Section Nine
POLICE
EMPLOYEE DATA
— New Jersey Police Employee Data —
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
FULL TIME POLICE EMPLOYEES — 2004
Police Officers
Department
Civilians
Total Police
Employees
Male
Female
Total
Municipal Police
2003
2004
Percent Change
20,064
20,037
*
1,195
1,239
4
21,259
21,276
*
4,220
4,233
*
25,479
25,509
*
County Police
2003
2004
Percent Change
5,243
5,191
-1
986
1,040
5
6,229
6,231
*
2,927
3,042
4
9,156
9,273
1
Universities and Colleges
2003
2004
Percent Change
331
338
2
55
58
5
386
396
3
361
404
12
747
800
7
State Police
2003
2004
Percent Change
2,582
2,580
*
100
104
4
2,682
2,684
*
1,318
1,454
10
4,000
4,138
3
Other State Agencies
2003
2004
Percent Change
7,164
7,229
1
1,178
1,252
6
8,342
8,481
2
3,722
3,970
7
12,064
12,451
3
2003
STATE TOTALS
2004
Percent Change
See appropriate tables for additional breakdowns
* Less than one-half of one percent.
35,384
35,375
*
3,514
3,693
5
38,898
39,068
*
12,548
13,103
4
51,446
52,171
1
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FULL TIME STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY EMPLOYEES
(Excluding State Police) — 2004
Agency
Department of Corrections
Department of Human Services
Division of Criminal Justice
Division of Fish, Game & Wildlife
NJ Forest Fire Service
NJ Transit Police
Office of Weights and Measures
Palisades Interstate Park
Port Authority NY/NJ
Division of Parks and Forestry
State Agency Total
Male
5,802
112
197
50
45
188
19
26
721
69
7,229
Police Officers
Female
1,075
14
54
3
17
3
1
63
22
1,252
Total
6,877
126
251
53
45
205
22
27
784
91
8,481
Civilians
Total Police
Employees
2,951
7
792
6
42
68
21
1
82
3,970
9,828
133
1,043
59
87
273
43
28
866
91
12,451
FULL TIME MUNICIPAL POLICE EMPLOYEES BY COUNTY — 2004
County
Atlantic
Bergen
Burlington
Camden
Cape May
Cumberland
Essex
Gloucester
Hudson
Hunterdon
Mercer
Middlesex
Monmouth
Morris
Ocean
Passaic
Salem
Somerset
Sussex
Union
Warren
TOTAL
Male
885
2,104
753
1,253
327
281
2,505
555
1,811
176
871
1,544
1,429
1,044
1,028
1,061
122
575
197
1,365
151
20,037
Police Officers
Female
76
73
33
107
16
10
328
28
129
6
58
58
70
36
36
65
3
28
4
73
2
1,239
Total
961
2,177
786
1,360
343
291
2,833
583
1,940
182
929
1,602
1,499
1,080
1,064
1,126
125
603
201
1,438
153
21,276
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Civilians
253
343
138
239
98
51
492
70
327
17
172
410
333
204
294
228
29
133
49
333
20
4,233
Total Police
Employees
1,214
2,520
924
1,599
441
342
3,325
653
2,267
199
1,101
2,012
1,832
1,284
1,358
1,354
154
736
250
1,771
173
25,509
177
NUMBER OF MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS
and
RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION BY COUNTY 2004
178
— New Jersey Police Employee Data —
NUMBER OF MUNICIPAL POLICE EMPLOYEES
and
RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION BY COUNTY 2004
— New Jersey Police Employee Data —
179
FULL TIME COUNTY POLICE EMPLOYEES — 2004
Department
ATLANTIC COUNTY
Prosecutor
Sheriff
BERGEN COUNTY
Prosecutor
Sheriff
Police Department
BURLINGTON COUNTY
Prosecutor
Sheriff
CAMDEN COUNTY
Prosecutor
Sheriff
Park Police
CAPE MAY COUNTY
Prosecutor
Sheriff
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Prosecutor
Sheriff
ESSEX COUNTY
Prosecutor
Sheriff
Police Department
GLOUCESTER COUNTY
Prosecutor
Sheriff
HUDSON COUNTY
Prosecutor
Sheriff
HUNTERDON COUNTY
Prosecutor
Sheriff
MERCER COUNTY
Prosecutor
Sheriff
180
Male
140
61
79
602
121
399
82
95
38
57
283
97
160
26
109
14
95
55
11
44
553
175
354
24
101
41
60
243
74
169
39
15
24
153
74
79
Police Officers
Female
24
11
13
91
50
31
10
25
10
15
37
15
22
25
5
20
15
8
7
247
80
166
1
21
15
6
53
26
27
7
6
1
42
26
16
— New Jersey Police Employee Data —
Total
164
72
92
693
171
430
92
120
48
72
320
112
182
26
134
19
115
70
19
51
800
255
520
25
122
56
66
296
100
196
46
21
25
195
100
95
Civilians
128
98
30
232
85
73
74
107
90
17
126
97
28
1
51
37
14
49
42
7
203
123
79
1
54
43
11
191
128
63
37
32
5
95
59
36
Total Police
Employees
292
170
122
925
256
503
166
227
138
89
446
209
210
27
185
56
129
119
61
58
1,003
378
599
26
176
99
77
487
228
259
83
53
30
290
159
131
FULL TIME COUNTY POLICE EMPLOYEES — 2004
Department
MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Prosecutor
Sheriff
MONMOUTH COUNTY
Prosecutor
Sheriff
MORRIS COUNTY
Prosecutor
Sheriff
Park Police
OCEAN COUNTY
Prosecutor
Sheriff
PASSAIC COUNTY
Prosecutor
Sheriff
SALEM COUNTY
Prosecutor
Sheriff
SOMERSET COUNTY
Prosecutor
Sheriff
SUSSEX COUNTY
Prosecutor
Sheriff
UNION COUNTY
Prosecutor
Sheriff
Police Department
WARREN COUNTY
Prosecutor
Sheriff
TOTAL
Prosecutor
Sheriff
Police Department
Park Police
Male
274
98
176
474
71
403
300
58
212
30
139
51
88
686
74
612
108
15
93
200
39
161
128
25
103
468
62
128
278
41
26
15
5,191
1,240
3,511
384
56
Police Officers
Female
54
36
18
72
11
61
53
15
35
3
38
20
18
72
17
55
27
2
25
24
5
19
20
7
13
80
13
32
35
13
10
3
1,040
388
603
46
3
— New Jersey Police Employee Data —
Total
328
134
194
546
82
464
353
73
247
33
177
71
106
758
91
667
135
17
118
224
44
180
148
32
116
548
75
160
313
54
36
18
6,231
1,628
4,114
430
59
Civilians
112
73
39
472
215
257
185
86
98
1
195
87
108
318
124
