NJ Attorney General takes over Paterson PD due to 'confidence crisis'

The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office has taken control of the Paterson Police Department due to a “crisis of confidence” in the city’s law enforcement. The state takeover follows a call from nearly 50 state groups, including the ACLU New Jersey, for the US Justice Department to investigate Paterson police after the fatal police shooting of 31-year-old Najee Seabrooks earlier this month. The attorney general aims to provide officers with more adequate support, resources, and supervision, and has appointed Isa Abbassi, a 25-year veteran of the New York Police Department, to lead the Paterson Police Department beginning in May.