List of law enforcement agencies in New Jersey explained

This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of New Jersey.

According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 550 law enforcement agencies employing 33,704 sworn police officers, about 389 for each 100,000 residents.^[1]

State agencies

• New Jersey Department of Corrections http://www.state.nj.us/corrections/pages/index.shtml
• New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
  • Division of Fish and Wildlife
    • Bureau of Law Enforcement (State Conservation Officers) http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/lawhome.htm
  • Division of Parks and Forestry
    • New Jersey Forest Fire Service
  • New Jersey DEP Marine Law Enforcement Unit
• New Jersey Department of Human Services Police http://www.state.nj.us/humanservices/involved/police/ ^[2]
• New Jersey Office of the Attorney General
  • Department of Law and Public Safety
    • Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control
    • Division of Consumer Affairs
      • Office of Consumer Protection
      • Enforcement Bureau
      • Office of Weights and Measures
    • NJ Division of Criminal Justice
    • Division of Gaming Enforcement
• New Jersey Department of the Treasury
  • Division of Taxation
    • Office of Criminal Investigations
• New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission
• New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness
• New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission
• New Jersey State Park Police
• New Jersey State Parole Board
  • Division of Parole (State Parole Officers)
• New Jersey State Police http://www.njsp.org/
• New Jersey State Detective Agency
• New Jersey Transit Police Department

County Prosecutor's Office

• Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office ^[3]
• Bergen County Prosecutor's Office ^[4]
• Burlington County Prosecutor's Office ^[5]
• Camden County Prosecutor's Office^[6]
• Cape May County Prosecutor's Office ^[7]
• Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office ^[8]
• Essex County Prosecutor's Office
• Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office
• Hudson County Prosecutor's Office
• Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office
• Mercer County Prosecutor's Office
• Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office
• Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office
• Morris County Prosecutor's Office [<ref>https://prosecutor.morriscountynj.gov</ref>]
• Ocean County Prosecutor's Office
• Passaic County Prosecutor's Office
• Salem County Prosecutor's Office
• Somerset County Prosecutor's Office
• Sussex County Prosecutor's Office
• Union County Prosecutor's Office
• Warren County Prosecutor's Office

County agencies

• Atlantic County Sheriff's Office http://www.acsheriff.org/
• Bergen County Sheriff's Office http://www.bcsd.us/Default.aspx ^[9]
• Burlington County Sheriff's Department http://www.co.burlington.nj.us/sheriff
• Camden County Sheriff's Office http://www.camdensheriff.org/
• Camden County Police Department^[10]
• Cape May County Sheriff's Office
• Cumberland County Sheriff's Department
• Essex County Sheriff's Office

• Gloucester County Sheriff's Office
• Hudson County Sheriff's Office^[11]
• Hunterdon County Sheriff's Office
• Mercer County Sheriff's Office
• Middlesex County Sheriff's Department
• Monmouth County Sheriff's Office
• Morris County Sheriff's Office
• Morris County Park Police

• Ocean County Sheriff's Department
• Passaic County Sheriff's Department
• Salem County Sheriff's Office
• Somerset County Sheriff's Office
• Sussex County Sheriff's Office
• Union County Sheriff's Office
• Union County Police Department
• Warren County Sheriff's Office

Corrections agencies

• New Jersey Department of Corrections
• Atlantic County Department of Public Safety
• Bergen County Corrections Division
• Burlington County Department of Corrections
• Camden County Department of Corrections
• Cape May County Correction Center
• Cumberland County Department of Corrections
• Essex County Department of Corrections
• Gloucester County Department of Corrections
• Hudson County Department of Corrections
• Hunterdon County Department of Corrections
• Mercer County Corrections Center
• Middlesex County Adult Corrections
• Monmouth County Department of Corrections
• Morris County Corrections
• Ocean County Department of Corrections
• Passaic County Sheriff's Department Bureau of Corrections
• Salem County Correctional Facility
• Somerset County Corrections
• Sussex County Sheriff's Department Jail
• Union County Division of Correctional Services
• Warren County Corrections

