When the State Comptroller’s Office released a scathing report in late 2023 about a private police training program held in Atlantic City in 2021 — alleging the tactics were discriminatory and at times unconstitutional — there was immediate guidance issued regarding how state and local police departments should consider training in the future.

A new audit has found nearly 400 New Jersey police departments spent over $1 million total on a controversial training program known as "Street Cop."