New Jersey’s attorney general says his office has taken control of the police department in the state’s third-largest city, Paterson
PATERSON, N.J. — — 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 aAttorney General Matt Platkin said in a news release that his office had assumed control of all police functions without delay, including the division that investigates internal police matters.
It isn't clear how long the takeover will last. Platkin said the takeover is a first step in making the city safer and more just. The standoff started about 8 a.m. March 3 when police were called to Seabrooks’ brother’s apartment where he had been holed up in the bathroom. Seabrooks, who was a crisis intervention worker and mentor with the nonprofit Paterson Healing Collective, had called 911 at least seven times and told dispatchers that people were threatening him and he needed immediate help.
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