NJ Attorney General Platkin faces paradox: He says his top priority is helping police reduce crime. At the same time, he wants to reduce the presence of law enforcement in communities with high-crime rates and where police use of force is a problem.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.New Jersey State Attorney General Matt Platkin is faced with a paradox: He says his top priority is helping local police departments reduce crime and keep the citizens of the state safe. But at the same time, Platkin says he wants to reduce the presence of law enforcement in communities with high-crime rates and where police use of force is a problem.
Platkin said his primary focus is reducing crime while also reining in the police presence in communities plagued by crime. To that end, he meets weekly with the top brass at the state police, who have a data analysis project that examines every shooting in the state by the Investigations Branch of the New Jersey State Police.
New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin was pegged for the post by Gov. Phil Murphy. "We bonded over the sort of 'stronger, fairer' agenda," Murphy said of Platkin, a former campaign worker. "We need to grow this economy. We need to make it fairer, and we need to run the state responsibly again.".
“When you see this data and you see 511 individuals driving a huge chunk of it, it's a solvable problem," Platkin said. It makes sense. Platkin is a millennial who grew up with school shootings and watched the rise in mass shootings. Murphy, who was first elected as governor in 2017, wasn’t yet a declared candidate, but the two men liked each other, and Platkin offered to volunteer on his nascent campaign.
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