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Table 78

NEW JERSEY

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees

by City, 2017

City Population Total law
enforcement
employees
Total
officers
Total
civilians
Aberdeen Township 18,403 44 37 7
Absecon 8,261 32 28 4
Allendale 6,938 20 15 5
Allenhurst 486 12 9 3
Allentown 1,808 6 5 1
Alpine 1,885 12 12 0
Andover Township 5,962 17 12 5
Asbury Park 15,656 93 88 5
Atlantic City 38,601 371 253 118
Atlantic Highlands 4,281 19 14 5
Audubon 8,748 18 17 1
Avalon 1,270 29 21 8
Avon-by-the-Sea 1,775 11 11 0
Barnegat Township 22,652 47 46 1
Barrington 6,792 16 15 1
Bay Head 986 9 8 1
Bayonne 67,041 227 177 50
Beach Haven 1,181 14 13 1
Beachwood 11,296 20 18 2
Bedminster Township 8,285 18 16 2
Belleville 36,409 117 108 9
Bellmawr 11,505 24 22 2
Belmar 5,666 30 23 7
Belvidere 2,589 5 5 0
Bergenfield 27,891 54 46 8
Berkeley Heights Township 13,654 34 26 8
Berkeley Township 42,036 96 70 26
Berlin 7,619 18 17 1
Berlin Township 5,560 18 17 1
Bernards Township 27,219 42 38 4
Bernardsville 7,876 26 20 6
Beverly 2,506 8 8 0
Blairstown Township 5,767 7 6 1
Bloomfield 48,928 154 129 25
Bloomingdale 8,295 18 17 1
Bogota 8,595 21 16 5
Boonton 8,421 28 23 5
Boonton Township 4,395 13 13 0
Bordentown City 3,839 13 11 2
Bordentown Township 12,216 26 25 1
Bound Brook 10,537 29 24 5
Bradley Beach 4,236 20 18 2
Branchburg Township 14,822 30 26 4
Brick Township 75,566 203 138 65
Bridgeton 24,937 78 65 13
Bridgewater Township 45,417 87 79 8
Brielle 4,708 16 15 1
Brigantine 8,976 44 34 10
Brooklawn 1,937 7 7 0
Buena 4,432 9 8 1
Burlington City 9,854 36 32 4
Burlington Township 22,772 50 41 9
Butler 7,829 17 16 1
Byram Township 7,944 14 14 0
Caldwell 8,073 21 21 0
Camden County Police Department 74,299 398 354 44
Cape May 3,483 26 21 5
Carlstadt 6,295 30 28 2
Carney's Point Township 7,729 19 18 1
Carteret 24,283 68 60 8
Cedar Grove Township 12,674 31 30 1
Chatham 9,011 23 20 3
Chatham Township 10,515 23 21 2
Cherry Hill Township 71,747 163 135 28
Chesilhurst 1,644 10 9 1
Chesterfield Township 7,451 11 10 1
Chester Township 7,961 23 22 1
Cinnaminson Township 16,696 27 27 0
Clark Township 16,084 49 38 11
Clayton 8,722 16 16 0
Clementon 4,937 13 12 1
Cliffside Park 25,166 46 44 2
Clifton 86,472 185 148 37
Clinton 2,694 10 10 0
Clinton Township 12,748 23 22 1
Closter 8,788 20 20 0
Collingswood 14,080 30 26 4
Colts Neck Township 9,936 23 22 1
Cranbury Township 3,966 18 17 1
Cranford Township 24,442 68 52 16
Cresskill 8,848 26 22 4
Deal 730 22 18 4
Delanco Township 4,528 13 12 1
Delaware Township 4,443 8 7 1
Delran Township 16,609 34 30 4
Demarest 5,034 13 13 0
Denville Township 16,811 43 33 10
Deptford Township 30,727 74 68 6
Dover 18,339 33 29 4
Dumont 18,018 38 31 7
Dunellen 7,428 16 16 0
Eastampton Township 5,962 19 18 1
