Mar 12, 2025 | (Central Region) | (Northern Region) | (Southern Region) | ammunition | Annandale | avoid bank reporting requirements | Bayville | Browns Mills | Burlington County | Corrections Staff Training Academy | Corruption Bureau | cumberland county | Hunterdon County | Maurice River | Mercer County | Monmouth County | New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJDOC) lieutenant | New Jersey State Police Corruption Bureau | Ocean County | Office of Public Integrity & Accountability (OPIA) | Official Misconduct | Range Master | sea Girt | Special Investigations Division | Special Operations Group Headquarters in Trenton | stole state-owned ammunition | structuring financial transactions | theft | Combating Gun Violence | Gun Violence | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity & Accountability (OPIA) announced the filing of criminal charges against a New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJDOC) lieutenant who served as NJDOC’s Range Master, after he allegedly stole state-owned ammunition from NJDOC and sold it for hundreds of thousands of dollars of profit.
Jan 16, 2025 | "Glock switch" | Arizona | automatic weapons | Bipartisan Safer Communities Act | Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | DOJ | Engaged in the Business Intervention | Expanded Criminal Background Checks for Gun Purchases | felons domestic abusers | Forced Reset Triggers | Forced Rest Triggers Intervention | FRTs | Glock | Gun Violence | Hawaii | illegally converted firearms | Lawsuit | machinegun conversion device | Maryland | mass shootings | MCDs | Michigan | Minnesota | Nevada | North Carolina | Oregon | rate of fire | Rhode Island | Trump Administration | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Vermont | Washington | Gun Violence | Press Release
As Trump DOJ Expected to Withdraw Federal Defense, New Jersey Leads More Than a Dozen States in Intervening to Protect Ban on Forced Reset Triggers and Expanded Criminal Background Checks for Gun Purchases For Immediate Release: January 16, 2025 Office of the Attorney...
Dec 12, 2024 | State Police | Gun Violence | Press Release | Statewide Affirmative Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Office
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced a lawsuit against Glock, Inc. and Glock Ges.m.b.H. (together, “Glock”) seeking relief for multiple violations of the State’s firearms industry public safety law through the knowing manufacture, sale, and distribution of its namesake pistols, which can easily be configured to fire automatically as illegal machine guns, using an inexpensive device commonly known as a “Glock switch.”
Dec 12, 2024 | Combatting Gun Violence | common-sense gun safety laws | multi-state coalition | nj leading partnership | DD-GunSafety | Gun Violence | Press Release | Statewide Affirmative Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Office
TRENTON – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that 16 Attorneys General have formed a multistate coalition to hold irresponsible firearms industry members accountable for their devastating impact on gun violence.
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.
Nov 14, 2024 | Combating Gun Violence | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Gun Violence | Press Release | Statutes, Regulations & Rules
For Immediate Release: November 14, 2024 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision of Consumer Affairs- Cari Fais, Director For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Lisa CoryellOAGpress@njoag.gov Consent Order TRENTON – Attorney...
