Michael J. Goodwin was convicted of drug and weapons offenses after an encounter with Paterson police in 2017. He was sentenced to 20 years in state prison.
The state Attorney General's Office is taking complete control of every aspect of the Paterson police and will appoint its own man to lead the department.
State authorities have released the names of the cops who shot violence intervention activist Najee Seabrooks after a standoff lasting nearly five hours last week.
A man identified by a local community group as one of their own has been shot and killed during a standoff with police and the Attorney General's Office is investigating.