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New Jersey State Police

Monday, May 13, 2013

Trending: NJ State Police Rank No. 2 in Terms of Twitter Followers

The department has 23,618 followers.

OK, so maybe it's not trending right now, but chances are, it soon will be. The New Jersey State Police ranked second among state police agencies nationally in terms of Twitter followers, according to statistics recently released by the IACP Center for Social Media. The agency has 23,618 followers, trailing only the Massachusetts State Police, which had a whopping 62,493 followers, as of April 30. The Texas Department of Public Safety (18,787), the Ohio State Highway Patrol (13,587) and the Indiana State Police (13,466) round out the top five. As of Monday morning, May 13, the State Police had 23,932 followers and had sent out 991 tweets. However, with over eight million people in the state as of the 2012 Census, the State Police still …

Friday, July 27, 2012

Attorney General: Troopers in High-Speed Luxury Car Escort Altered Plates

The troopers have been criminally charged in connection with the March 2012 incident.

Two New Jersey state troopers accused of leading a high-speed escort on the Garden State Parkway for a fleet of luxury cars have been criminally charged, the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office announced. The New Jersey State Police (NJSP) received complaints regarding the March 2012 caravan to Atlantic City, and the troopers were subsequently suspended without pay in April. In a press conference in Trenton on Friday, Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa said the troopers who conducted the unauthorized escort "turned our highway into a virtual speedway." "What they did was absolutely wrong," he said. An investigation by the Division of Criminal Justice into the incident found that the troopers, Sgt. First Class Nadir Nassry, 47, and Trooper…

Thomas

7:07 am on Friday, April 19, 2013

It seems that there are a number of cases of state troopers abusing their authority and position. Even prior to this, I have read of news of state troopers who have been issued suspension for falsification and tampering because they were escorting a high-speed caravan, etc. I became more aware of this I when I was searching for car parts news and car news over the internet. Why it caught my …   more ›

Sunday, June 17, 2012

SP Man Killed in Motorcycle Accident

Anthony Whalen, 35, was pronounced dead at the scene when his motorcycle overturned on Route 78 in Hillside Saturday afternoon.

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