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SECTION IX

NEW JERSEY

POLICE EMPLOYEE DATA

 
 
 
 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

FULL TIME POLICE EMPLOYEES -- 2000


Department Police Officers Civilians Total Police Employees
Male Female Total
Municipal Police 1999 19,721 907 20,628 3,947 24,575
2000 19,841 953 20,794 3,983 24,777
Percent Change 1 5 1 1 1
County Police 1999 5,024 857 5,881 2,789 8,670
2000 5,203 969 6,172 2,822 8,994
Percent Change 4 13 5 1 4
Universities and Colleges 1999 333 48 381 419 800
2000 328 45 373 418 791
Percent Change -2 -6 -2 * -1
State Police 1999 2,555 82 2,637 1,095 3,732
2000 2,453 81 2,534 1,182 3,716
Percent Change -4 -1 -4 8 *
Other State Agencies 1999 6,990 1,185 8,175 3,378 11,553
2000 7,201 1,238 8,439 3,611 12,050
Percent Change 3 4 3 7 4
STATE TOTALS 1999 34,623 3,079 37,702 11,628 49,330
2000 35,026 3,286 38,312 12,016 50,328
Percent Change 1 7 2 3 2
 

See appropriate tables for additional breakdowns

* Less than one-half of one percent.


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FULL TIME STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY EMPLOYEES

(Excluding State Police) -- 2000


Agency Police Officers Civilians Total Police Employees
Male Female Total
Department of Corrections 5,878 1,043 6,921 2,931 9,852
Department of Human Services 76 6 82 1 83
Division of Criminal Justice 291 108 399 507 906
Division of Fish, Game & Wildlife 47 2 49 6 55
NJ Forest Fire Service 45 - 45 39 84
NJ Transit Police 127 14 141 50 191
Office of Weights and Measures 19 1 20 19 39
Palisades Interstate Park 24 1 25 1 26
Port Authority NY/NJ 597 44 641 55 696
Division of Parks and Forestry 97 19 116 2 118
State Agency Total 7,201 1,238 8,439 3,611 12,050

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FULL TIME MUNICIPAL POLICE EMPLOYEES BY COUNTY -- 2000


County Police Officers Civilians Total Police Employees
Male Female Total
Atlantic 856 56 912 232 1,144
Bergen 2,036 57 2,093 349 2,442
Burlington 733 24 757 129 886
Camden 1,237 87 1,324 221 1,545
Cape May 326 14 340 97 437
Cumberland 263 11 274 46 320
Essex 2,655 256 2,911 430 3,341
Gloucester 514 21 535 88 623
Hudson 1,916 96 2,012 286 2,298
Hunterdon 161 6 167 18 185
Mercer 883 39 922 180 1,102
Middlesex 1,507 49 1,556 400 1,956
Monmouth 1,346 40 1,386 323 1,709
Morris 1,004 35 1,039 195 1,234
Ocean 957 22 979 271 1,250
Passaic 1,080 51 1,131 209 1,340
Salem 101 3 104 25 129
Somerset 552 19 571 116 687
Sussex 185 4 189 52 241
Union 1,386 61 1,447 300 1,747
Warren 143 2 145 16 161
TOTAL 19,841 953 20,794 3,983 24,777

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NUMBER OF MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS

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RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION BY COUNTY 2000

 

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NUMBER OF MUNICIPAL POLICE EMPLOYEES

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RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION BY COUNTY 2000

 

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FULL TIME COUNTY POLICE EMPLOYEES -- 2000

Department Police Officers Civilians Total Police Employees
Male Female Total
ATLANTIC COUNTY

