When someone is charged after an interaction with law enforcement, they are often surprised to discover that prosecutors have filed multiple offenses arising from the same incident. Two charges that are frequently confused are resisting arrest and obstruction. While these offenses may seem similar, they involve different conduct and carry different legal requirements. In Freehold, […]
It may not be shocking that motor vehicle regulations differ for public entities like the police department. Police officers represent the municipality and usually this changes the laws that apply to them as public entity workers. But this is a complex issue because there may also be some personal liability for the police in the […]
The Newark Police Department, New Jersey’s largest department, is a thousand-member force that patrols one of the Northeast’s most violent cities. This NJPD will be placed under federal oversight, and court-ordered reform, for violating its residents’ civil rights by: In 2011, less than a year after a report from the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) […]
