Paterson, NJ has seen a series of scandals and allegations over its police force, culminating in a takeover by the state's Attorney General's Office earlier this year. It's also been contending with a rise in crime.

That combination leaves New Jersey's third-largest city facing a complicated question: How do you clean up a police force while also fighting crime?

NJ.com's Sean Sullivan and Deion Johnson have reported on the tension between those priorities, in a community where the police have a long way to go in their quest to earn the public's trust. They joined Kerry Nolan on WNYC to discuss what they've found.