Middle Township Police Chief Christopher M. Leusner will participate along with New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy in a virtual town hall Monday to discuss law enforcement’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Leusner is also the president of the New Jersey state Association of Chiefs of Police.
To mark National Police Week, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal will host the virtual town hall meeting at 4 p.m., according to a news release by the Attorney General’s Office.
Monday’s virtual town hall meeting is the third in a series of virtual sessions organized under the Attorney General’s “21 County, 21st Century Community Policing Project,” said Grewal in a written statement.
The virtual town halls are a way to maintain community engagement with law enforcement despite social distancing measures necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, Grewal said.
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The program will honor those we’ve lost and the panelists will share lessons in leadership during a crisis, he said.
Besides, Murphy, Grewal and Leusner, other officials appearing during the virtual town hall will include: Col. Patrick J. Callahan, the superintendent of the State Police; Marcus Hicks, the commissioner of the state Department of Corrections; Veronica Allende, director, Division of Criminal Justice; and Patrick Colligan, president, New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association.
Register to participate at: attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6908093425223058444
