New Jersey’s attorney general says his office has taken control of the police department in the state’s third-largest city, Paterson.
FILE - New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin speaks in Trenton, N.J., Feb. 3, 2020. On Monday, March 27, 2023, Platkin says his office has taken control of the police department in the state's third-largest city, Paterson. The announcement came less than a month after Paterson police officers fatally shot a well-known crisis intervention worker during a tense standoff.
During a phone interview later Monday, Platkin said it wasn't a single case that led to his office's takeover of the Paterson Police Department. Besides the takeover, Platkin said he’s implementing some other changes. They include a program that pairs a police officer with a mental health screener in an unmarked vehicle to respond to 911 calls about mental or behavioral health issues.
Police arrived soon after and talked to him through the door, offering to get him water and calling him “love” in one instance. But the tension increased when he told police he was armed with a “pocket rocket” gun and a knife. Chowdhury said Monday that she appreciated Platkin’s decision, but she also called on him to fire the officers involved in the shooting.
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