“We have reviewed the Attorney General’s statement from earlier today and find it quite perplexing.

When we attempted repeatedly to engage with the Attorney General’s office throughout the spring, summer, and fall of last year, we were essentially stonewalled. If, as the Attorney General claims, there has been a delay that ‘frustrates and frays the fragile trust between the public and the law enforcement community’ then the responsibility of that delay rests squarely in Trenton, not here in Bridgewater.

In fact, the Attorney General’s office did not supply Bridgewater with its internal affairs investigative report and related discovery until September 28, 2022. Since that time, we have fully apprised the Attorney General’s office of the status of the administrative process.

We can only speculate as to why this matter was delayed unnecessarily for months within the Office of the Attorney General, but consistent with the confidentiality requirements for internal affairs investigations, we will also refrain from further comment on this matter.

As the process continues, however, the Township will reassess whether our own correspondence related to the Attorney General’s authority and undue delays in this matter should be released prior to the conclusion of the administrative proceedings.”