Police & Fire

MONTCLAIR, NJ - Montclair Township Animal Shelter officials are seeking the public's help in locating the individual who ejected a kitten from a car window on Friday, they announced.

According to published reports, Montclair animal control officers say that an unidentified person who threw the kitten out the passenger window of a moving car on Glenridge Avenue sometime around 12:15PM ...

NEW JERSEY — Police chiefs from eight communities have nominated 14 sworn officers and two civilians as potential recipients for this year’s prestigious Valor Award from the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police.

“Each of this year’s nominees demonstrated exceptional service to their communities,” said NJSACOP President John Zebrowski. “Some ...

NEWARK, NJ — Newark’s trauma-informed approach to reducing violence in the city rather than relying on crime rate data as an indicator of public safety has in many ways shifted the narrative around policing. The approach is one that local leaders say begins with treating violence as a public health issue.

For Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, trauma is something he openly admitted ...

NEWARK, NJ – Two male teens from Newark died after they succumbed to wounds during a shooting incident, authorities announced.

Saeed Jan and Angel Vargas, both age 18 of Newark, were pronounced dead May 19 at University Hospital where they were transported following a shooting that occurred on Mt. Prospect Avenue, according to Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens ...