PASSAIC — The city concluded its most inclusive season of Junior Police and Junior Fire academies on Aug. 15, as the program welcomed children of all abilities, including those with autism and special ...

Passaic's Urban Enterprise Zone has added four police officers to patrol its business districts. The officers will work in commercial areas along Main, Market and Passaic streets and Van Houten Avenue ...

A Passaic woman was found with fatal stab wounds at a home in the city Sunday morning, the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office reported. She was subsequently pronounced dead at a hospital. Members of ...

Officials in Paterson, Passaic and Clifton all said they are exercising an abundance of caution regarding the ongoing ...

PASSAIC ― Judith Kicha did something very few women did in the 1960s — she was a police officer. The career choice was so rare that at that time, she was only the second woman to be hired as an ...

The state Office of the Attorney General released its annual major discipline report on July 7, detailing 644 incidents of major discipline taken by 172 agencies across the state in 2024. Passaic ...

PASSAIC COUNTY, NJ — A Passaic man is suing Passaic City and its police department, claiming that he was put in a chokehold, thrown to the ground, and arrested after spitting on a sidewalk. The ...

The charges against Jesse Velez, which included resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and spitting on a public sidewalk, were dismissed in February. A Passaic man has accused the city police of choking ...

A New Jersey man has filed a lawsuit against the City of Passaic and its police department, claiming officers placed him in an illegal chokehold and arrested him for allegedly spitting on a sidewalk.