Municipal agencies

• Aberdeen Township Police Department^[12]
• Absecon Police Department^[12]
• Allendale Police Department^[12]
• Allenhurst Police Department^[12]
• Allentown Police Department
• Alpine Police Department
• Andover Township Police Department^[12]
• Asbury Park Police Department^[12]
• Atlantic City Police Department^[12]
• Atlantic Highlands Police Department^[12]
• Audubon Police Department^[12]
• Avalon Police Department^[12]
• Avon By The Sea Police Department^[12]
• Barnegat Township Police Department^[12]
• Barrington Police Department
• Bay Head Police Department^[12]
• Bayonne Police Department^[13]
• Beach Haven Police Department^[12]
• Beachwood Police Department^[12]
• Bedminster Police Department
• Belleville Police Department
• Bellmawr Police Department
• Belmar Police Department^[12]
  • Belvidere Police Department Bergenfield Police Department^[12]
• Berkeley Heights Police Department
• Berkeley Township Police Department
• Berlin Township Police Department
• Benards Township Police Department
• Benardsville Police Department
• Beverly Police Department
• Blairstown Police Department
• Bloomfield Police Department
• Bloomingdale Police Department
• Bogota Police Department
• Boonton Police Department
• Boonton Township Police Department
• Bordentown Police Department
• Bordentown Township Police Department^[14]
• Bound Brook Police Department^[15]
• Bradley Beach Police Department
• Branchburg Police Department
• Brick Township Police Department
• Bridgeton Police Department^[16]
• Bridgewater Township Police Department http://www.bridgewaterpd.com
• Brielle Police Department
• Brigantine Police Department^[17]
• Brooklawn Police Department
• Burlington Police Department
• Burlington Township Police Department
• Butler Police Department
• Byram Township Police Department
• Caldwell Police Department
• Cape May Police Department
• Carlstadt Police Department
• Carneys Point Township Police Department
• Carteret Police Department^[18]
• Cedar Grove Police Department
• Chatham Borough Police Department
• Chatham Township Police Department
• Cherry Hill Police Department
• Chesilhurst Police Department
• Chester Borough Police Department
• Chester Township Police Department
• Chesterfield Township Police Department
• Cinnaminson Township Police Department
• Clark Police Department
• Clayton Police Department
• Clementon Police Department
• Cliffside Park Police Department
• Clifton Police Department
  • • Clinton Police Department Clinton Township Police Department Closter Police Department
• Collingswood Police Department^[19]
• Colts Neck Township Police Department
• Cranbury Police Department
• Cranford Police Department
• Cresskill Police Department
• Deal Police Department
• Delanco Township Police Department
• Delaware Township Police Department | https://web.archive.org/web/20110207100114/http://dtpd47.com/
• Delran Township Police Department
• Demarest Police Department
• Denville Township Police Department
• Deptford Township Police Department
• Dover Police Department
• Dumont Police Department
• Dunellen Police Department
• East Brunswick Police Department
• East Greenwich Township Police Department
• East Hanover Township Police Department
• East Orange Police Department
• East Rutherford Police Department
• East Windsor Police Department
• Easthampton Township Police Department
• Eatontown Police Department
• Edgewater Police Department
• Edgewater Park Police Department
• Edison Police Department
• Egg Harbor City Police Department^[20]
• Egg Harbor Township Police Department
• Elizabeth Police Department^[21]
• Elk Township Police Department
• Elmer Police Department
• Elmwood Park Police Department
• Emerson Police Department
• Englewood Police Department
• Englewood Cliffs Police Department^[22]
• Englishtown Police Department
• Essex Fells Police Department
• Evesham Township Police Department^[23]
• Ewing Township Police Department^[24]
• Fair Haven Police Department
• Fair Lawn Police Department
• Fairfield Township Police Department
