Justice Department officials said Thursday, in a report documenting arrests without a legal basis, officers escalating situations with aggression and unnecessary use ofpepper spray.The45-page reportcomes after a roughlyyearlong investigationinto the Trenton Police Department, undertaken...
TRENTON, NJ. - Officials with the Trenton Police Department and the Mercer County Homicide Task Force are investigating a deadly stabbing from Wednesday night. The incident happened around 5 p.m. at the 500 block of Whittaker Avenue, according to the office of the Mercer County Prosecutor. Off...
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Asked if the recent investigation of police practices in Trenton or any other city could result in a consent decree, Clarke replied that her focus Thursday was on making the findings about Trenton public. The Justice Department has opened investigations of 12 other police departments under the Bide...
The Trentonian reported that city police director Sheilah Coley said last week that at least 11 of this year’s slayings involved personal disputes. Coley has said her department made 2,284 arrests this year and identified 47 “main players” involved with “90 percent” of the crime in...