Oct 1, 2024 | Anti-Violence Coalition | CCRT | Community Crisis | Community Crisis Response Teams | Community-Based | Funds | Grant | Grant Recipient | Hudson County | Office of Alternative Community Responses | Press Release
Governor Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced that an organization in Jersey City was selected to receive grant funds to support the creation of a Community Crisis Response Team (CCRT) Pilot Program. Eligible municipalities and community-based organizations participated in a competitive grant process for up to $2 million per municipality.
Sep 30, 2024 | abuse of public resources | City Commissioner | Corruption Bureau | fraudulently participation in the State Health Benefits Program | health-benefits fraud | illegally obtaining benefits | Indictment | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Official Misconduct | OPIA | theft by unlawful taking | Wildwood Mayor | 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 that former Wildwood pleaded guilty to fraudulently participating in the State Health Benefits Program
Sep 24, 2024 | Cannabis Regulatory | case management | community-based violence intervention (CBVI) | Counseling | Enforcement Assistance | Grant Opportunities | high-risk intervention | Marketplace Modernization Fund | mentorship | NOAF | safe passage | school-age youth | street outreach | support | trauma recovery | violence | VIVA | Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance | Press Release | Victims of Crime Compensation Office | VIVA
Governor Murphy, Attorney General Platkin Announce $14.5 Million in Violence Intervention and Prevention Grants Available for Community Organizations .
Sep 17, 2024 | 911 Call | Bayonne | Broadway | Fatal Police Encounter | Investigation | Linnet Street | 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 police encounter that occurred on September 16, 2024, in Bayonne, New Jersey.
Sep 11, 2024 | ferry rides | grief | Jersey City | loss | memorial service | New Jersey Department of Human Services | New Jersey State Police | New York City | Red Cross | September 11 | surviving family members | VCCO | Victims | Victims of Crime Compensation Office | Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance | VIVA | Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance | Press Release | Victims of Crime Compensation Office
For Immediate Release: September 11, 2024 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance- Patricia Teffenhart, Executive DirectorVictims of Crime Compensation Office- Mary Ellen Bonsper,...
Aug 29, 2024 | Fraud | Mercer County | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | pension | state pension | 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 the sentencing of a Mercer County woman for her theft of more than $268,000 in the form of survivor benefits she fraudulently collected from her deceased husband’s pension, knowing she was no longer eligible for the payments after she had remarried.