194
44
26
18
109
69
40
47
22
25
258
165
44
49
29
26
3
3,042
1,727
1,189
124
2
Total Police
Employees
440
207
233
1,018
297
721
538
159
345
34
372
158
214
1,076
215
861
179
43
136
333
113
220
195
54
141
806
240
204
362
83
62
21
9,273
3,355
5,303
554
61
181
FULL TIME POLICE EMPLOYEES
UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES — 2004
Universities and Colleges
Male
Police Officers
Female
Total
Civilians
Total Police
Employees
Brookdale Community College
11
-
11
6
17
Essex County College
14
3
17
48
65
Kean University
25
2
27
20
47
8
2
10
5
15
Monmouth University
18
1
19
19
38
Montclair State University
21
3
24
14
38
NJ Institute of Technology
25
6
31
34
65
6
1
7
39
46
Camden Campus
14
3
17
20
37
New Brunswick Campus
49
7
56
65
121
Newark Campus
28
3
31
9
40
Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
13
5
18
8
26
The College of New Jersey
13
2
15
12
27
Camden Campus
14
3
17
1
18
Newark Campus
35
6
41
82
123
Piscataway Campus
28
4
32
5
37
William Paterson University
16
7
23
17
40
338
58
396
404
800
Middlesex County College
Rowan University
Rutgers University
University of Medicine & Dentistry
TOTAL
182
— New Jersey Police Employee Data —
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.
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 2004, there were 52,171 full-time police employees in New Jersey. This represents an increase of 1 percent when compared to the
51,446 full-time police employees in 2003.
•
The number of full-time police officers increased less than one-half of one percent, from 38,898 in 2003 to 39,068 in 2004.
•
The number of full-time civilian employees increased 4 percent, from 12,548 in 2003 to 13,103 in 2004.
•
Seventy-five percent were sworn officers and the remaining 25 percent were civilian employees.
MUNICIPAL POLICE EMPLOYEES
This category consists of the number of police employees, including civilian personnel, employed full-time by municipalities of the state.
•
During 2004, there were 25,509 municipal police employees, an increase of less than one-half of one percent compared to the 25,479 in
2003.
•
For every 1,000 inhabitants of the state there were three municipal police employees.
•
Monmouth County reported the largest increase in municipal police employees, an increase of 2 percent (35 employees).
•
Atlantic County recorded the highest police employee rate; 4.6 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 and Warren Counties recorded the lowest police employee rate of 1.6 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 4,233 municipal civilian police employees in 2004, an increase of less than one-half of one percent compared to the 4,220 in
2003.
•
Seventeen percent of all municipal police employees were civilians.
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 21,276 full-time municipal police officers in 2004; this represents an increase of less than one-half of one percent when
compared to the 21,259 full-time municipal police officers in 2003.
•
The number of full-time municipal police officers was calculated at 2.5 per 1,000 population; this represents no change when
compared to 2003.
•
Sworn officers represented 83 percent of all municipal police employees.
•
Monmouth County recorded the largest numerical increase (30) which represented a 2 percent increase of municipal police officers.
•
The largest numerical decrease occurred in Essex County, a decrease of 71 municipal police officers, or 2 percent.
•
Atlantic 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 officer per 1,000 population.
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.
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•
Together, these agencies reported a total of 12,451 full-time employees; an increase of 3 percent compared to the 12,064 police
employees in 2003.
•
There were 8,481 sworn police officers in 2004, an increase of 2 percent compared to the 8,342 in 2003.
•
Sixty-eight percent were sworn personnel, while the remaining 32 percent were civilians.
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 9,273 full-time police employees in 2004; an increase of 1 percent compared to
9,156 in 2003.
•
There were 6,231 full-time sworn police officers employed by county agencies in 2004. This represents an increase of less than one-half of
one percent compared to 6,229 in 2003.
•
County police agencies reported 3,042 civilian police employees in 2004; an increase of 4 percent compared to 2,927 civilian employees in
2003.
•
Sworn personnel accounted for 67 percent while the remaining 33 percent were civilians.
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 4,138 full-time police employees; an increase of 3 percent compared to 4,000 in 2003.
•
State Police employed 2,684 officers in 2004, this represented an increase of less than one-half of one percent when compared to 2,682 in
2003.
•
The State Police reported 1,454 civilian employees in 2004; an increase of 10 percent over the 1,318 reported in 2003.
•
Sworn personnel accounted for 65 percent and civilians represented 35 percent of the total State Police employees.
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