N.J. towns quietly paid $87M to settle lawsuits against cops. Inside the secretive deals.

An investigation by NJ Advance Media found 147 police departments across New Jersey have paid legal settlements since 2019 to resolve misconduct claims against their officers, including 13 departments that agreed to cut checks for $1 million or more.

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