Table 78

NEW JERSEY
Full-time Law Enforcement Employees
by State by City, 2007
City Population Total law enforcement employees Total officers Total civilians
Aberdeen Township 18,301 41 34 7
Absecon 8,029 33 26 7
Allendale 6,683 20 14 6
Allenhurst 698 13 9 4
Allentown 1,839 6 5 1
Alpine 2,418 13 13 0
Andover Township 6,523 19 13 6
Asbury Park 16,473 102 90 12
Atlantic City 39,781 462 366 96
Atlantic Highlands 4,594 20 15 5
Audubon 8,941 24 22 2
Avalon 2,116 28 20 8
Avon-by-the-Sea 2,156 12 12 0
Barnegat Township 21,098 54 43 11
Barrington 6,973 16 15 1
Bay Head 1,254 9 8 1
Bayonne 58,583 265 225 40
Beach Haven 1,360 13 10 3
Beachwood 10,696 20 18 2
Bedminster Township 8,412 19 17 2
Belleville 34,291 114 105 9
Bellmawr 11,143 26 24 2
Belmar 5,897 26 21 5
Belvidere 2,689 7 6 1
Bergenfield 26,078 51 43 8
Berkeley Heights Township 13,515 34 27 7
Berkeley Township 42,388 95 74 21
Berlin 7,875 21 20 1
Berlin Township 5,381 22 20 2
Bernards Township 27,020 54 39 15
Bernardsville 7,654 24 18 6
Beverly 2,639 8 7 1
Blairstown Township 5,956 9 8 1
Bloomfield 45,171 149 133 16
Bloomingdale 7,570 17 16 1
Bogota 8,072 21 16 5
Boonton 8,562 25 21 4
Boonton Township 4,377 13 13 0
Bordentown 3,935 15 13 2
Bordentown Township 10,423 28 22 6
Bound Brook 10,180 27 22 5
Bradley Beach 4,763 20 17 3
Branchburg Township 14,982 28 26 2
Brick Township 77,886 176 129 47
Bridgeton 24,281 79 62 17
Bridgewater Township 44,620 96 78 18
Brielle 4,831 15 15 0
Brigantine 12,829 49 38 11
Brooklawn 2,284 7 7 0
Buena 3,787 15 9 6
Burlington 9,672 41 36 5
Burlington Township 21,691 56 46 10
Butler 8,038 17 16 1
Byram Township 8,618 15 14 1
Caldwell 7,340 21 20 1
Camden 78,967 497 410 87
Cape May 3,792 30 23 7
Carlstadt 6,010 33 31 2
Carney's Point Township 7,946 27 22 5
Carteret 22,165 72 62 10
Cedar Grove Township 12,791 33 32 1
Chatham 8,353 30 24 6
Chatham Township 10,233 29 24 5
Cherry Hill Township 71,269 178 140 38
Chesilhurst 1,871 11 10 1
Chester 1,644 9 8 1
Chesterfield Township 6,422 11 10 1
Chester Township 7,855 17 16 1
Cinnaminson Township 15,381 37 32 5
Clark Township 14,585 49 38 11
Clayton 7,436 19 17 2
Clementon 4,900 18 16 2
Cliffside Park 22,868 55 46 9
Clifton 79,253 188 158 30
Clinton 2,593 10 10 0
Clinton Township 14,020 27 24 3
Closter 8,691 27 22 5
Collingswood 13,899 42 37 5
Colts Neck Township 11,536 23 22 1
Cranbury Township 3,882 20 19 1
Cranford Township 22,270 69 52 17
Cresskill 8,400 28 22 6
Deal 1,039 20 16 4
Delanco Township 4,205 11 10 1
Delaware Township 4,709 8 7 1
Delran Township 17,206 37 32 5
Demarest 5,083 14 14 0
Denville Township 16,597 44 35 9
Deptford Township 30,082 75 71 4
Dover 18,306 40 35 5
Dumont 17,288 39 31 8
Dunellen 6,909 22 18 4
Eastampton Township 6,667 18 17 1
East Brunswick Township 47,438 119 93 26
East Greenwich Township 6,758 22 20 2
East Hanover Township 11,581 41 33 8