East Brunswick Township 49,019 111 83 28
East Greenwich Township 10,573 18 16 2
East Hanover Township 11,284 38 34 4
East Newark 2,811 8 8 0
East Orange 65,160 255 208 47
East Rutherford 10,064 34 33 1
East Windsor Township 27,571 49 43 6
Eatontown 12,258 45 37 8
Edgewater 12,183 34 29 5
Edgewater Park Township 8,726 14 13 1
Edison Township 102,699 228 181 47
Egg Harbor City 4,182 13 12 1
Egg Harbor Township 43,515 111 83 28
Elizabeth 129,726 390 293 97
Elk Township 4,140 13 12 1
Elmer 1,317 1 1 0
Elmwood Park 20,515 47 42 5
Emerson 7,747 24 21 3
Englewood 28,795 106 82 24
Englewood Cliffs 5,442 26 25 1
Englishtown 1,956 7 7 0
Essex Fells 2,135 13 13 0
Evesham Township 45,314 87 77 10
Ewing Township 36,161 102 83 19
Fairfield Township, Essex County 7,597 39 36 3
Fair Haven 5,953 13 13 0
Fair Lawn 33,759 69 60 9
Fairview 14,573 37 33 4
Fanwood 7,796 18 17 1
Far Hills 935 6 6 0
Flemington 4,627 14 14 0
Florence Township 12,755 27 25 2
Florham Park 11,818 36 32 4
Fort Lee 38,095 116 97 19
Franklin 4,773 16 15 1
Franklin Lakes 10,939 29 23 6
Franklin Township, Gloucester County 16,599 35 31 4
Franklin Township, Hunterdon County 3,223 6 6 0
Franklin Township, Somerset County 67,463 123 105 18
Freehold Borough 11,865 33 30 3
Freehold Township 35,531 71 67 4
Frenchtown 1,396 4 4 0
Galloway Township 36,672 87 57 30
Garfield 32,233 70 60 10
Garwood 4,384 20 16 4
Gibbsboro 2,253 10 10 0
Glassboro 20,134 50 44 6
Glen Ridge 7,694 29 23 6
Glen Rock 12,051 24 23 1
Gloucester City 11,366 33 31 2
Gloucester Township 64,094 151 129 22
Green Brook Township 7,273 24 23 1
Greenwich Township, Gloucester County 4,861 19 17 2
Greenwich Township, Warren County 5,501 12 12 0
Guttenberg 11,736 26 23 3
Hackensack 45,226 139 114 25
Hackettstown 9,520 19 18 1
Haddonfield 11,445 23 21 2
Haddon Heights 7,586 16 15 1
Haddon Township 14,731 27 26 1
Haledon 8,439 18 18 0
Hamburg 3,125 10 8 2
Hamilton Township, Atlantic County 26,482 70 52 18
Hamilton Township, Mercer County 88,723 203 169 34
Hammonton 14,370 37 30 7
Hanover Township 14,904 37 30 7
Harding Township 3,891 12 11 1
Hardyston Township 7,884 25 19 6
Harrington Park 4,848 11 11 0
Harrison 16,802 46 35 11
Harrison Township 13,128 21 20 1
Harvey Cedars 342 8 8 0
Hasbrouck Heights 12,286 32 30 2
Haworth 3,491 12 11 1
Hawthorne 19,041 32 31 1
Hazlet Township 19,938 50 43 7
Helmetta 2,228 4 4 0
High Bridge 3,524 7 7 0
Highland Park 14,287 34 27 7
Highlands 4,793 17 14 3
Hightstown 5,522 14 13 1
Hillsborough Township 40,369 62 51 11
Hillsdale 10,602 21 18 3
Hillside Township 22,125 79 70 9
Hi-Nella 869 13 13 0
Hoboken 55,348 155 135 20
Ho-Ho-Kus 4,169 20 16 4
Holland Township 5,113 7 6 1
Holmdel Township 16,576 48 40 8
Hopatcong 14,263 29 24 5
Hopewell Township 18,633 38 30 8
Howell Township 52,432 101 87 14
Independence Township 5,482 10 9 1
Irvington 54,728 207 151 56
