Paterson's public safety director Jerry Speziale addresses criticism of police department

Community groups say that adding more police is not the answer

A second wave of coronavirus is hitting the state as a wave of gun violence sweeps through New Jersey’s cities. In Paterson, 106 shooting incidents ...

Paterson's mayor learned of the available grants in 2019 when he met Everytown for Gun Safety. Tuesday he awarded $20,000 grants each to Operation Ceasefire ...

COVID-19 has thinned ranks of EMS workers and police officers across New Jersey. Some have died, hundreds are in quarantine. At one point, Newark University ...

Paterson has the same volume of emergency COVID calls coming in, per capita, as New York City. As the number of calls increases, so has ...

Paterson police are calling in reinforcements to help shed its reputation for corruption.

The state’s expected to announce the six new licensees -- two each in South, Central and North Jersey -- Nov. 1.

Officials say recycling isn't just a way to keep Paterson cleaner -- it's also a way to keep the city safer.

The state estimates legalization would add $300 million a year to its budget.

The city's newly elected mayor faces some major challenges.

Violent crime meets "operation swift justice" in Paterson. Local and state law enforcers plan to blanket "silk city" for a zero-tolerance approach to crime. If ...

Operation Swift Justice, a multi-agency effort to target Paterson's crime hotspots, will begin with the holiday season and will continue into the new year.

Jerry Speziale, Paterson Police Director, agreed to take on the job of interim police chief for Hazelton, Pennsylvania, population 25,000, about 100 miles west of ...

A new health initiative for thousands of New Jersey troops who served in war and suffered the consequences of post traumatic stress, but could the ...

Newark is at a crossroads. Crime is up and the human cost of fighting it mounts. The future of public safety, public schools, public housing. ...

Police in Newark continue to be challenged by a recent spike in crime in the city. Concerns have now risen about police pursuit activities in ...

When the state's in financial stress, state institutions get squeezed. It's happening in higher ed where costs are already soaring. Counting the homeless. Fewer are ...

Instead of requiring stores to only sell smart guns three years after they are introduced in the U.S., Sen. Loretta Weinberg wants to amend the ...

In Paterson, street level gang violence has reached critical mass. The community is finally saying stop. Will it work to end a generations-long blood feud? ...