New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that Preet Bharara, a former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and current partner with Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr in Manhattan, will lead the investigation into the alleged slowdown in State Police traffic enforcement.

Platkin announced Wednesday that Bharara will serve as special counsel to investigate the slowdown and how it may have coincided with increased vehicle crashes and fatalities on New Jersey roadways, according to a statement. The investigation will also look into how the alleged slowdown was orchestrated. Platkin called the investigation already “well underway.”