Island Heights 1,659 5 5 0
Jackson Township 57,400 112 88 24
Jamesburg 6,088 18 14 4
Jefferson Township 21,505 43 35 8
Jersey City 267,906 1,038 890 148
Keansburg 9,782 40 33 7
Kearny 42,527 115 109 6
Kenilworth 8,271 31 26 5
Keyport 7,062 23 17 6
Kinnelon 10,275 17 16 1
Lacey Township 28,915 58 43 15
Lakehurst 2,716 12 10 2
Lakewood Township 102,759 163 133 30
Lambertville 3,795 12 9 3
Laurel Springs 1,888 7 7 0
Lavallette 1,837 14 12 2
Lawnside 2,927 10 9 1
Lawrence Township, Mercer County 32,929 62 58 4
Lebanon Township 6,053 10 9 1
Leonia 9,273 21 18 3
Lincoln Park 10,466 28 22 6
Linden 42,948 155 124 31
Lindenwold 17,516 45 42 3
Linwood 6,859 19 18 1
Little Egg Harbor Township 21,076 53 43 10
Little Falls Township 14,479 33 28 5
Little Ferry 11,017 31 26 5
Little Silver 5,881 20 16 4
Livingston Township 29,987 81 71 10
Lodi 24,981 48 45 3
Logan Township 5,977 20 19 1
Long Beach Township 3,067 48 37 11
Long Branch 30,748 130 83 47
Long Hill Township 8,784 25 23 2
Longport 868 13 13 0
Lopatcong Township 8,298 16 15 1
Lower Alloways Creek Township 1,770 11 11 0
Lower Township 21,870 57 47 10
Lumberton Township 12,286 21 20 1
Lyndhurst Township 22,621 53 50 3
Madison 16,175 37 29 8
Magnolia 4,310 12 12 0
Mahwah Township 26,753 62 53 9
Manalapan Township 40,177 49 46 3
Manasquan 5,804 23 17 6
Manchester Township 43,916 85 68 17
Mansfield Township, Burlington County 8,593 15 14 1
Mansfield Township, Warren County 7,435 13 12 1
Mantoloking 247 9 8 1
Mantua Township 15,123 28 26 2
Manville 10,519 26 23 3
Maple Shade Township 18,797 34 30 4
Maplewood Township 24,863 73 61 12
Margate City 6,107 35 29 6
Marlboro Township 40,370 109 78 31
Matawan 8,838 23 22 1
Maywood 9,862 26 22 4
Medford Lakes 4,038 10 9 1
Medford Township 23,503 38 34 4
Mendham 5,006 13 12 1
Mendham Township 5,883 16 15 1
Merchantville 3,774 14 13 1
Metuchen 13,981 35 29 6
Middlesex Borough 13,897 34 31 3
Middle Township 18,542 66 53 13
Middletown Township 65,303 124 112 12
Midland Park 7,378 17 16 1
Millburn Township 20,421 59 53 6
Milltown 7,201 18 15 3
Millville 27,984 77 67 10
Monmouth Beach 3,213 10 9 1
Monroe Township, Gloucester County 37,174 73 66 7
Monroe Township, Middlesex County 45,722 78 60 18
Montclair 39,029 124 105 19
Montgomery Township 23,706 40 34 6
Montvale 8,653 26 24 2
Montville Township 21,818 43 37 6
Moonachie 2,815 21 18 3
Moorestown Township 20,534 38 33 5
Morris Plains 5,626 18 16 2
Morristown 19,199 61 57 4
Morris Township 22,701 45 41 4
Mountain Lakes 4,377 14 13 1
Mountainside 6,943 27 22 5
Mount Arlington 5,551 15 14 1
Mount Ephraim 4,643 14 13 1
Mount Holly Township 9,522 24 21 3
Mount Laurel Township 41,712 75 67 8
Mount Olive Township 29,410 61 52 9
Mullica Township 6,024 14 13 1
Neptune City 4,725 19 17 2
Neptune Township 27,757 88 78 10
Netcong 3,247 9 9 0