135 20 155 119 274
Prosecutor 60 11 71 91 162
Sheriff 75 9 84 28 112
BERGEN COUNTY          
513 61 574 266 840
Prosecutor 96 29 125 148 273
Sheriff 336 30 366 77 443
Police Department 81 2 83 41 124
BURLINGTON COUNTY          
88 23 111 94 205
Prosecutor 39 10 49 81 130
Sheriff 49 13 62 13 75
CAMDEN COUNTY          
319 83 402 110 512
Prosecutor 115 58 173 79 252
Sheriff 164 25 189 29 218
Park Police 40 - 40 2 42
CAPE MAY COUNTY          
108 18 126 43 169
Prosecutor 14 4 18 32 50
Sheriff 94 14 108 11 119
CUMBERLAND COUNTY          
55 11 66 48 114
Prosecutor 15 4 19 41 60
Sheriff 40 7 47 7 54
ESSEX COUNTY          
638 122 760 203 963
Prosecutor 198 78 276 122 398
Sheriff 400 44 444 79 523
Police Department 40 - 40 2 42
GLOUCESTER COUNTY          
194 47 241 70 311
Prosecutor 40 15 55 42 97
Sheriff 154 32 186 28 214
HUDSON COUNTY          
233 47 280 241 521
Prosecutor 74 20 94 178 272
Sheriff 159 27 186 63 249
HUNTERDON COUNTY          
33 10 43 36 79
Prosecutor 14 5 19 29 48
Sheriff 19 5 24 7 31
MERCER COUNTY          
149 45 194 81 275
Prosecutor 69 27 96 52 148
Sheriff 80 18 98 29 127
MIDDLESEX COUNTY          
266 58 324 117 441
Prosecutor 99 33 132 78 210
Sheriff 167 25 192 39 231
MONMOUTH COUNTY          
453 73 526 399 925
Prosecutor 68 7 75 192 267
Sheriff 385 66 451 207 658
MORRIS COUNTY          
287 56 343 134 477
Prosecutor 69 29 98 50 148
Sheriff 188 25 213 83 296
Park Police 30 2 32 1 33
OCEAN COUNTY          
117 30 147 168 315
Prosecutor 46 19 65 72 137
Sheriff 71 11 82 96 178
PASSAIC COUNTY          
565 60 625 330 955
Prosecutor 70 15 85 121 206
Sheriff 495 45 540 209 749
SALEM COUNTY          
119 25 144 50 194
Prosecutor 13 2 15 26 41
Sheriff 106 23 129 24 153
SOMERSET COUNTY          
184 30 214 90 304
Prosecutor 58 11 69 42 111
Sheriff 126 19 145 48 193
SUSSEX COUNTY          
117 21 138 33 171
Prosecutor 22 8 30 19 49
Sheriff 95 13 108 14 122
UNION COUNTY          
591 117 708 162 870
Prosecutor 88 37 125 91 216
Sheriff 132 26 158 24 182
Police Department 371 54 425 47 472
WARREN COUNTY          
39 12 51 28 79
Prosecutor 26 10 36 24 60
Sheriff 13 2 15 4 19
TOTAL          
5,203 969 6,172 2,822 8,994
Prosecutor 1,293 432 1,725 1,610 3,335
Sheriff 3,348 479 3,827 1,119 4,946
Police Department 492 56 548 90 638
Park Police 70 2 72 3 75

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FULL TIME POLICE EMPLOYEES

UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES -- 2000


Universities and Colleges Police Officers Civilians Total Police Employees
Male Female Total
Brookdale Community College 10 1 11 5 16
Essex County College 12 3 15 43 58
Kean University 20 2 22 20 42
Middlesex County College 8 2 10 5 15
Monmouth University 17 1 18 8 26
Montclair State University 18 1 19 19 38
NJ Institute of Technology 24 2 26 36 62
Rowan University 3 - 3 40 43
Rutgers University
Camden Campus 16 2 18 23 41
New Brunswick Campus 51 8 59 76 135
Newark Campus 21 4 25 24 49
Richard Stockton College of New 17 4 21 4 25
The College of New Jersey 14 1 15 11 26
University of Medicine & Dentistry
Camden Campus 16 1 17 1 18
Newark Campus 44 6 50 80 130
Piscataway Campus 23 4 27 10 37
William Paterson University 14 3 17 13 30
TOTAL 328 45 373 418 791

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POLICE EMPLOYEE DATA

 

The Uniform Crime Reporting Program of New Jersey incorporates the collection of pertinent data relating to the police of the state. Information regarding police employees strength and trends are discussed in this section.

Individual listings of full-time state, county, university and college police departments are shown in tables within this section. Listings of municipal police departments will be found in Section VII.

The determination of police strength for any given area or municipality should be subject for serious consideration. Such consideration, however, should be based on the numerous factors which create the need for police services. For example, the increased need for police service in a municipality which has a highly mobile or seasonal population differs from a municipality which has a relatively stable population. Some other factors, discussed elsewhere in this publication, relate to size, density of population, geographic location, character, and proximity to metropolitan areas. The tables and charts shown in this section should not be interpreted as recommended strength for any given municipality.


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TOTAL POLICE EMPLOYEES

 

Total police employees are defined as the total number of full-time police officers and civilian police employees (clerks, dispatchers, mechanics, etc.) employed by all law enforcement agencies in the state.

  • During 2000, there were 50,328 full-time police employees in New Jersey. This represents an increase of 2 percent compared to the 49,330 full-time police employees in 1999.
  • The number of full-time police officers increased 2 percent, from 37,702 in 1999 to 38,312 in 2000.
  • The number of full-time civilian employees increased 3 percent, from 11,628 in 1999 to 12,016 in 2000.
  • Seventy-six percent were sworn officers and the remaining 24 percent were civilian employees.
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MUNICIPAL POLICE EMPLOYEES

 

This category consists of the number of police employees, including civilian personnel, employed full-time by municipalities of the state.

