NJ Spotlight: Crime Up in NJ Cities
September 18, 2013
NJ Spotlight takes a look at crime in New Jersey’s urban centers and the numbers don’t look good. Here’s what they found:
Each of the six cities designated by the state police Uniform Crime Report as “major urban” — Camden, Elizabeth, Jersey City, Newark, Paterson, and Trenton — reduced the number of officers on its payroll between 2010 and 2011, which is the last year for which statewide figures are available.…