AG Platkin Issues New Law Enforcement Directives to Monitor Effects of Increase in Firearm Carry Applications and Reduce Violent Gun Crime

For Immediate Release: June 14, 2023 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Dan ProchiloOAGpress@njoag.gov TRENTON — Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today issued two firearms-related directives...

UPDATE: Bridgeton Man Found Guilty in Connection with Shooting of NJ State Police Detective in 2020 in Pittsgrove

For Immediate Release: May 31, 2023 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralOffice of Public Integrity and Accountability- Thomas J. Eicher, Executive Director For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Dan ProchiloOAGpress@njoag.gov SALEM,...

Statement from Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin on Today’s Ruling Regarding Firearms in Sensitive Places

For Immediate Release: May 16, 2023 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Sharon LauchaireOAGpress@njoag.gov TRENTON—Today’s decision is devastating for public safety. Over and over, the...

UPDATE: Attorney General’s Office Releases Identities of the Decedent and Officers in Police-Involved Shooting in Newark

For Immediate Release: May 16, 2023 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralOffice of Public Integrity and Accountability- Thomas J. Eicher, Executive Director For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Dan ProchiloOAGpress@njoag.gov NEWARK —...

Paterson Police Announce Arrests Resulting in Two Guns Being Seized

For Immediate Release: May 4, 2023 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralPaterson Police Department- Frederick Fife, Interim Officer-in-Charge For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Rob RowanOAGpress@njoag.gov PATERSON – Attorney...

Attorney General’s Office Investigating Fatal Police-Involved Shooting in Newark

For Immediate Release: May 4, 2023 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralOffice of Public Integrity and Accountability- Thomas J. Eicher, Executive Director For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Dan ProchiloOAGpress@njoag.gov NEWARK —...