The City of Northville is currently offering a lateral transfer compensation program based on prior full-time experience. The Department contracts for dispatch and lock-up services from the Northville Township Police Department. The Department currently operates on a 12-hour shift schedule, with set days off. The Department’s current rank structure consists of a Chief, a Captain, three Sergeants, eight Police Officers (including a full-time Detective) and a full-time Records Clerk. The City of Northville Police Department is currently accredited through the Michigan Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission (MLEAC). The Police Department strives to place a focus on community policing and crime prevention, while providing continuing training and educational opportunities to their personnel. The City of Northville Police Department provides 24-hour policing services to approximately 6,000 residents over an area of approximately two square miles. Joe Malinconico is editor of Paterson Press.The City of Northville Police Department is currently accepting applications to establish an eligibility list of qualified candidates for the position of police officer. “Give us a reason to support you,” she told Platkin. “Some of us don’t trust anything in a police uniform,” Miller said. One of the night’s last speakers was Dellwanna Miller of the I Am My Sister group, which is composed of mothers who lost their children to gun violence in Paterson. In his response, Platkin said he doesn’t have the power to fire members of the Police Department. Paterson Black Lives Matter leader Zellie Thomas told Platkin during the meeting that he wants to see the state take a tougher stand in the city’s Police Department. “It’s important that this comes from the residents,” the assemblywoman said. She said she felt “proud” to hear so much support for her plan. One of the sponsors of that bill, Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter, was in the audience on Thursday night. A bill that would give civilian boards subpoena powers has stalled in the New Jersey Legislature for years. Others called for the creation of civilian complaint review boards to investigate allegations of misconduct by law enforcement officers. Najee Seabrooks: The fatal police shooting of a Paterson activist and its aftermath Multiple speakers asserted that mental health professionals are better equipped than police officers to handle such cases. “I’m not here to take small steps forward,” the attorney general told the audience at the church.ĭuring the session, which lasted nearly four hours, residents and activists restated their previous demands for police reform.īarbara Martinez of the Healing Collective said authorities should stop sending “a militant police force” to respond to 911 calls involving people in emotional distress. “The worst thing we can do is simply put a Band-Aid on the systematic issues that led to Najee Seabrooks’ death,” said Sullivan, the organization’s deputy policy director. Jim Sullivan of the ACLU of New Jersey made a similar statement during Thursday’s meeting. "I don’t think the community will accept anything different.”Įarlier: Paterson residents tell state attorney general they don’t trust city’s Police Department “It has to be transformational change,” he said. “What’s happening is a wait-and-see attitude about what the state is going to do to assist Paterson.”īut the city has high expectations, Rucker added. “A lot of people want to give the AG an opportunity,” said one of the city’s most outspoken activists, Ernest Rucker, in an interview on Friday morning. Platkin and the man he picked to take charge of the Paterson police, Isa Abbassi, repeatedly have said the state’s intervention represents a long-term commitment to change a longtime problem. “Until you give us a reason not to believe what you say, we’re going to believe what you say,” LaGarde said. addressed Platkin directly in his comments. “They’re coming in with a new slate,” he said of the Attorney General’s Office. “It’s been a long time where we didn’t have that relationship between community and police,” added Martinez, whose group has gotten more than $2 million in funding from the state. “If we don’t give him a chance, we’re setting ourselves up for failure.” “I want us to give him a chance,” Martinez said of Platkin’s intervention. Teddie Martinez, one of the leaders of the Paterson Healing Collective, seemed to set the tone for the event as the first speaker from the audience of almost 200 people at St. PATERSON - In a city where activists often demand quick results, several community leaders who spoke during Thursday night’s meeting with Attorney General Matthew Platkin expressed willingness to be patient with the state’s takeover of the Police Department. Watch Video: New Jersey Attorney General speaks at community meeting in Paterson
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