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New Jersey State Police Step In To Help Trenton Combat Crime

The New Jersey State Police began its third deployment of 2012 to the capital city this weekend, kicking off the “Trenton Initiative” with a dozen arrests Saturday, city police announced yesterday.

Jersey Voices

December 17, 2012

New Jersey State Police Step In To Help Trenton Combat Crime

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TRENTON — The New Jersey State Police began its third deployment of 2012 to the capital city this weekend, kicking off the “Trenton Initiative” with a dozen arrests Saturday, city police announced yesterday.

New Jersey State Police Step In To Help Trenton

The effort to tamp down escalating violence in Trenton was set to continue last night, a State Police spokesman said.

Troopers and city police were sent into the most violent areas of Trenton, Police Director Ralph Rivera Jr. said in a news release. Patrol officers along with troopers from the State Police’s Troop C worked alongside the Mercer County Sheriff’s and Prosecutor’s Offices, using “saturation patrols and pro-active policing methods,” Rivera said in the release.

In this article:crime, police, Trenton

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