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Council presses for data as UEZ funding for off-duty patrols rises to $1.8M
Summary
Council members backed expanding UEZ-funded off-duty police patrols and camera work to $1.8 million but demanded detailed performance data from police and the UEZ director before next week's regular vote.
The Paterson Municipal Council agreed at its Oct. 14 workshop to move forward with a resolution to increase Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ) funds for quality-of-life off-duty police patrols from about $1.6 million to $1.8 million, but several members demanded more data on how prior funds were spent and what outcomes the patrols produced.
The director described the program as "evidence-based policing," citing weekly ComStat meetings, heat maps and statistics the department uses to deploy…
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