Traffic stops, tickets declined as accidents went up, New York Times reports. That’s prompted state AG to investigate
New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin has launched a criminal probe into an abrupt reduction of traffic enforcement on the Garden State’s busiest highways by the New Jersey State Police.
According to an investigation by the New York Times, traffic enforcement on the New Jersey Turnpike, the Garden State Parkway and other state busiest highways sharply declined for an eight-month period beginning in July 2023. The New York Times found citations for speeding, drunken driving, cellphone use and other moving violations plummeted by 81% across the state that month compared with the year before. And, according to data obtained for the report, it continued unabated until March 2024. At the same time, New Jersey also saw an almost immediate uptick in motor vehicle crashes…