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Table 78

NEW JERSEY

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees

by City, 2018

City Population Total law
enforcement
employees
Total
officers
Total
civilians
Aberdeen Township 18,378 45 38 7
Absecon 8,252 30 25 5
Allendale 6,865 20 15 5
Allenhurst 488 13 9 4
Allentown 1,809 6 5 1
Alpine 1,873 12 12 0
Andover Township 5,936 17 12 5
Asbury Park 15,717 95 91 4
Atlantic City 38,271 224 190 34
Atlantic Highlands 4,302 18 13 5
Audubon 8,599 19 18 1
Avalon 1,258 29 21 8
Avon-by-the-Sea 1,780 11 11 0
Barnegat Township 22,777 51 49 2
Barrington 6,661 15 15 0
Bay Head 971 9 8 1
Bayonne 66,824 248 189 59
Beach Haven 1,169 14 13 1
Beachwood 11,146 22 20 2
Bedminster Township 8,126 18 16 2
Belleville 36,075 123 115 8
Bellmawr 11,312 24 23 1
Belmar 5,666 31 25 6
Belvidere 2,592 6 6 0
Bergenfield 27,684 53 46 7
Berkeley Heights Township 13,646 33 27 6
Berkeley Township 41,331 97 76 21
Berlin 7,495 18 17 1
Berlin Township 5,532 18 17 1
Bernards Township 26,813 42 38 4
Bernardsville 7,742 26 20 6
Beverly 2,497 8 8 0
Blairstown Township 5,787 9 8 1
Bloomfield 50,777 150 125 25
Bloomingdale 8,211 18 17 1
Bogota 8,499 18 13 5
Boonton 8,236 28 23 5
Boonton Township 4,299 13 13 0
Bordentown City 3,823 14 14 0
Bordentown Township 12,323 24 23 1
Bound Brook 10,360 29 24 5
Bradley Beach 4,214 21 18 3
Branchburg Township 14,577 28 26 2
Brick Township 74,712 208 142 66
Bridgeton 24,386 80 66 14
Bridgewater Township 45,050 81 74 7
Brielle 4,719 16 15 1
Brigantine 8,896 44 34 10
Brooklawn 1,904 7 7 0
Burlington City 9,817 35 33 2
Burlington Township 22,857 56 44 12
Butler 7,679 17 16 1
Byram Township 7,925 14 14 0
Caldwell 7,999 22 22 0
Camden County Police Department 73,140 413 370 43
Cape May 3,463 27 22 5
Carlstadt 6,252 34 28 6
Carney's Point Township 7,655 19 18 1
Carteret 23,921 72 63 9
Cedar Grove Township 12,566 32 31 1
Chatham 8,793 23 19 4
Chatham Township 10,288 22 20 2
Cherry Hill Township 70,578 162 135 27
Chesilhurst 1,617 10 9 1
Chesterfield Township 7,567 11 10 1
Chester Township 7,809 23 22 1
Cinnaminson Township 16,630 28 28 0
Clark Township 16,079 49 38 11
Clayton 8,624 17 16 1
Clementon 4,887 13 12 1
Cliffside Park 25,001 51 44 7
Clifton 85,732 188 148 40
Clinton 2,699 10 10 0
Clinton Township 12,824 23 22 1
Closter 8,691 22 21 1
Collingswood 13,843 30 26 4
Colts Neck Township 9,944 22 21 1
Cranbury Township 3,900 20 19 1
Cranford Township 24,353 67 51 16
Cresskill 8,862 27 22 5
Deal 730 22 18 4
Delanco Township 4,509 13 12 1
Delaware Township 4,461 8 7 1
Delran Township 16,579 34 30 4
Demarest 4,977 13 13 0
Denville Township 16,737 42 33 9
Deptford Township 30,137 74 68 6
Dover 17,982 40 35 5
Dumont 17,825 40 32 8
Dunellen 7,328 16 16 0
Eastampton Township 5,940 18 17 1
East Brunswick Township 48,342 109 84 25
