New Jersey’s top law enforcement official overstepped his authority last year when he took control of the police force in Paterson, the state’s third-largest city, soon after police there fatally shot a man barricaded in an apartment bathroom, an appeals court ruled Wednesday.

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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s top court on Thursday agreed to temporarily pause a lower court decision that determined the attorney general overstepped his authority when he took control of the Paterson Police Department.  The Supreme Court of New Jersey’s temporary pause means Attorney General Matt Platkin’s officer in charge will remain in control of the department, the attorney general said. The high court issued the stay without elaborat…

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The New Jersey Appellate Division said Wednesday that Attorney General Matt Platkin had no such authority to "supersede," or take over, Paterson's police force in March 2023 after the headline-grabbing death of Najee Seabrooks.

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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s top law enforcement official overstepped his authority last year when he took control of the police force in Paterson, the state’s third-largest city, soon after police there fatally shot a man barricaded in an apartment bathroom, an appeals court ruled Wednesday.  The New Jersey Appellate Division said Attorney General Matt Platkin had no authority to “supersede,” or take over, Paterson’s police force in March …

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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.

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PATERSON, N.J. (PIX11) -- Last year's supersession, or takeover, of the Paterson Police Department by New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin’s office made big news. It was also an embarrassing black eye for the state’s third largest city and Mayor Andre Sayegh. 
	
		More Local News	   But in a surprise ruling, the New Jersey state appellate court put the police department back in local control when it answered the question at hand: Does the…

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Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — An appeals court says New Jersey’s top law enforcement official overstepped his authority last year when he took control of the police force in the state’s third-largest city soon after Paterson police fatally shot a man barricaded in an apartment bathroom. The New Jersey Appellate Division said Wednesday that Attorney General Matt Platkin had no such authority to “supersede,” or take over, Paterson’s police…

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