Top police officials in Paterson have filed a lawsuit against New Jersey’s attorney general. They say Attorney General Matthew Platkin overstepped his authority when he put the police department under state control supervision in March. That came less than a month after officers in Paterson shot and killed a well-known crisis intervention worker. New Jersey's constitution gives the state attorney general direct supervision of county prosecutors and police chiefs. But NJ.com reports that Paterson
PATERSON, N.J. — Top Paterson police officials have filed a lawsuit against New Jersey’s attorney general, accusing him of overstepping his authority with the takeover of the police department in the state’s third-largest city.
While New Jersey’s constitution gives the state attorney general direct supervision of county prosecutors and police chiefs, Paterson’s police chief and acting police director argue in a complaint filed in Passaic County Superior Court that the state takeover “exceeds the bounds of their statutory and constitutional authority,” NJ.comPlatkin spokesperson Sharon Lauchaire called the suit “as unfortunate as it is meritless,” telling NJ.
Mayor Andre Sayegh, although not a plaintiff in the lawsuit, on Monday called himself an “interested party,” and said his office needs to know if the attorney general’s takeover was allowed under state law.
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