East Greenwich Township 10,504 19 17 2
East Hanover Township 11,084 33 33 0
East Newark 2,740 7 7 0
East Orange 64,625 261 202 59
East Rutherford 9,941 39 34 5
East Windsor Township 27,401 50 44 6
Eatontown 12,364 44 37 7
Edgewater 12,318 36 31 5
Edgewater Park Township 8,713 16 15 1
Edison Township 101,309 219 170 49
Egg Harbor City 4,162 18 17 1
Egg Harbor Township 43,276 113 85 28
Elizabeth 129,080 411 313 98
Elk Township 4,116 12 11 1
Elmer 1,301 2 2 0
Elmwood Park 20,277 46 42 4
Emerson 7,679 24 21 3
Englewood 28,988 101 77 24
Englewood Cliffs 5,395 26 25 1
Englishtown 1,959 7 7 0
Essex Fells 2,109 13 13 0
Evesham Township 45,354 99 89 10
Ewing Township 36,142 102 82 20
Fairfield Township, Essex County 7,528 40 36 4
Fair Haven 5,927 13 13 0
Fair Lawn 33,413 68 59 9
Fairview 14,428 36 32 4
Fanwood 7,768 18 17 1
Far Hills 918 6 6 0
Flemington 4,627 15 15 0
Florence Township 12,748 30 28 2
Florham Park 11,602 38 32 6
Fort Lee 37,729 116 98 18
Franklin 4,735 17 16 1
Franklin Lakes 11,191 28 23 5
Franklin Township, Gloucester County 16,225 41 37 4
Franklin Township, Hunterdon County 3,238 6 6 0
Franklin Township, Somerset County 66,624 119 101 18
Freehold Borough 11,873 30 27 3
Freehold Township 34,896 71 67 4
Frenchtown 1,363 3 3 0
Galloway Township 36,467 79 61 18
Garfield 32,203 69 59 10
Garwood 4,370 20 16 4
Gibbsboro 2,211 8 8 0
Glassboro 19,938 51 45 6
Glen Ridge 7,622 29 23 6
Glen Rock 11,937 26 23 3
Gloucester City 11,167 34 32 2
Gloucester Township 63,198 152 131 21
Green Brook Township 7,138 24 23 1
Greenwich Township, Gloucester County 4,769 18 17 1
Greenwich Township, Warren County 5,510 12 12 0
Guttenberg 11,602 28 25 3
Hackensack 44,926 115 100 15
Hackettstown 9,530 18 17 1
Haddonfield 11,253 23 21 2
Haddon Heights 7,497 15 14 1
Haddon Township 14,500 27 26 1
Haledon 8,363 18 18 0
Hamburg 3,109 9 8 1
Hamilton Township, Atlantic County 26,380 80 56 24
Hamilton Township, Mercer County 87,889 206 171 35
Hammonton 14,311 35 28 7
Hanover Township 14,583 38 31 7
Harding Township 3,824 12 11 1
Hardyston Township 7,823 24 18 6
Harrington Park 4,802 11 11 0
Harrison 18,058 50 38 12
Harrison Township 12,915 24 23 1
Harvey Cedars 338 8 8 0
Hasbrouck Heights 12,163 31 29 2
Haworth 3,463 13 12 1
Hawthorne 18,874 38 32 6
Hazlet Township 19,970 47 39 8
High Bridge 3,528 7 7 0
Highland Park 13,989 32 26 6
Highlands 4,794 17 14 3
Hightstown 5,289 13 12 1
Hillsborough Township 39,796 62 53 9
Hillsdale 10,484 23 19 4
Hillside Township 22,078 79 67 12
Hi-Nella 855 13 13 0
Hoboken 55,096 152 134 18
Ho-Ho-Kus 4,139 19 16 3
Holland Township 5,128 7 6 1
Holmdel Township 16,621 50 43 7
Hopatcong 14,183 31 24 7
Hopewell Township 18,000 39 30 9
Howell Township 52,672 104 88 16
Independence Township 5,495 10 9 1
Irvington 54,220 223 168 55
