PATERSON, N.J. (CBSNewYork ... a new graduate of the police force. Friday morning, 28-year-old Bavennia Franklin was assigned the badge number that belonged to her late brother Tyron Franklin.

PATERSON — A 47-year-old city man was accused of impersonating a police officer after he was apprehended Saturday night in a parked SUV with a loaded semiautomatic handgun and a badge ...

Truly bad officers that do not deserve to wear a badge escape accountability when internal affairs doesn’t do its job.” Paterson police headquarters at the Frank X. Graves Jr. Public Safety ...

The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office announced it has assumed control of the Paterson Police Department until new leadership can be installed, saying there is a “crisis of confidence” in ...