Patrick Callahan Archives - New Jersey Globe

State Police superintendent to retire, Sherrill to name replacement

December 8, 2025 9:41 amDecember 8, 2025 12:01 pm

New Jersey Police Superintendent Colonel Patrick Callahan will retire in the new year and not be renominated to his role by Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Monday morning. The New Jersey Globe has also learned that two top...

State police’s second-in-command used racist term to refer to MLK Jr. Day, allege colleagues

October 29, 2024 11:46 am

Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday afternoon that he maintains confidence in the head of the New Jersey State Police as the agency faces an investigation into alleged antisemitic remarks by the state police’s second in command. Murphy said he has...

Regular Covid briefings to end next Friday

February 23, 2022 3:54 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy announced today that his administration’s regular Covid briefings will come to an end next Friday, March 4, two years after the first case of Covid was recorded in New Jersey. “With the Omicron tsunami continuing to swiftly...

Callahan nomination advances unanimously after difficult Senate hearing

December 16, 2021 3:43 pmDecember 17, 2021 2:40 pm

Acting New Jersey State Police Superintendent Patrick Callahan was put through the ringer of the Senate Judiciary Committee today, with senators sternly questioning Callahan on the subjects of racial profiling, diversity in the state police, and the chaotic events of...

Governor reminds Bridgeton that immigration status won’t matter in investigation of missing girl

June 2, 2021 10:38 pmJune 2, 2021 10:39 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy wants Bridgeton residents to know that their immigration status will not be questioned if they come forward with information about the possible abduction of a young girl on September 16, 2019. Dulce Maria Alavez was five-years-old when...

Campaigns not breaking COVID restrictions, Callahan says

April 7, 2020 3:12 pm

State authorities are not aware of any campaigns that have ignored mandates against gatherings and close contact. “I think I would be, and I’m not,” New Jersey State Police Superintendent Col. Patrick Callahan said when asked whether he knew of...

Daily Update on Charges Filed Against Violators of Gov. Murphy’s Executive Orders

April 6, 2020 4:12 pmApril 6, 2020 4:14 pm

TRENTON – Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and Colonel Patrick J. Callahan, Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police, announced the following recent enforcement actions against violators of Governor Murphy’s Emergency Orders related to COVID-19: Newark Enforcement. The Newark Police Department’s...