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The unanimous decision is a victory for transparency advocates throughout the state who have long pushed for greater access to such records.

The project will evaluate systems meant to spot and address inappropriate officer conduct and if training complies with recent reforms.

The project will evaluate systems meant to spot and address inappropriate officer conduct and if training complies with recent reforms.

A new podcast, featuring the Records Mike Kelly, examines the 1990 shooting of Phillip Pannell by Teaneck police -- and all the other police shootings of African-Americans

Police chiefs in New Jersey are almost always hired from within. 109 of their resumes confirmed the trend, TCNJ student researchers found.

As much of our nation was preoccupied with the televised testimony from a Minneapolis courtroom where a former cop was on trial for murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, something strange happened in New Jersey. State law enforcement officials in Trenton quietly opened a website where anyone can track any incident in which a New Jersey police officer used any kind of force. Punches. Kicks. Shootings. It’s all there for anyone to see — and assess. And what’s notable — be...

ENGLEWOOD — Police Chief Lawrence Suffern is retiring as of Thursday, ending a career spanning three decades. The only Black chief in Bergen County, Suffern has worked for the department for more than 33 years. He was first hired at age 18, said Mayor Michael Wildes. “He has garnered tremendous respect among other chiefs in the county and will be sorely missed,” Wildes said. “He is a dear friend, and his efforts for the city are very much appreciated.” Wildes said Suffern “understoo...

>> theres a great many people who think its impossible to bring 100,000 negros into washington without incident and possibly riot. what do you see as the effect on the just cause of the negro if you do have any incidence, if you do have any rioting? >> and then the march happened. tens of thousands of people peacefully assembled, kault calling for equality for jobs and action, just like that the tone of the coverage changed. >> every prediction that organizers made that can be tangibly proved ha...