Island Heights 1,652 6 6 0
Jackson Township 56,706 113 90 23
Jamesburg 6,006 20 16 4
Jefferson Township 21,071 43 35 8
Jersey City 270,175 955 886 69
Keansburg 9,766 38 32 6
Kearny 42,339 153 109 44
Kenilworth 8,249 31 26 5
Keyport 7,065 24 20 4
Kinnelon 10,080 17 16 1
Lacey Township 28,654 57 43 14
Lakehurst 2,672 16 14 2
Lakewood Township 102,915 171 137 34
Lambertville 3,811 12 9 3
Laurel Springs 1,856 7 7 0
Lavallette 1,824 14 12 2
Lawnside 2,875 9 9 0
Lawrence Township, Mercer County 32,644 62 58 4
Lebanon Township 6,070 11 10 1
Leonia 9,175 22 19 3
Lincoln Park 10,308 29 23 6
Linden 42,806 165 136 29
Lindenwold 17,204 44 41 3
Linwood 6,822 19 18 1
Little Egg Harbor Township 21,087 56 43 13
Little Falls Township 14,306 34 28 6
Little Ferry 10,895 33 28 5
Little Silver 5,898 23 18 5
Livingston Township 29,820 85 70 15
Lodi 24,720 48 46 2
Logan Township 5,844 22 21 1
Long Beach Township 3,029 48 36 12
Long Branch 30,750 117 94 23
Long Hill Township 8,587 25 23 2
Longport 873 13 13 0
Lopatcong Township 8,384 17 16 1
Lower Alloways Creek Township 1,676 13 13 0
Lower Township 21,617 53 47 6
Lumberton Township 12,253 22 20 2
Lyndhurst Township 22,384 49 46 3
Madison 15,832 38 30 8
Magnolia 4,237 12 12 0
Mahwah Township 26,501 62 53 9
Manalapan Township 40,150 59 56 3
Manasquan 5,903 21 16 5
Manchester Township 42,939 89 70 19
Mansfield Township, Burlington County 8,577 15 14 1
Mansfield Township, Warren County 7,431 16 15 1
Mantoloking 249 10 9 1
Mantua Township 14,772 33 30 3
Manville 10,308 27 24 3
Maple Shade Township 18,772 39 35 4
Maplewood Township 24,635 76 64 12
Margate City 6,045 36 28 8
Marlboro Township 40,338 110 80 30
Matawan 8,864 23 22 1
Maywood 9,763 26 22 4
Medford Lakes 3,995 10 9 1
Medford Township 23,558 41 37 4
Mendham 4,905 13 12 1
Mendham Township 5,757 16 15 1
Merchantville 3,712 15 14 1
Metuchen 14,262 34 28 6
Middlesex Borough 13,704 34 31 3
Middle Township 18,358 70 56 14
Middletown Township 65,469 124 112 12
Midland Park 7,313 17 16 1
Millburn Township 20,250 60 54 6
Milltown 7,099 18 16 2
Millville 27,837 91 81 10
Monmouth Beach 3,231 10 9 1
Monroe Township, Gloucester County 36,498 74 66 8
Monroe Township, Middlesex County 45,597 79 60 19
Montclair 38,893 130 110 20
Montgomery Township 23,515 40 34 6
Montvale 8,729 25 23 2
Montville Township 21,396 46 40 6
Moonachie 2,774 24 21 3
Moorestown Township 20,510 38 33 5
Morris Plains 5,509 20 18 2
Morristown 18,860 62 58 4
Morris Township 22,183 39 33 6
Mountain Lakes 4,308 14 13 1
Mountainside 6,925 22 17 5
Mount Arlington 5,914 15 14 1
Mount Ephraim 4,565 14 13 1
Mount Holly Township 9,658 30 26 4
Mount Laurel Township 41,629 77 69 8
Mount Olive Township 28,994 59 50 9
Mullica Township 6,005 13 12 1
Neptune City 4,694 19 17 2
Neptune Township 27,825 92 78 14
Netcong 3,182 10 10 0