Newark 283,673 1,491 1,171 320
New Brunswick 57,481 175 141 34
Newfield 1,569 5 5 0
New Hanover Township 8,264 3 3 0
New Milford 16,894 42 36 6
New Providence 12,904 21 19 2
Newton 7,874 27 22 5
North Arlington 16,009 34 27 7
North Bergen Township 63,490 125 114 11
North Brunswick Township 42,780 101 84 17
North Caldwell 6,782 20 15 5
Northfield 8,376 22 21 1
North Haledon 8,537 23 19 4
North Hanover Township 7,562 11 10 1
North Plainfield 22,255 54 46 8
Northvale 5,003 14 14 0
North Wildwood 3,856 36 29 7
Norwood 5,904 17 16 1
Nutley Township 28,833 81 69 12
Oakland 13,243 27 24 3
Oaklyn 4,002 17 16 1
Ocean City 11,281 71 57 14
Ocean Gate 2,023 10 9 1
Oceanport 5,705 15 14 1
Ocean Township, Monmouth County 26,637 78 63 15
Ocean Township, Ocean County 9,187 28 18 10
Ogdensburg 2,273 6 6 0
Old Bridge Township 67,162 117 90 27
Old Tappan 6,069 15 14 1
Oradell 8,291 24 23 1
Orange City 30,752 128 101 27
Palisades Park 21,030 45 35 10
Palmyra 7,217 19 18 1
Paramus 27,075 111 86 25
Park Ridge 8,977 20 19 1
Parsippany-Troy Hills Township 53,478 117 102 15
Passaic 71,053 188 156 32
Paterson 147,690 494 400 94
Paulsboro 5,959 20 18 2
Peapack-Gladstone 2,624 9 8 1
Pemberton Borough 1,355 9 8 1
Pemberton Township 27,506 49 44 5
Pennington 2,576 6 5 1
Pennsauken Township 36,041 84 77 7
Penns Grove 4,844 15 14 1
Pennsville Township 12,564 22 22 0
Pequannock Township 15,472 39 34 5
Perth Amboy 52,978 164 134 30
Phillipsburg 14,379 37 36 1
Pine Beach 2,170 8 7 1
Pine Hill 10,616 23 21 2
Pine Valley 11 6 6 0
Piscataway Township 58,109 108 87 21
Pitman 8,886 17 16 1
Plainfield 50,983 148 120 28
Plainsboro Township 23,569 48 36 12
Pleasantville 20,530 64 51 13
Plumsted Township 8,604 15 14 1
Pohatcong Township 3,215 14 13 1
Point Pleasant 18,696 43 33 10
Point Pleasant Beach 4,552 24 22 2
Pompton Lakes 11,176 25 21 4
Princeton 31,845 69 54 15
Prospect Park 5,944 18 17 1
Rahway 29,930 83 73 10
Ramsey 15,273 39 32 7
Randolph Township 25,950 41 35 6
Raritan 8,273 20 19 1
Raritan Township 21,918 36 33 3
Readington Township 15,834 29 23 6
Red Bank 12,135 47 39 8
Ridgefield 11,457 31 29 2
Ridgefield Park 13,166 38 31 7
Ridgewood 25,729 48 45 3
Ringwood 12,470 26 21 5
Riverdale 4,398 20 16 4
River Edge 11,744 25 22 3
Riverside Township 7,897 15 15 0
Riverton 2,704 6 6 0
River Vale Township 10,270 21 19 2
Robbinsville Township 14,446 36 27 9
Rochelle Park Township 5,714 24 20 4
Rockaway 6,512 16 15 1
Rockaway Township 24,719 62 51 11
Roseland 5,916 26 26 0
Roselle 21,796 71 58 13
Roselle Park 13,747 41 34 7
Roxbury Township 23,472 45 42 3
Rumson 6,783 21 17 4
Runnemede 8,402 18 16 2
Rutherford 18,804 43 40 3
Saddle Brook Township 14,190 36 33 3
Saddle River 3,263 22 17 5
Salem 4,776 19 17 2
Sayreville 45,460 94 82 12
Scotch Plains Township 24,375 50 47 3
Sea Bright 1,375 11 11 0
Sea Girt 1,777 12 11 1
