List of law enforcement agencies in New Jersey

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This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of New Jersey.

According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 550 law enforcement agencies employing 33,704 sworn police officers, about 389 for each 100,000 residents.[1]

State agencies

County sheriff and police agencies

  • Essex County Constable's Office (New Jersey)
  • Gloucester County Sheriff's Office
  • Hudson County Sheriff's Office [5]
  • Hunterdon County Sheriff's Office
  • Mercer County Sheriff's Office
  • * Middlesex County Sheriff's Department
  • Monmouth County Sheriff's Office
  • Morris County Sheriff's Office
  • Morris County Park Police

Corrections agencies

  • Gloucester County Department of Corrections
  • Hudson County Department of Corrections
  • Hunterdon County Department of Corrections
  • Mercer County Corrections Center
  • Middlesex County Adult Corrections
  • Monmouth County Department of Corrections
  • Morris County Corrections

  • Ocean County Department of Corrections
  • Passaic County Sheriff's Department Bureau of Corrections
  • Salem County Correctional Facility
  • Somerset County Corrections
  • Sussex County Sheriff's Department Jail
  • Union County Division of Correctional Services
  • Warren County Corrections

Municipal agencies

  • Aberdeen Township Police Department [6]
  • Absecon Police Department [7]
  • Allendale Police Department [8]
  • Allenhurst Police Department [9]
  • Allentown Police Department
  • Andover Police Department [10]
  • Asbury Park Police Department [11]
  • Atlantic Highlands Police Department [12]
  • Atlantic City Police Department [13]
  • Audubon Police Department [14]
  • Avalon Police Department [15]
  • Avon By The Sea Police Department [16]
  • Barnegat Light Police Department [17]
  • Barnegat Township Police Department [18]
  • Bay Head Police Department [19]
  • Bayonne Police Department [20]
  • Beach Haven Police Department [21]
  • Beachwood Police Department [22]
  • Bedminster Police Department [23]
  • Belleville Police Department [24]
  • Belmar Police Department [25]
  • Belvidere Police Department
  • Bergenfield Police Department [26]
  • Berkeley Police Department[27]
  • Berkeley Heights Police Department [28]
  • Bloomfield Police Department
  • Bound Brook Police Department [29]
  • Bridgeton Police Department [30]
  • Bridgewater Township Police Department
  • Brigantine Police Department [31]
  • Buena Borough Police Department
  • Boonton Police Department
  • Boonton Township Police Department
  • Butler Borough Police Department
  • Camden Police Department [32]
  • Cherry Hill Police Department
  • Cinnaminson Police Department
  • Cranbury Township Police Department
  • Delran Police Department
  • Delaware Township Police Department |
  • Deptford Police Department
  • East Orange Police Department
  • East Windsor Township Police Department
  • Eaton Township Police Department
  • Edison Police Department [33]
  • Egg Harbor Police Department [34]
  • Elmwood Police Department [35]
  • Evesham Township Police Department [36]
  • Ewing Township Police Department [37]
  • Franklin Township Police Department[38]
  • Flemington Borough Police Department
  • Florence Township Police Department
  • Galloway Township Police Department [39]
  • Garwood Police Department[40]
  • Gloucester City Police Department [41]
  • Guttenberg Police Department [42]
  • Hamilton Township Police Department[43]
  • Hackettstown Police Department
  • Haddonfield Plice Department[44]
  • Harding Township Police Department [45]
  • Hardyston Police Department [46]
  • Hasbrouck Heights Police Department
  • Borough of Helmetta Police Department[47]
  • Howell Township Police Department
  • Irvington Police Department [48]
  • Jackson Police Department [49]
  • Jersey City Police Department [50]
  • Kennelon Police Department[51]
  • Lincoln Park Police Department
  • Linden Police Department [52]
  • Little Silver Police Department [53]
  • Long Branch Police Department
  • Magnolia Police Department
  • Mahwah Police Department
  • Metuchen Police Department
  • Middlesex Borough Police Department
  • Millville Police Department [54]
  • Monroe Township Police Department [55]
  • Morristown Township Police Department
  • Mountain Lakes Police Department
  • Mount Laurel Police Department [56]
  • Neptune Police Department [57]
  • Mount Olive Police Department
  • Newark Police Department
  • New Milford Police Department [58]
  • Newton Police Department [59]
  • New Brunswick Police Department [60]
  • North Plainfield Police Department [61]
  • Ocean Township Police Department [62]
  • Passaic Police Department [63]
  • Paterson Police Department [64]
  • Pemberton Township Police Department
  • Pennsauken Police Department | [65]
  • Pine Beach Police Department [66]
  • Piscataway Police Department [67]
  • Pitman Police Department [68]
  • Plainsboro Township Police Department
  • Pleasantville Police Department
  • Princeton Township Police Department
  • Scotch Plains Police Department
  • Randolph Township Police Department
  • Ringwood Police Department [69]
  • Riverside Police Department
  • Robbinsville Police Department [70]
  • Rockaway Police Department [71]
  • Roxbury Police Department [72]
  • Rutherford Police Department [73]
  • Saddle Brook Police Department
  • Seaside Heights Police Department
  • Stafford Township Police Department [74]
  • South Bound Brook Police Department [75]
  • South River Police Department [76]
  • Sparta Police Department [77]
  • Toms River Township Police Department
  • Trenton Police Department
  • Vernon Township Police Department
  • Verona Police Department
  • Vineland Police Department [78]
  • Waldwick Police Department
  • Wall Township Police Department
  • Washington Township Police Department [79]
  • Wanaque Police Department [80]
  • Watchung Police Department
  • Waterford Police Department
  • Wayne Township Police Department
  • West New York Police Department
  • West Orange Police Department
  • West Windsor Township Police Department
  • Wenonah Borough Police Department
  • Winfield Police Department
  • Winslow Township Police Department [81]
  • Woodbridge Police Department[82]
  • Wyckoff Police Department [83]

College and University agencies

Park police agencies

  • Hunterdon County Park Rangers

Humane law enforcement agencies

Bi-state police agencies

Railroad police agencies operating within New Jersey

See also: Railroad police

Federal law enforcement agencies operating within New Jersey

Defunct agencies

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