Newark 282,258 1,490 1,155 335
New Brunswick 56,577 170 147 23
New Hanover Township 7,504 3 3 0
New Milford 16,701 42 36 6
New Providence 13,283 35 33 2
Newton 7,824 25 24 1
North Arlington 15,868 36 29 7
North Bergen Township 63,166 128 113 15
North Brunswick Township 42,205 102 84 18
North Caldwell 6,716 18 14 4
Northfield 8,324 22 21 1
North Haledon 8,469 24 19 5
North Hanover Township 7,518 11 10 1
North Plainfield 21,834 55 47 8
Northvale 4,965 14 14 0
North Wildwood 3,816 33 26 7
Norwood 5,836 17 16 1
Nutley Township 28,596 81 70 11
Oakland 13,102 32 27 5
Oaklyn 3,934 16 15 1
Ocean City 11,138 72 59 13
Ocean Gate 2,001 10 9 1
Oceanport 5,742 15 14 1
Ocean Township, Monmouth County 26,947 79 63 16
Ocean Township, Ocean County 9,045 30 21 9
Ogdensburg 2,262 6 6 0
Old Bridge Township 66,321 117 95 22
Old Tappan 5,998 15 14 1
Oradell 8,243 24 23 1
Orange City 30,449 140 114 26
Palisades Park 20,888 45 34 11
Palmyra 7,198 19 18 1
Paramus 26,744 110 91 19
Park Ridge 8,858 21 20 1
Parsippany-Troy Hills Township 52,447 116 104 12
Passaic 70,435 189 165 24
Paterson 146,893 526 419 107
Paulsboro 5,812 20 18 2
Peapack-Gladstone 2,588 9 8 1
Pemberton Borough 1,331 7 6 1
Pemberton Township 27,212 47 42 5
Pennington 2,554 6 5 1
Pennsauken Township 35,420 81 73 8
Penns Grove 4,790 16 15 1
Pennsville Township 12,378 24 22 2
Pequannock Township 15,177 39 34 5
Perth Amboy 52,347 163 132 31
Phillipsburg 14,395 37 36 1
Pine Beach 2,148 7 6 1
Pine Hill 10,431 23 21 2
Pine Valley 11 6 6 0
Piscataway Township 57,342 101 82 19
Pitman 8,696 19 18 1
Plainfield 50,820 153 125 28
Plainsboro Township 23,243 47 36 11
Pleasantville 20,799 65 53 12
Plumsted Township 8,460 16 15 1
Pohatcong Township 3,217 12 12 0
Point Pleasant 18,474 43 33 10
Point Pleasant Beach 4,472 29 23 6
Pompton Lakes 11,062 27 23 4
Princeton 31,856 60 52 8
Prospect Park 5,893 18 17 1
Rahway 30,113 93 76 17
Ramsey 15,126 39 33 6
Randolph Township 25,552 39 34 5
Raritan 8,098 21 20 1
Raritan Township 22,092 36 33 3
Readington Township 15,941 26 23 3
Red Bank 12,128 45 39 6
Ridgefield 11,329 32 30 2
Ridgefield Park 13,028 39 31 8
Ridgewood 25,429 52 47 5
Ringwood 12,303 26 21 5
Riverdale 4,293 21 17 4
River Edge 11,611 28 25 3
Riverside Township 7,875 15 15 0
Riverton 2,698 6 6 0
River Vale Township 10,157 21 20 1
Robbinsville Township 14,710 38 29 9
Rochelle Park Township 5,648 24 20 4
Rockaway 6,388 16 15 1
Rockaway Township 25,328 59 48 11
Roseland 5,867 25 25 0
Roselle 21,787 70 57 13
Roselle Park 13,698 41 34 7
Roxbury Township 23,010 45 42 3
Rumson 6,835 20 16 4
Runnemede 8,261 17 16 1
Rutherford 18,617 42 40 2
Saddle Brook Township 14,037 39 34 5
Saddle River 3,230 23 18 5
Salem 4,726 21 19 2
Sayreville 45,062 107 92 15
Scotch Plains Township 24,423 52 49 3
Sea Bright 1,379 20 11 9
Sea Girt 1,766 12 11 1
