firm Lead to More Than Two Dozen Recommended Changes That Will Be Implemented.
Jul 16, 2024 | accountability and transparency | ALPR Technology | Attorney General Directive 2022-12 | Audit | Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) Data | foster trust between law enforcement agencies and communities | New Jersey Law Enforcement | New Jersey State Police | NJSP | promoting public trust | uniform standards | New Jersey State Police | Policing Policy | Press Release | Public Integrity | Strengthening Police-Community Relations
For Immediate Release: July 16, 2024 Office of The Attorney General – Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General New Jersey State Police – Colonel Patrick J. Callahan, Superintendent For Further Information: Media Inquiries- OAGpress@njoag.gov TRENTON — Attorney...
May 9, 2024 | Expungement Order Process | Expungement Unit | Interim Consent Order | New Jersey State Police | NJOPD | NJSP | Office of the Public Defender | New Jersey State Police | Office of the Public Defender | Press Release
The New Jersey Office of the Attorney General (OAG), the New Jersey Office of the Public Defender (NJOPD), and the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) today announced that as part of ongoing litigation, an Interim Consent Order has been entered in State Superior Court aimed at creating a more efficient solution to how the NJSP processes outstanding judicial expungement orders.
Apr 15, 2024 | “clean slate” law | Backlog Reduction | Division of Criminal Justice | Expungement orders | New Jersey State Police | NJSP Expungement Unit | NJSP Software Programming Unit | Second Chance Agenda | Division of Criminal Justice | New Jersey State Police | Press Release
Governor Phil Murphy, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, the New Jersey State Police (NJSP), and the Division of Criminal Justice today announced a 117% increase in processed final expungement orders from 2022 to 2023 and a nearly 70% reduction in the number of pending applications from its peak.