• Fairview Police Department
• Fanwood Police Department
• Far Hills Police Department
• Fieldsboro Police Department
• Flemington Police Department
• Florence Township Police Department
• Florham Park Police Department
• Fort Lee Police Department
• Franklin Police Department
• Franklin Lakes Police Department
• Franklin Township Police Department (Gloucester County)
• Franklin Township Police Department (Somerset County)
• Freehold Borough Police Department
• Freehold Township Police Department
• Frenchtown Police Department
• Galloway Township Police Department^[25] http://www.gtpd.org
• Garfield Police Department
• Garwood Police Department^[26]
• Gibbsboro Police Department
• Glassboro Police Department
• Glen Ridge Police Department^[27]
• Glen Rock Police Department
• Gloucester City Police Department^[28]
• Gloucester Township Police Department^[29]
• Green Brook Township Police Department
• Greenwich Township Police Department
• Guttenberg Police Department^[30]
• Hackensack Police Department
• Hackettstown Police Department
• Haddon Heights Police Department
• Haddon Township Police Department^[31]
• Haddonfield Police Department^[28]
• Haledon Police Department
• Hamburg Police Department
• Hamilton Township Police Department (Atlantic County)
• Hamilton Township Police Department (Mercer County)
• Hammonton Police Department
• Hanover Township Police Department
• Harding Township Police Department^[32]
• Hardyston Township Police Department
• Harrington Park Police Department
• Harrison Police Department^[21]
• Harrison Township Police Department
• Harvey Cedars Police Department
• Hasbrouck Heights Police Department http://www.hhpd.com
• Haworth Police Department
• Hawthorne Police Department
• Hazlet Police Department
• Helmetta Police Department
• Hi-Nella Police Department
  • High Bridge Police Department Highland Park Police Department
• Highlands Police Department
• Hightstown Police Department
• Hillsborough Township Police Department^[33]
• Hillsdale Police Department
• Hillside Police Department
• Ho-Ho-Kus Police Department
• Hoboken Police Department^[21]
• Holland Township Police Department
• Holmdel Township Police Department
• Hopatcong Police Department
• Hopewell Township Police Department
• Howell Township Police Department https://archive.today/20020824100858/http://www.howellpolice.org/index.html
• Irvington Township Police Department
• Island Heights Police Department
• Jackson Township Police Department
• Jamesburg Police Department
• Jefferson Township Police Department
• Jersey City Police Department^[34]
• Keansburg Police Department^[35]
• Kearny Police Department
• Kenilworth Police Department
• Keyport Police Department
• Kinnelon Police Department^[36]
• Lacey Township Police Department
• Lake Como Police Department
• Lakehurst Police Department
• Lakewood Township Police Department
• Lambertville Police Department
• Laurel Springs Police Department
• Lavallete Police Department
• Lawnside Police Department
• Lawrence Township Police Department^[21]
• Lebanon Township Police Department
• Leonia Police Department
• Lincoln Park Police Department http://www.bolp.org/145/Police
• Linden Police Department^[37]
• Lindenwold Police Department
• Linwood Police Department
• Little Egg Harbor Township Police Department
• Little Falls Township Police Department
• Little Ferry Police Department
• Little Silver Police Department^[38]
• Livingston Police Department
• Lodi Police Department
• Logan Township Police Department
• Long Beach Township Police Department
• Long Branch Police Department^[39]
• Long Hill Township Police Department
• Longport Police Department
• Lopatcong Township Police Department
• Lower Township Police Department
• Lumberton Police Department
• Lyndhurst Police Department
• Madison Police Department
• Magnolia Police Department
• Mahwah Police Department
• Manalapan Township Police Department)
• Manasquan Police Department
• Mansfield Township Police Department (Burlington County)
• Mansfield Township Police Department (Warren County)