Sea Isle City 2,061 30 23 7
Seaside Heights 2,872 28 21 7
Seaside Park 1,526 12 11 1
Secaucus 20,482 88 73 15
Ship Bottom 1,129 12 11 1
Shrewsbury 4,170 22 17 5
Somerdale 5,484 18 17 1
Somers Point 10,436 31 24 7
Somerville 12,326 33 31 2
South Amboy 8,764 34 28 6
South Bound Brook 4,621 13 12 1
South Brunswick Township 46,340 109 82 27
South Hackensack Township 2,473 24 21 3
South Harrison Township 3,118 5 5 0
South Orange Village 16,880 52 45 7
South Plainfield 24,238 67 54 13
South River 16,159 42 32 10
South Toms River 3,740 13 12 1
Sparta Township 18,694 44 31 13
Spotswood 8,364 30 26 4
Springfield Township, Burlington County 3,280 11 10 1
Springfield Township, Union County 17,762 48 44 4
Spring Lake 2,958 13 13 0
Spring Lake Heights 4,607 15 15 0
Stafford Township 27,141 70 54 16
Stanhope 3,306 10 9 1
Stone Harbor 816 19 17 2
Stratford 6,913 15 15 0
Summit 22,125 52 47 5
Surf City 1,174 10 10 0
Teaneck Township 40,939 109 92 17
Tenafly 14,742 39 33 6
Teterboro 68 24 21 3
Tewksbury Township 5,825 11 10 1
Tinton Falls 17,754 43 41 2
Toms River Township 92,191 181 160 21
Totowa 10,666 32 28 4
Trenton 83,753 359 287 72
Tuckerton 3,336 13 12 1
Union Beach 5,469 17 17 0
Union City 69,950 215 167 48
Union Township 58,861 183 132 51
Upper Saddle River 8,330 21 17 4
Ventnor City 10,182 51 38 13
Vernon Township 22,057 41 32 9
Verona 13,437 35 30 5
Vineland 60,330 172 145 27
Voorhees Township 29,071 63 56 7
Waldwick 10,019 25 20 5
Wallington 11,676 24 23 1
Wall Township 25,955 84 68 16
Wanaque 11,960 29 24 5
Warren Township 15,951 37 30 7
Washington Township, Bergen County 9,299 19 19 0
Washington Township, Gloucester County 47,024 87 79 8
Washington Township, Morris County 18,484 30 29 1
Washington Township, Warren County 6,434 28 27 1
Watchung 5,939 38 31 7
Waterford Township 10,641 29 28 1
Wayne Township 54,340 147 120 27
Weehawken Township 15,567 74 52 22
Westampton Township 8,752 26 23 3
West Amwell Township 2,757 6 6 0
West Caldwell Township 10,912 30 25 5
West Deptford Township 20,889 46 43 3
Westfield 30,011 70 57 13
West Long Branch 7,957 22 21 1
West Milford Township 26,560 50 43 7
West New York 54,095 125 114 11
West Orange 48,071 109 96 13
Westville 4,121 12 11 1
West Wildwood 561 5 5 0
West Windsor Township 28,277 60 48 12
Westwood 11,219 33 27 6
Wharton 6,482 22 21 1
Wildwood 5,035 54 44 10
Wildwood Crest 3,116 27 21 6
Willingboro Township 32,124 76 66 10
Winfield Township 1,514 10 10 0
Winslow Township 38,382 81 74 7
Woodbridge Township 100,884 264 196 68
Woodbury 9,746 32 29 3
Woodbury Heights 2,944 8 7 1
Woodcliff Lake 5,844 19 18 1
Woodland Park 12,799 30 26 4
Woodlynne 2,902 8 6 2
Wood-Ridge 9,105 24 20 4
Woodstown 3,447 10 9 1
Woolwich Township 12,636 25 24 1
Wyckoff Township 17,161 26 26 0

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