State May Oversee Internal Affairs Investigations In One (And Only One) New Jersey City
The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee will consider legislation that would create a pilot program creating oversight over the Edison Police Department’s Internal Affairs Unit. Sen. Peter J. Barnes III (D-Middlesex), who sits on the Senate Law and Public Safety Committee, proposed the bill three years ago, which is directed specifically at the internal affairs (IA) unit of the Edison Police Department and aimed at holding police officers accountable….