Former commanding officer of Staten Island precinct to take over NJ police department
Abbassi served as Commanding Officer of 120th Precinct from 2018 to 2020.
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Abbassi served as Commanding Officer of 120th Precinct from 2018 to 2020.
The announcement by Attorney General Matt Platkin came less than a month after Paterson police officers fatally shot a well-known crisis intervention worker during a tense standoff.
New Jersey’s attorney general said Monday that his office has taken control of the police department in the state’s third-largest city, Paterson, less than a month after officers there fatally shot a well-known crisis intervention worker during a tense standoff. Attorney General Matt Platkin said at a news conference that his office had assumed control […]
Chief Thomas Galati, one of the NYPD's most experienced commanders in the area of intelligence and counter terrorism and NYPD Chief Isa Abbassi, head of the department's office of Strategic Initiatives, are leaving the department after many years, officials said.
The changes come days after the release of police body-camera footage showing the death of Najee Seabrooks, a local activist who was in mental distress when cops killed him.