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A traffic officer patrols a lightly trafficked street in Weehawken, N.J., on Feb. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
TRENTON, N.J. (CN) The New Jersey Supreme Court appeared likely Tuesday to give force to new state directives that would identify police officers disciplined for misconduct.
“Attorneys do this, we have an attorney disciplinary process; the medical community and many other professions do this,” Justice Barry Albin said at oral arguments. “Why should law enforcement be exempted from what so many other professions do in terms of disclosing those people who have been disciplined?”
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal adopted the shift in the wake of nationwide protests last summer after George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, part of a bid to have more transparency and accountability in law enforcement.
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Northeast digs out after deadly winter snowstorm
At least five people died as a winter storm swept through the Northeast this week, resulting in treacherous road conditions. Some major cities received more snow than they ve had in years.
In New York, police responded to more than 600 accidents. A deadly pileup in central Pennsylvania on Wednesday involved more than 60 vehicles. A Spirit Airlines flight slid off the runway in Maryland. Binghamton, New York, had a record 41 inches of snow. Last night s storm was just as serious as we anticipated, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf said.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo urged residents to stay home. I m telling you it s not safe and you shouldn t be out there, he said.