Dec 20, 2024 | Attorney General Directive 2019-4 | autopsy | body-worn camera | Death in Custody | Independent Prosecutor Directive | medical records | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | Paterson Police Department Headquarters | standard operating procedures (SOPs) | State Grand Jury | state medical examiner | surveillance footage | toxicology | 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 an individual from Paterson, New Jersey, who died on February 18, 2022, while in custody at the Paterson Police Department.
Dec 19, 2024 | 2017 judicial order | 2022 campaign | banned | conspiracy to commit official misconduct | contempt | former mayor | guilty | Jose “Joey” Torres | non-custodial probation | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | Passaic County | Paterson | Paterson Department of Public Works | Public Office | Superior Court | 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 Jose “Joey” Torres, the former mayor of Paterson, New Jersey, pleaded guilty today in connection with his 2022 campaign to retake the mayor’s seat, which violated a 2017 judicial order banning him from running for or holding public office.
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.
