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30 New Officers Officially Join Atlantic City Police Amid Violent Start To 2024 30 New Officers Officially Join Atlantic City Police Amid Violent Start To 2024
30 New Officers Officially Join Atlantic City Police Amid Violent Start To 2024 The Atlantic City Police Department has grown after 30 new officers were officially sworn into their new roles. The city held a swearing-in ceremony at the Atlantic City Convention Center on Monday, Mar. 11. The 30 new officers were hired through a $3.75 million grant from the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program. The new officers were hired amid a relatively violent start to 2024 in Atlantic City. There were six homicides in the city in January and February, nearly equaling the 2023 and 2022 totals of seven homicides in each year. The hirings are part of almost $9…

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3rd Man Charged In Killing Of NJ Victim Gunned Down In Front Of Mom 3rd Man Charged In Killing Of NJ Victim Gunned Down In Front Of Mom
3rd Man Charged In Killing Of NJ Victim Gunned Down In Front Of Mom A third arrest was made nearly two weeks ago in the cold-blooded ambush killing a 22-year-old Paterson man in front of his mother last Fourth of July weekend, authorities announced Monday. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora didn’t explain why they waited nearly two weeks to announce the arrest of Dashawn A. Rhoden, 22, in the shooting death of Juan Garcia, 28 last July 3. They'd done the same earlier Monday when they announced the capture of a suspect in another murder case,  Garcia was gunned down in front of his mother in a targeted…

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by Jerry DeMarco