NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The public safety director of New Jersey’s largest city is retiring after serving Newark for 34 years.
Anthony Ambrose will step down March 31 from the post that he’s held since 2016, Mayor Ras Baraka announced on Wednesday
Ambrose led reforms under a 2014 federal consent decree, making Newark police more accountable and transparent, the mayor said. Under his tenure, every city patrol officer is equipped with a body-worn camera and a dashboard camera, and is trained in de-escalation tactics. In addition, every officer also undergoes bias perception training.
“There’s still a lot of work to be done by my successor, but I’m pleased to be leaving the Police and Fire Divisions and the Office of Emergency Management in a better place than it was when I arrived five years ago,” Ambrose said in a statement.
Ambrose joined the police department in 1986.
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