Outgoing Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé announced his resignation internally on Nov. 4, effective this Friday.
Emanuel Miranda was named Newark's civilian public safety director on Tuesday after having served as the city's chief of police, the force's top uniformed officer. He was seen here during a press conference on the fatal shooting of Imam Hassan Sharif on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024.named his fourth public safety director in eight years on Tuesday, choosing longtime city police officer and chief to replace an outsider who resigned last week two years after the mayor hired him.
“The City of Newark is pleased to welcome Emanuel Miranda, Sr., as its new Public Safety Director, following the resignation of former Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé, who served in the role for the past two years,” Baraka said in a statement on Tuesday. “Director Miranda, Newark’s former chief of police, brings 23 years of effectively safeguarding our city’s diverse community to skillfully guiding the Department of Public Safety.
Last spring, Fragé joined a federally appointed monitor, former New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey, to announce the police division’s continuedBut Fragé was also viewed as remote from rank-and-file officers.
“Someone new coming from the outside, they have to learn the organization. They have to learn the people and their needs,” he said. “They have to learn the politics.”“Not coming up through the ranks of the Newark Police Department, it took him a little time to get his feet wet,” said the union leader, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 12 PresidentLooking ahead, Webber applauded the choice of Newark native Miranda to replace Fragé.
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