Feds to monitor Newark police department over civil rights violations

After a three-year probe, the feds will monitor the Newark police department over civil rights violations.

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They will undergo independent investigation monitoring after a federal investigation found what it calls “a pattern of unconstitutional policing.”

The probe found problems with the department’s stop-and-arrest policies, its handling of complaints from residents and its officers’ use of excessive force.

According the NJ.com, the DOJ has reached an agreement with the city of Newark to allow a federal monitor watch over the work of a police force it found repeatedly violating the constitutional rights of citizens.

Newark will become the first municipal agency in the state’s history to operate under a federal watchdog.

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