East Newark 2,207 10 7 3
East Orange 66,949 339 277 62
East Rutherford 8,891 37 33 4
East Windsor Township 26,807 63 49 14
Eatontown 13,960 47 37 10
Edgewater 9,585 34 33 1
Edgewater Park Township 7,933 15 14 1
Edison Township 99,082 246 200 46
Egg Harbor City 4,434 16 14 2
Egg Harbor Township 38,621 127 100 27
Elizabeth 125,621 469 349 120
Elk Township 3,850 11 10 1
Elmer 1,364 1 1 0
Elmwood Park 18,722 45 43 2
Emerson 7,286 22 19 3
Englewood 27,701 106 81 25
Englewood Cliffs 5,767 28 27 1
Englishtown 1,833 8 8 0
Essex Fells 2,062 13 13 0
Evesham Township 46,504 82 74 8
Ewing Township 36,753 93 79 14
Fairfield Township, Essex County 7,673 48 41 7
Fair Haven 5,859 17 13 4
Fair Lawn 31,108 78 64 14
Fairview 13,568 35 33 2
Fanwood 7,179 22 21 1
Far Hills 924 6 6 0
Flemington 4,248 15 14 1
Florence Township 11,585 33 27 6
Florham Park 12,549 37 33 4
Fort Lee 36,844 128 108 20
Franklin 5,187 16 15 1
Franklin Lakes 11,290 27 22 5
Franklin Township, Gloucester County 16,778 33 30 3
Franklin Township, Hunterdon County 3,138 6 6 0
Franklin Township, Somerset County 60,006 138 118 20
Freehold 11,344 36 28 8
Freehold Township 33,803 86 71 15
Frenchtown 1,484 2 2 0
Galloway Township 36,045 88 73 15
Garfield 29,515 64 57 7
Garwood 4,214 20 16 4
Gibbsboro 2,440 7 7 0
Glassboro 19,274 51 45 6
Glen Ridge 6,877 34 28 6
Glen Rock 11,346 22 21 1
Gloucester City 11,431 33 30 3
Gloucester Township 65,396 136 116 20
Green Brook Township 6,824 28 22 6
Greenwich Township, Gloucester County 4,950 23 18 5
Greenwich Township, Warren County 5,206 13 12 1
Guttenberg 10,670 29 22 7
Hackensack 43,478 134 110 24
Hackettstown 9,436 20 19 1
Haddonfield 11,464 25 23 2
Haddon Heights 7,332 15 14 1
Haddon Township 14,420 32 30 2
Haledon 8,321 19 17 2
Hamburg 3,538 9 8 1
Hamilton Township, Atlantic County 24,315 89 69 20
Hamilton Township, Mercer County 90,158 213 182 31
Hammonton 13,512 42 34 8
Hanover Township 13,676 39 32 7
Harding Township 3,348 15 14 1
Hardyston Township 8,246 27 21 6
Harrington Park 4,894 12 12 0
Harrison 13,880 72 53 19
Harrison Township 11,797 19 18 1
Harvey Cedars 387 9 9 0
Hasbrouck Heights 11,570 34 32 2
Haworth 3,418 14 13 1
Hawthorne 18,086 38 34 4
Hazlet Township 20,843 54 46 8
Helmetta 2,014 3 3 0
High Bridge 3,746 7 7 0
Highland Park 14,112 37 30 7
Highlands 4,965 17 13 4
Hightstown 5,277 19 14 5
Hillsborough Township 37,941 70 56 14
Hillsdale 10,008 22 20 2
Hillside Township 21,588 88 73 15
Hi-Nella 1,003 5 5 0
Hoboken 39,676 166 150 16
Ho-Ho-Kus 4,077 19 16 3
Holland Township 5,286 7 6 1
Holmdel Township 16,759 57 43 14
Hopatcong 15,814 39 29 10
Hopewell Township 17,888 39 31 8
Howell Township 50,324 111 94 17
Independence Township 5,744 9 8 1
Interlaken 877 5 5 0
Irvington 57,767 220 192 28
Island Heights 1,869 5 5 0
Jackson Township 52,073 118 89 29
Jamesburg 6,401 18 13 5
