Paterson residents ready for change after AG takeover of police department
“I've been here 75 years and it's just been getting worse, worse, worse," one resident told FOX 5 New York.
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“I've been here 75 years and it's just been getting worse, worse, worse," one resident told FOX 5 New York.
Activists, police union officials, community leaders, and elected officials all have plenty of questions about what comes next for Paterson.
Paterson community members rallied at Tuesday's meeting until 3 a.m., in what was an emotional discussion about the local police department.
New Jersey’s attorney general says his office has taken control of the police department in the state’s third-largest city, Paterson.
The police force in New Jersey's third largest city is now under direct state control. On Monday, Attorney General Matt Platkin announced that his office would assume control of the Paterson Police Department in the wake of a small avalanche of scandals; New York City Police Department (NYPD) Chi