  • During 2000, there were 24,777 municipal police employees, an increase of 1 percent compared to the 24,575 in 1999.
  • For every 1,000 inhabitants of the state there were 2.9 municipal police employees.
  • Union County reported the largest increase in municipal police employees, an increase of 3 percent (49 employees).
  • Atlantic County recorded the highest police employee rate; 4.5 per 1,000 population; (this rate is computed on the static population and does not take into account the large influx of seasonal and recreational population).
  • Hunterdon County recorded the lowest police employee rate of 1.5 per 1,000 population.
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MUNICIPAL CIVILIAN POLICE EMPLOYEES

 

The personnel of each department differ as to the demands and responsibilities placed before them. Many police officers are fully occupied with clerical tasks and are not free to perform active police duties. Employing civilians in police departments to perform clerical duties is in line with the thinking of many police administrators who recommended the use of civilians in this capacity. Thus, freeing the sworn personnel for actual police-related services.

  • There were 3,983 municipal civilian police employees in 2000, an increase of 1 percent compared to the 3,947 in 1999.
  • Sixteen percent of all municipal police employees were civilians.
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MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS

 

This includes the number of sworn police officers employed full-time by municipalities of the state. The police employee rate per 1,000 population presented here should not be construed as recommended ratios. The determination of police strength for any municipality should be based on the numerous factors that create the need for police services. These factors, as crime, vary in type and degree from place to place. Some examples are: seasonal population, geographic location, density and composition of the population.

  • There were 20,794 full-time municipal police officers in 2000; this represents an increase of 1 percent when compared to the 20,628 full-time municipal police officers in 1999.
  • The number of full-time municipal police officers was calculated at 2.5 per 1,000 population; this represents no change when compared to 1999.
  • Sworn officers represented 84 percent of all municipal police employees.
  • Union County recorded the largest numerical increase (43) which represented a 3 percent increase of municipal police officers.
  • The largest numerical decrease occurred in Essex County, a decrease of 69 municipal police officers, or 2 percent.
  • Essex County, with 3.7 police officers per 1,000 inhabitants, recorded the highest rate of full-time municipal police officers. (This rate is computed on the static population, and does not take into account the large influx of seasonal and recreational population).
  • Sussex County recorded the lowest rate of full-time municipal officers with 1.3 police officers per 1,000 population.
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OTHER POLICE (State Agencies)

 

In addition to the State Police, there are ten other state agencies reporting to the system. These agencies consist of: NJ Forest Fire Service, Division of Parks & Forestry, Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services, Division of Criminal Justice, Division of Fish and Game, Office of Weights and Measures, Palisades Interstate Park, Port Authority NY/NJ, and NJ Transit Police. No rates were computed due to the variations in the types of police services rendered, and their statewide jurisdictions.

  • Together, these agencies reported a total of 12,050 full-time employees; an increase of 1 percent compared to the 11,553 police employees in 1999.
  • There were 8,439 sworn police officers in 2000, an increase of 3 percent compared to the 8,175 in 1999.
  • These agencies reported 3,611 civilian police employees in 2000, representing a 7 percent increase compared to the 3,378 reported in 1999.
  • Seventy percent were sworn personnel, while the remaining 30 percent were civilians.
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COUNTY POLICE, SHERIFFS AND PROSECUTORS

 

The functions of county law enforcement vary widely throughout the state. The operation of one sheriff's department may be limited exclusively to civil areas and the administration of the county jail, or they may be actively involved in criminal matters throughout the county.

County police departments are varied in their activities in that some are responsible for enforcement throughout the county, while others may have as their primary mission the policing of county parklands. The responsibilities of county prosecutors' officers include criminal investigations, trial preparation, court presentation and special probes. Because of the difference in the types of police service rendered, rates for county law enforcement agencies are not presented here.

  • County law enforcement agencies reported a total of 8,994 full-time police employees in 2000; an increase of 4 percent compared to 8,670 in 1999.
  • There were 6,172 full-time sworn police officers employed by county agencies in 2000. This represents an increase of 5 percent compared to 5,881 in 1999.
  • County police agencies reported 2,822 civilian police employees in 2000; an increase of 1 percent compared to 2,789 civilian employees in 1999.
  • Sworn personnel accounted for 69 percent while the remaining 31 percent were civilians.
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STATE POLICE

 

The New Jersey State Police is empowered to provide all phases of law enforcement throughout the state. It also renders, upon request, police services to all the law enforcement agencies in the state. No rates are used due to the variations in the nature and extent of the police services performed by the State Police.

  • The New Jersey State Police reported 3,716 full-time police employees; a decrease of less than one-half of one percent compared to 3,732 in 1999.
  • State Police employed 2,534 officers in 2000, this represented a decrease of 4 percent when compared to 2,637 in 1999.
  • The State Police reported 1,182 civilian employees in 2000; an increase of 8 percent over the 1,095 reported in 1999.
  • Sworn personnel accounted for 68 percent and civilians represented 32 percent of the total State Police employees.
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