Sea Isle City 2,079 27 21 6
Seaside Heights 2,918 34 22 12
Seaside Park 1,556 14 13 1
Secaucus 20,481 82 67 15
Ship Bottom 1,146 12 11 1
Shrewsbury 4,178 21 16 5
Somerdale 5,591 15 14 1
Somers Point 10,504 37 30 7
Somerville 12,263 33 31 2
South Amboy 8,839 28 22 6
South Bound Brook 4,652 14 13 1
South Brunswick Township 46,280 111 82 29
South Hackensack Township 2,479 22 19 3
South Harrison Township 3,193 5 5 0
South Orange Village 16,407 52 45 7
South Plainfield 24,458 69 55 14
South River 16,399 42 32 10
South Toms River 3,799 13 12 1
Sparta Township 18,807 42 28 14
Spotswood 8,492 27 22 5
Springfield Township, Burlington County 3,301 11 10 1
Springfield Township, Union County 17,805 48 44 4
Spring Lake 2,958 13 13 0
Spring Lake Heights 4,597 14 14 0
Stafford Township 27,433 65 52 13
Stanhope 3,327 10 9 1
Stone Harbor 827 19 17 2
Stratford 7,024 15 15 0
Summit 22,195 51 46 5
Surf City 1,186 10 10 0
Teaneck Township 41,377 110 94 16
Tenafly 14,960 40 34 6
Tewksbury Township 5,809 12 11 1
Tinton Falls 17,761 42 41 1
Toms River Township 92,543 207 160 47
Totowa 10,964 32 28 4
Trenton 84,231 352 279 73
Tuckerton 3,406 13 12 1
Union Beach 5,479 18 15 3
Union City 70,053 205 165 40
Union Township 59,051 185 135 50
Upper Saddle River 8,385 21 17 4
Ventnor City 10,263 51 37 14
Vernon Township 22,193 41 32 9
Verona 13,584 35 30 5
Vineland 60,477 144 121 23
Voorhees Township 29,532 64 54 10
Waldwick 10,137 24 19 5
Wallington 11,794 24 23 1
Wall Township 25,956 87 69 18
Wanaque 11,925 30 25 5
Warren Township 16,264 36 29 7
Washington Township, Bergen County 9,432 22 20 2
Washington Township, Gloucester County 48,088 92 84 8
Washington Township, Morris County 18,793 32 29 3
Washington Township, Warren County 6,429 27 26 1
Watchung 6,010 36 30 6
Waterford Township 10,817 24 22 2
Wayne Township 54,903 144 117 27
Weehawken Township 15,683 71 53 18
Wenonah 2,252 6 6 0
Westampton Township 8,775 28 24 4
West Amwell Township 2,753 7 7 0
West Caldwell Township 11,013 30 25 5
West Deptford Township 21,386 46 43 3
Westfield 30,301 74 59 15
West Long Branch 7,944 22 21 1
West Milford Township 26,769 51 44 7
West New York 54,156 118 107 11
West Orange 47,615 110 97 13
Westville 4,214 13 12 1
West Wildwood 563 5 5 0
West Windsor Township 28,495 60 48 12
Westwood 11,328 31 26 5
Wharton 6,610 20 19 1
Wildwood 5,087 53 43 10
Wildwood Crest 3,147 26 20 6
Willingboro Township 31,726 74 65 9
Winfield Township 1,519 10 10 0
Winslow Township 39,406 81 74 7
Woodbridge Township 102,129 239 198 41
Woodbury 9,970 31 28 3
Woodbury Heights 3,011 8 7 1
Woodcliff Lake 5,942 19 18 1
Woodland Park 12,836 29 25 4
Woodlynne 2,951 9 7 2
Wood-Ridge 8,808 25 21 4
Woodstown 3,482 10 8 2
Woolwich Township 12,798 25 24 1
Wyckoff Township 17,373 26 26 0

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