Oct 24, 2024 | 2024 General Election | Department of Law and Public Safety’s (LPS) Voter Protection Initiative | Division of Elections Voter Information project | Electioneering | generative AI technologies | Lieutenant Governor Tahesha Way | manipulating and misleading voters | misinformation | New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell | New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness (NJOHSP) | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Political Deepfake Guidance infographic | Protect the Right to Vote | Secretary of State | The Voter Protection Initiative | Election Integrity | Press Release
For Immediate Release: October 24, 2024 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Tara Oliver, OAGPress@njoag.govAlicia D’Alessandro, doscomms@sos.nj.govChristopher Thoresen, communications@njohsp.gov...
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.
Oct 22, 2024 | (WCPA) | AB Trading Enterprises and 959- 961 Clinton Avenue Associates | Administrative Orders and Notices of Civil Administrative Penalty Assessments (AONOCAPAs) | Clinton Avenue Associates hazardous substances | Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) | enforce environmental law | Enforcement Actions | environmental justice (EJ) settlement | Environmental Justice Enforcement Actions | four lawsuits | Hawk's Auto | Inc. | Irvington | limited English proficiency populations | Long Branch | low-income | minority | New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Law | Newark | overburdened communities | residential neighborhood | Rivers Edge Mall | Sharlin Properties LLC | Solid Waste Management Act (SWMA) | Trenton | Water Pollution Control Act | Yer Gas | Department of Environmental Protection | Environmental Justice | Press Release | Securing Environmental Justice
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced one environmental justice (EJ) settlement as well as the filing of four lawsuits to enforce environmental law in and around communities considered overburdened under New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Law.
Oct 22, 2024 | Browns Mills | Fatal Police-Involved Shooting | firearm | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | Pemberton Township | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
The Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) today identified the decedent and police officer involved in a fatal shooting on October 19, 2024, in Pemberton Township, New Jersey.
Oct 20, 2024 | Browns Mills | Fatal Police-Involved Shooting | firearm | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | Pemberton Township | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
The Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) is investigating a fatal police-involved shooting that occurred on October 19, 2024, in the Browns Mills section of Pemberton Township, New Jersey.
Oct 18, 2024 | 20 Year Anniversary | community-led justice models | family and youth voice | healing-centered approaches | JDAI | Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative | Juvenile Justice Commission (JJC) | Partners in Progress: Celebrating 20 Years of JDAI and Youth Justice Reform in New Jersey | restorative justice | Youth Justice Conference | Youth Justice Reform | Advancing Innovative Policing Policies | Juvenile Justice Commission | Policing Policy | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Juvenile Justice Commission (JJC) celebrated 20 years of implementing the groundbreaking Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI). The JJC hosted its 2024 Youth Justice Conference on Thursday, October 10th and Friday, October 11th.
