Operations and Investigations Bureau
Mission
The Port Operations & Investigations Bureau will enhance port security and attempt to disrupt and dismantle organized crime impacting the Port of New Jersey. This critical element will emphasize the strategic collection, analysis, and dissemination of intelligence. Additionally, this Bureau will be able to conduct protracted and complex investigations to thwart organized crime in coordination with logical federal, state, and local partner agencies.
The Bureau comprises the following Units:
Port Investigations Unit (PIU)
PIU will conduct long-term complex investigations with a nexus to organized criminal activity impacting the Port of New York and New Jersey. The underpinning of PIU duties will be the collection of strategic intelligence utilizing advanced investigative techniques, technology, partnerships, and integration with the Port Authority Police of New York & New Jersey, U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Newark Division Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST), FBI Newark Division Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) East Squad, and the FBI New York Division Organized Crime Squad. As the Regulatory & Licensing Bureau's investigative arm, PIU, per Public Law 2017, Chapter 324, will conduct sensitive investigations involving employees and businesses with a nexus to the port.
Port Operations Unit (POU)
POU will be tasked with the overall security of the three New Jersey ports (Newark, Elizabeth, Bayonne) that comprise the Port of New Jersey. POU will assist other agencies with port security. Compliance duties include inspecting the Port Access Card (PAC); Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC); inspection, training, and oversight of Port Watchmen; physical and video surveillance; Confidential Source development; and acting as a direct liaison to the Port Authority Police of New York & New Jersey.
