New Jersey’s attorney general exceeded his authority when he took operational control of the Paterson Police Department in March 2023 and local management of the 300-plus officer department in the state’s third largest city must be restored, an appeals court ruled Wednesday in a surprise decision.
The city’s mayor and sidelined police leadership filed a lawsuit challenging state Attorney General Matt Platkin’s authority to take over the scandal-plagued city police department.
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