Jefferson Township 21,866 46 39 7
Jersey City 240,718 1,080 902 178
Keansburg 10,526 43 35 8
Kearny 37,840 128 120 8
Kenilworth 7,707 31 30 1
Keyport 7,438 22 17 5
Kinnelon 9,638 17 16 1
Lacey Township 26,184 61 46 15
Lake Como 1,744 9 9 0
Lakehurst 2,662 11 9 2
Lakewood Township 69,298 159 131 28
Lambertville 3,791 14 11 3
Laurel Springs 1,914 7 7 0
Lavallette 2,740 17 12 5
Lawnside 2,788 9 7 2
Lawrence Township, Mercer County 31,939 84 69 15
Lebanon Township 6,264 9 8 1
Leonia 8,760 25 19 6
Lincoln Park 10,808 32 26 6
Linden 39,697 157 130 27
Lindenwold 17,084 41 38 3
Linwood 7,321 24 20 4
Little Egg Harbor Township 20,193 59 47 12
Little Falls Township 11,777 29 24 5
Little Ferry 10,668 31 28 3
Little Silver 6,062 21 16 5
Livingston Township 28,287 92 75 17
Lodi 24,202 54 43 11
Logan Township 6,150 23 22 1
Long Beach Township 3,483 51 40 11
Long Branch 32,171 120 102 18
Long Hill Township 8,746 29 26 3
Longport 1,083 19 14 5
Lopatcong Township 8,402 15 14 1
Lower Alloways Creek Township 1,906 18 13 5
Lower Township 20,693 60 46 14
Lumberton Township 12,276 32 28 4
Lyndhurst Township 19,645 54 48 6
Madison 15,945 41 36 5
Magnolia 4,360 11 11 0
Mahwah Township 24,451 64 55 9
Manalapan Township 37,004 81 66 15
Manasquan 6,172 24 18 6
Manchester Township 41,628 83 66 17
Mansfield Township, Burlinton County 8,011 16 13 3
Mansfield Township, Warren County 8,237 16 15 1
Mantoloking 449 8 7 1
Mantua Township 14,908 30 28 2
Manville 10,435 26 22 4
Maple Shade Township 19,454 45 36 9
Maplewood Township 22,658 78 64 14
Margate City 8,563 47 36 11
Marlboro Township 39,667 98 73 25
Matawan 8,742 25 23 2
Maywood 9,332 28 24 4
Medford Lakes 4,143 10 9 1
Medford Township 23,295 57 44 13
Mendham 5,153 14 12 2
Mendham Township 5,571 18 15 3
Merchantville 3,789 16 14 2
Metuchen 13,157 33 28 5
Middlesex 13,685 32 30 2
Middle Township 16,306 65 52 13
Middletown Township 67,279 130 102 28
Midland Park 6,875 14 13 1
Millburn Township 19,068 63 53 10
Milltown 7,007 18 15 3
Millville 28,069 94 81 13
Monmouth Beach 3,558 11 10 1
Monroe Township, Gloucester County 31,793 72 66 6
Monroe Township, Middlesex County 34,752 66 49 17
Montclair 37,144 136 111 25
Montgomery Township 23,140 41 31 10
Montvale 7,276 24 22 2
Montville Township 21,347 49 42 7
Moonachie 2,785 22 19 3
Moorestown Township 19,907 49 38 11
Morris Plains 5,576 21 17 4
Morristown 18,838 69 61 8
Morris Township 21,279 52 43 9
Mountain Lakes 4,324 17 14 3
Mountainside 6,615 27 22 5
Mount Arlington 5,683 14 13 1
Mount Ephraim 4,417 14 13 1
Mount Holly Township 10,555 28 26 2
Mount Laurel Township 40,147 88 74 14
Mount Olive Township 25,950 63 54 9
Mullica Township 6,053 15 14 1
National Park 3,201 7 7 0
Neptune City 5,127 21 16 5
Neptune Township 28,038 94 74 20
Netcong 3,277 11 9 2
Newark 280,158 1,623 1,227 396
New Brunswick 49,950 173 142 31
