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 18, 2024 | 2021 Primary for N.J. Governor | ballot | Campaign Manager | Democratic Primary Ballot | fraudulent nominating petitions | Fraudulently Placed Candidates | Indictment | Investigation | New Jersey State Department’s Division of Elections | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | p | Sentencing | State Grand Jury | 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 campaign manager from Hunterdon County for attempting to fraudulently place a candidate on the Democratic primary ballot in the New Jersey governor’s race in 2021.
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.
May 15, 2024 | Attorney General Directive 2019-4 | Independent Prosecutor Directive | Newark | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | Police-Involved Fatality | State Grand Jury | U.S. Marshals New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force | Union County | West Side Park | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
A state grand jury has voted not to file any criminal charges at the conclusion of its deliberations regarding the death of a Newark, New Jersey, man in a park in Newark during an encounter with city police and members of the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force.
Apr 5, 2024 | Anthony Picione | Appointed Acting Warren County Prosecutor | Deputy Director of OPIA | Division of Criminal Justice’s Corruption and Government Fraud Bureau | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | Warren County Prosecutor's Office | Press Release | Public Integrity
Anthony Picione, Deputy Director of OPIA, Appointed Acting Warren County Prosecutor.