• Mantoloking Police Department
• Mantua Township Police Department
• Manville Police Department
• Maple Shade Township Police Department
• Maplewood Police Department
• Margate City Police Department
• Marlboro Township Police Department
• Matawan Police Department
• Maywood Police Department
• Medford Police Department
• Medford Lakes Police Department
• Mendham Borough Police Department
• Mendham Township Police Department
• Merchantville Police Department
• Metuchen Police Department
• Middle Township Police Department
• Middlesex Police Department
• Middletown Township Police Department
• Midland Park Police Department
• Millburn Police Department
• Milltown Police Department
• Millville Police Department^[40]
• Monmouth Beach Police Department
• Monroe Township Police Department (Gloucester County)
• Monroe Township Police Department (Middlesex County)
• Montclair Police Department
• Montgomery Township Police Department
• Montvale Police Department
• Montville Police Department
• Moonachie Police Department
• Moorestown Police Department
• Morris Plains Police Department
• Morris Township Police Department
• Morristown Police Department
• Mount Arlington Police Department
• Mount Ephraim Police Department
• Mount Holly Police Department
• Mount Laurel Police Department
• Mount Olive Township Police Department
• Mountain Lakes Police Department
• Mountainside Police Department^[41]
• Mullica Township Police Department
• Neptune City Police Department
• Neptune Township Police Department
• Netcong Police Department
• New Brunswick Police Department^[42]
• New Hanover Township Police Department
• New Milford Police Department
• New Providence Police Department
• Newark Police Department
• Newfield Police Department
• Newton Police Department^[43]
• North Arlington Police Department
• North Bergen Police Department
• North Brunswick Police Department
• North Caldwell Police Department
• North Haledon Police Department
• North Hanover Township Police Department
• North Plainfield Police Department^[44]
• North Wildwood Police Department
• Northfield Police Department
• Northvale Police Department
• Norwood Police Department
  • Nutley Police Department Oakland Police Department
• Oaklyn Police Department
• Ocean City Police Department
• Ocean Gate Police Department
• Ocean Township Police Department^[45] http://www.oceantwp.org/content/5939/default.aspx
• Oceanport Police Department
• Ogdensburg Police Department
• Old Bridge Police Department^[21]
• Old Tappan Police Department
• Oradell Police Department
• Orange Police Department
• Oxford Township Police Department
• Palisades Park Police Department
• Palmyra Police Department
• Paramus Police Department
• Park Ridge Police Department
• Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Department
• Passaic Police Department^[46]
• Paterson Police Department^[47]
• Paulsboro Police Department
• Peapack-Gladstone Police Department
• Pemberton Police Department
• Pemberton Township Police Department
• Pennington Police Department
• Penns Grove Police Department
• Pennsauken Township Police Department
• Pennsville Township Police Department
• Pequannock Township Police Department
• Perth Amboy Police Department
• Phillipsburg Police Department
• Picatinny Police Department
• Pine Beach Police Department^[48]
• Pine Hill Police Department
• Pine Valley Police Department
• Piscataway Police Department^[49]
• Pitman Police Department^[50]
• Plainfield Police Department^[21]
• Plainsboro Township Police Department
• Pleasantville Police Department^[51]
• Plumsted Township Police Department
• Pohatcong Township Police Department
• Point Pleasant Police Department
• Point Pleasant Beach Police Department
• Pompton Lakes Police Department
• Princeton Police Department
• Prospect Park Police Department
• Rahway Police Department
• Ramsey Police Department
• Randolph Police Department
• Raritan Police Department
• Raritan Township Police Department
• Readington Township Police Department
• Red Bank Police Department
• Ridgefield Police Department^[52]