Newfield 1,657 6 6 0
New Hanover Township 9,437 2 2 0
New Milford 16,171 35 32 3
New Providence 11,862 30 24 6
Newton 8,300 35 25 10
North Arlington 15,010 39 32 7
North Bergen Township 56,984 132 116 16
North Brunswick Township 39,676 101 84 17
North Caldwell 7,175 22 17 5
Northfield 7,968 21 20 1
North Haledon 8,999 23 18 5
North Hanover Township 7,543 10 9 1
North Plainfield 21,642 53 47 6
Northvale 4,542 16 15 1
North Wildwood 4,782 34 27 7
Norwood 6,239 15 14 1
Nutley Township 26,891 80 67 13
Oakland 13,498 32 26 6
Oaklyn 4,062 13 12 1
Ocean City 15,057 74 61 13
Ocean Gate 2,121 5 5 0
Oceanport 5,726 21 16 5
Ocean Township, Monmouth County 27,362 77 61 16
Ocean Township, Ocean County 8,205 29 18 11
Ogdensburg 2,611 7 7 0
Old Bridge Township 65,370 140 105 35
Old Tappan 5,986 14 13 1
Oradell 7,922 24 22 2
Orange 31,717 130 107 23
Oxford Township 2,610 5 4 1
Palisades Park 19,220 38 31 7
Palmyra 7,564 18 16 2
Paramus 26,430 117 93 24
Park Ridge 8,905 19 18 1
Parsippany-Troy Hills Township 51,609 126 102 24
Passaic 67,673 225 189 36
Paterson 148,049 578 494 84
Paulsboro 6,035 21 19 2
Peapack and Gladstone 2,469 10 9 1
Pemberton 1,375 7 6 1
Pemberton Township 28,703 70 59 11
Pennington 2,676 7 6 1
Pennsauken Township 35,286 120 94 26
Penns Grove 4,776 21 16 5
Pennsville Township 13,274 26 24 2
Pequannock Township 16,248 36 31 5
Perth Amboy 48,392 149 124 25
Phillipsburg 14,765 38 36 2
Pine Beach 2,023 7 6 1
Pine Hill 11,225 24 22 2
Pine Valley 23 4 4 0
Piscataway Township 52,425 112 92 20
Pitman 9,158 15 14 1
Plainfield 47,143 181 150 31
Plainsboro Township 21,119 46 34 12
Pleasantville 18,898 78 64 14
Plumsted Township 8,086 13 13 0
Pohatcong Township 3,395 16 15 1
Point Pleasant 19,794 41 33 8
Point Pleasant Beach 5,374 32 25 7
Pompton Lakes 11,193 30 26 4
Princeton 13,623 45 34 11
Princeton Township 17,276 40 31 9
Prospect Park 5,695 16 15 1
Rahway 27,720 91 80 11
Ramsey 14,710 39 33 6
Randolph Township 25,622 51 42 9
Raritan 6,399 24 19 5
Raritan Township 22,619 38 35 3
Readington Township 16,223 25 23 2
Red Bank 11,798 47 41 6
Ridgefield 10,947 31 28 3
Ridgefield Park 12,609 39 30 9
Ridgewood 24,530 48 43 5
Ringwood 12,757 28 23 5
Riverdale 2,664 22 17 5
River Edge 10,814 25 21 4
Riverside Township 7,915 17 16 1
Riverton 2,703 7 6 1
River Vale Township 9,708 24 21 3
Rochelle Park Township 6,000 26 21 5
Rockaway 6,382 16 15 1
Rockaway Township 25,675 70 58 12
Roseland 5,376 33 28 5
Roselle 21,064 69 59 10
Roselle Park 13,066 40 34 6
Roxbury Township 23,698 55 48 7
Rumson 7,162 22 17 5
Runnemede 8,424 22 20 2
Rutherford 17,792 43 39 4
Saddle Brook Township 13,565 36 33 3
Saddle River 3,769 23 18 5
Salem 5,758 26 23 3
Sayreville 42,372 113 90 23
Scotch Plains Township 23,143 52 45 7
Sea Bright 1,791 12 11 1
Sea Girt 2,035 16 12 4
Sea Isle City 2,936 33 22 11
Seaside Heights 3,228 33 25 8
