Group Appeals to NJ Attorney General to Investigate Maplewood Police Department
The following letter to Attorney General Christopher Porrino is from the SOMA Black Parents Workshop Dear Attorney General Porrino: I am writing again to seek…
UPDATED: August 7 Community Forum Calling for Police Reform Postponed
Updated: The Community Forum originally scheduled for Monday, August 7, 2017, will be rescheduled for a future date. From the organizers: “In the meantime, our work…
Letter: Community Coalition on Race Advocates for Fair Treatment of People of Color by Police
From the Community Coalition on Race: We are pleased that the Maplewood Township Committee took a vote of no confidence in Police Chief Cimino…
UPDATED: Maplewood TC Calls for Cimino’s Resignation, Places Him on Leave as Protesters Take Over National Night Out
Update, Aug. 2, 12: 36 a.m.: The Township Committee appointed Acting Captain Jimmy DeVaul as Acting Chief and Lieutenant Albert Sally as Acting Captain, according…
Full Maplewood Police Audio Files of July 5, 2016 Post-Fireworks Incidents
Below are all 79 Maplewood Police Department audio files released to Village Green per our Open Public Records Act request for materials related to post-fireworks…
Letter: Community Leaders Must Not Be Silent in Wake of July 5 Incidents
The following is from TJ Whitaker: What a difference a year makes! With the recent release of the audio/video recordings from the post Fireworks incident…
Letter: Black Parents Group Urges Maplewood to Remove Police Chief
The following is from Walter Fields: The Black Parents Workshop has now reviewed the Maplewood Police Department police radio transmissions and, street and dash-cam video…
SOMA Action Condems Police Treatment of Youth of Color, Calls for Cimino’s Firing
Statement from SOMA Action on the July 5th Maplewood Police events: On July 5th, 2016 after the Maplewood Fireworks, incidents in which police interacted with…
CCR Calls for Reform of Police Practices, End to Police Abuse of Black Residents
The following is from the Community Coalition on Race: Call for reform of police practices and an end to police abuse of Black residents We…
Video Reveals Maplewood Police Kicking, Macing Teens; Some Call for Cimino to Resign
Editor’s note, July 31 8:24 p.m.: this article has been updated with comments from Maplewood Township Committee members Greg Lembrich, Frank McGehee, India Larrier and…