Local: Paterson police critics applaud choice for department's new leader, a 40-year veteran Cartagena doesn’t get paid to run into burning buildings. As a fire marshal, his job involves ...

PATERSON — During the 21-month state takeover of the Police Department, the number of police officers working in the city has been gradually declining. Paterson currently has 398 officers ...

PATERSON — The Police Department's internal affairs detectives, who investigate allegations of wrongdoing by city police officers, will move out of the public safety headquarters early this year ...

PATERSON, N.J. — The Paterson Police Department is once again under local control. A New Jersey appeals court ruled Wednesday that Attorney General Matt Platkin overstepped his authority when he ...

PATERSON — Basking in the court order invalidating the state attorney general's takeover of the Police Department, Mayor Andre Sayegh made it clear during a press conference Thursday that he ...

Amjad Abukwaik, a Paterson pharmacist who mourned more than 50 family members killed in Gaza, was emotional as he listened to news about the ceasefire in his car Wednesday afternoon.