Trust is low, tensions high. In Paterson, cops are back out on the streets. Updated on May 10, 2021; Published on May 09, 2021 Officer Joel Torres, center, talks to a group of older men hanging out on Park Ave. while with rookie officer Ricky Navarro. Friday, April 23, 2021. Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media . In Paterson, as it has been in many towns and cities across the country since the killing of George Floyd by a former Minneapolis Police Officer, the relationship between residents and police officers is more tense than it has been in years. Locally, allegations of police brutality and the arrests of 10 officers in the last few years are fresh in city residents’ mind.