Notes and References

1. 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, by Brian A Reaves, US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, July 2011
2. News: Baxter. Julian. N.J. police captain and ex-Sparta mayor convicted of misusing official databases. 13 March 2015. NJ Advance. 23 July 2014.
3. https://www.acpo.org/
4. https://bcpo.net/
5. https://burlpros.org/
6. https://camdencountypros.org/
7. http://www.cmcpros.net/
8. https://njccpo.org/
9. News: Zaremba. Justin. Report: Bergen sheriff's officer's gun discharges at Cliffside Park officer's wake. 12 March 2015. NJ Advance. 3 January 2015.
10. News: Parmley. Suzettte. At Harvard summit, Camden County police chief touts the department's gains. 27 April 2015. The Philadelphia Inquirer. 26 April 2015.
11. News: Villanova. Patrick. Ex-Hudson County sheriff's officers sentenced for part in bounty scheme. 23 May 2015. The Jersey Journal. 9 May 2015.
12. Official web site accessed 23 October 2014

13. by Jonathan Lin, 23 January 2015, The Jersey Journal

14. Web site: Bordentown Police Department. Official web Site. 1 November 2017.
15. Bound Brook cops stop teens seeking snow shoveling work; by Sergio Bichao, 29 January 2015, mynewjersey.com accessed 30 January 2015
16. Caught on Camera: Police Shoot, Kill Man During South Jersey Traffic Stop; by David Chang and Dan Stamm, NBCphiladelphia.com accessed 22 January 2015
17. Brigantine police officer indicted on child sex assault charges; by Mark Daniels, 9 January 2015, South Jersey Times
18. News: McCarthy. Craig. In Carteret, indicted cop accounted for fifth of arrests involving force. 11 October 2017. New Jersey Advance Media. 10 October 2017.
19. News: Police . 19 January 2019 . Collinswood.
20. Ex-cop sentenced for having sex with informant; by the Associated Press, 22 November 2014
21. News: Astudillo. Carla. The 20 N.J. towns with the fastest-shrinking police departments. 21 February 2018. NJ Advance Media. 17 February 2018.
22. Web site: Englewood Cliffs Police Department . Englewood Cliffs Police Department . 3 October 2018.
23. News: Boren. Michael. Evesham leads South Jersey in cellphone tickets. 2 March 2015. The Philadelphia Inquirer. 1 March 2015.
24. News: Palmer. Chris. Bristol's new top cop was a longtime chief in N.J.. 2 June 2015. The Philadelphia Inquirer. 31 May 2015.
25. News: Galloway Twp. police officer charged with aggravated assault. 2 April 2015. WPVI-TV. 31 March 2015.
26. Official web site accessed 14 August 2014
27. Web site: Police Department . Borough of Glen Ridge . 15 May 2020.
28. News: Wood. Sam. Boren. Michael. Camden County Police Department struggling to keep officers. 17 May 2015. The Philadelphia Inquirer. 17 May 2015.
29. Web site: Official Department Website. 14 June 2019.
30. Web site: Police Department. Town of Guttenberg. 12 March 2015.
31. Web site: Haddon Township Police. Haddon Township Police. 22 November 2017.
32. News: Zaremba. Justin. 34-year-old man dies after Harding crash, cops say. 12 March 2015. New Jersey Advance. 11 March 2015.
33. Web site: Police . Town of Hillsborough . 12 February 2020.
34. News: McDonald. Terrence. Jersey City cop 'highly intoxicated' in traffic stop, but not charged; why not?. 22 May 2015. The Jersey Journal. 21 May 2015.
35. Web site: Keansburg Police Department . Keansburg Police Department . 12 February 2020.
36. News: Zaremba. Justin. Kinnelon police investigating two burglaries in gated community. 12 March 2015. 16 January 2015. NJ Advance.
37. News: Tata. Samantha. Britto. Christopher. Off-duty police officers involved in deadly wrong-way crash on Staten Island. 20 March 2015. 20 March 2015. Pix 11.
38. Little Silver police officer charged in alleged domestic violence incident; by Ashley Peskoe, NJ.com accessed on 15 January 2015
39. Web site: Police Department . City of Long Branch . 22 December 2018.
40. News: Millville Police for April 1. 2 April 2015. The Daily Journal. 1 April 2015.
41. Web site: Police Department . Mountainside New Jersey . 8 January 2020.
42. News: Eptsein. Sue. New Brunswick man robbed and shot Saturday night outside his house. 11 March 2015. New Jersey Advance. 20 October 2014.
43. News: Zaremba. Justin. Employee commits suicide at Newton laboratory, cops say. 12 March 2015. NJ Advance. 3 March 2015.
44. News: Zaremba. Justin. North Plainfield man had 1,300 images of child porn computer, prosecutor says. 12 March 2015. 14 February 2015. NJ Advance.
45. News: Ford. Andrew. Wanted man overdoses, police revive and arrest him. 2 April 2015. Asbury Park Press. 1 April 2015.
46. Web site: Passaic Police Department. www.cityofpassaic.com.
47. News: Norman. Jim. Sampson. Peter. Passaic County prosecutor returns Record cameras seized by Paterson police. 30 April 2015. 29 April 2015. North Jersey.com.
48. LocalOff-Duty Police Officer Whose Gun Accidentally Discharged Charged With DUI; Friend Wounded, by the Associated Press, 16 January 2015
49. News: Milo. Paul. Piscataway police revive 3-month-old boy. 28 February 2015. 27 February 2015. NJ Advance.
50. News: Fichera. Angelo. After boy's death, new rules in Glouco for speeding cops. 1 April 2015. The Philadelphia Inquirer. 1 April 2015.
51. Web site: The Pleasantvill Police Department . Pleasantville Police Department . 12 February 2020.
52. Web site: | title = Ridgefield Police Department}.