Seaside Park 2,292 20 15 5
Secaucus 15,493 71 62 9
Ship Bottom 1,421 12 11 1
Shrewsbury 3,701 21 16 5
Somerdale 5,100 15 14 1
Somers Point 11,522 32 27 5
Somerville 12,494 39 32 7
South Amboy 7,830 35 30 5
South Bound Brook 4,504 14 13 1
South Brunswick Township 40,390 107 82 25
South Hackensack Township 2,303 18 17 1
South Harrison Township 2,943 7 6 1
South Orange 16,298 65 57 8
South Plainfield 22,694 72 56 16
South River 15,752 38 30 8
South Toms River 3,700 13 12 1
Sparta Township 19,262 50 40 10
Spotswood 8,143 23 19 4
Springfield 14,652 47 41 6
Springfield Township 3,554 10 9 1
Spring Lake 3,460 18 14 4
Spring Lake Heights 5,083 12 12 0
Stafford Township 25,705 85 59 26
Stanhope 3,650 9 8 1
Stillwater Township 4,366 6 6 0
Stone Harbor 1,034 22 16 6
Stratford 7,090 16 15 1
Summit 21,010 57 48 9
Surf City 1,535 11 11 0
Swedesboro 2,034 10 9 1
Teaneck Township 39,435 119 104 15
Tenafly 14,326 44 37 7
Tewksbury Township 6,061 12 11 1
Tinton Falls 17,006 41 40 1
Toms River Township 94,469 195 160 35
Totowa 10,587 31 28 3
Trenton 83,551 414 360 54
Tuckerton 3,810 10 10 0
Union Beach 6,602 20 16 4
Union City 63,647 217 167 50
Union Township 54,795 191 139 52
Upper Saddle River 8,493 24 18 6
Ventnor City 12,508 52 40 12
Vernon Township 25,340 44 34 10
Verona 12,880 35 31 4
Vineland 58,013 191 155 36
Voorhees Township 29,261 66 51 15
Waldwick 9,578 24 19 5
Wallington 11,379 23 22 1
Wall Township 25,882 101 71 30
Wanaque 11,122 27 23 4
Warren Township 15,746 35 28 7
Washington 6,811 14 13 1
Washington Township, Bergen County 9,627 22 22 0
Washington Township, Gloucester County 51,595 92 85 7
Washington Township, Mercer County 11,853 36 27 9
Washington Township, Morris County 18,608 46 33 13
Washington Township, Warren County 6,950 14 13 1
Watchung 6,256 36 29 7
Waterford Township 10,660 26 24 2
Wayne Township 54,606 147 119 28
Weehawken Township 12,593 63 58 5
Wenonah 2,323 7 7 0
Westampton Township 8,732 26 23 3
West Amwell Township 2,931 7 6 1
West Caldwell Township 10,749 35 29 6
West Deptford Township 21,667 45 40 5
Westfield 29,811 74 59 15
West Long Branch 8,275 24 20 4
West Milford Township 28,019 55 49 6
West New York 46,193 130 119 11
West Orange 43,343 135 119 16
West Paterson 11,184 31 26 5
Westville 4,438 11 10 1
West Wildwood 406 7 7 0
West Windsor Township 26,163 58 47 11
Westwood 10,886 31 25 6
Wharton 6,183 22 21 1
Wildwood 5,285 58 46 12
Wildwood Crest 3,691 28 21 7
Willingboro Township 32,899 85 73 12
Winfield Township 1,479 9 9 0
Winslow Township 38,441 101 85 16
Woodbine 2,497 2 2 0
Woodbridge Township 98,769 257 205 52
Woodbury 10,364 30 27 3
Woodbury Heights 3,017 8 7 1
Woodcliff Lake 5,927 19 18 1
Wood-Ridge 7,560 27 22 5
Woodstown 3,318 10 9 1
Woolwich Township 8,574 20 19 1
Wyckoff Township 17,091 33 25 8

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