Kroll: Thin Blue Line Patches to Be Disallowed for South Orange Police
South Orange Police Chief Kyle Kroll says that police department policy is being changed so that officers are no longer allowed to wear thin blue…
Lembrich: NJ System Makes Rooting Out Bad Cops Nearly Impossible
Maplewood Township Committee member and Public Safety Chair Greg Lembrich leveled a devastating indictment of the state of police oversight in New Jersey at the…
South Orange Students Ask Board of Trustees for Redistribution of Police Funding
In the weeks since the murder of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota, cities and towns around the country are having conversations…
South Orange Fire Unions Oppose Pay Freeze, Accuse Trustees of Understaffing
At a virtual meeting of the South Orange Board of Trustees on June 8, representatives from the South Orange Fire Department once again raised objections…
Maplewood Township Hosts From Awareness to Action: a Forum on Police Accountability, June 19
From the Township of Maplewood: Mayor McGehee and the Maplewood Township Committee present: From Awareness to Action, A Forum on Law Enforcement Accountability, Mass Incarceration…
VIDEO, PHOTOS: ‘We Need a New System’ — Weekend of Planned Peaceful Protests Begin in Maplewood, South Orange
A weekend of planned, peaceful protests against systemic racism and police brutality, spurred by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25,…
Maplewood Community Board on Policing: ‘We Have an Opportunity for a Call to Action’
Amid protests across New Jersey and the United States following George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Maplewood Community Board met on June 3 and…
Maplewood Police Department Chief DeVaul on George Floyd Killing: ‘There are No Excuses’
From Chief DeVaul of the Maplewood Police Department: To Our Maplewood Community, As Chief of the Maplewood Police, I would like to address the horrific…
GoFundMe Created to Aid Maplewood Nurse Left Injured & Homeless by Essex Ave House Fire
Friends of the family who lost their home to an accidental house fire early this morning are helping the family to raise funds and recover…
Maplewood: 3 Rescued—2 With Serious Injuries—in Essex Avenue Fire Overnight
Three occupants were rescued – with at least two seriously injured – in a two alarm house fire on Essex Avenue in Maplewood early this…
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