NJ Attorney General Assumes Control of Paterson Police Department Amid Crisis.

New Jersey's attorney general has taken control of the police department in Paterson, the state's third-largest city, following the fatal shooting of a crisis intervention worker by officers during a standoff. The attorney general's office has assumed control of all police functions, including the division that investigates internal police matters. The takeover reflects activists' concerns about how the department was being run. Isa Abbassi, a 25-year veteran of the New York Police Department, will take charge of Paterson's police department in May.