NJ gave Paterson police $7.5M this year. It added high-crime patrols

Much of the $7.5 million the state gave the Paterson police this year helped pay for extra officers assigned to high-crime ...
Shore News Network

Federal Judge Allows Parts of Paterson Police Brutality Lawsuit to Move Forward

Federal Judge Allows Parts of Paterson Police Brutality Lawsuit to Move Forward Newark, NJ — A federal judge ruled that ...
Tennessean

Effort toward Paterson police using body cameras hits another delay

PATERSON — The much-delayed use of body cameras by Paterson police officers has hit another speed bump. Now the city must buy 50 licenses from the private company that provided the camera equipment so ...
News 12 Networks

Rally held outside Paterson City Hall to call for accountability for police officers

Made in New Jersey: Demand grows ahead of summer for made-to-order fences ...
Tennessean

All six accused Paterson cops trained at police academy in 2014

PATERSON — The recruits the city sent to the police training academy in 2014 were supposed to help rebuild a force decimated by layoffs, but instead six of those officers ended up being arrested in an ...
NorthJersey.com

Paterson wants more homegrown police. Here's how they're trying

PATERSON — Emmanuel Oquendo works in security. Naieem Ahmed does cell phone sales. Justin Bermudez is employed by the state Motor Vehicle Commission. They are all city residents in their mid-20s who ...
News 12 Networks

NJ Attorney General’s Office to take over Paterson PD amid ‘concerns’ about the department

Teen arrested in shootout that injured 5-year-old girl in Longwood ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

How can a police department riddled with scandal earn back public trust? Paterson is working on it.

Paterson Police Officer Joshua Serrano spots two men in the 4th Ward, sitting on tattered couches in the back of a vacant lot strewn with debris. He stops his patrol car and rushes toward them. A few ...