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Table 78

NEW JERSEY

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees

by City, 2012

City Population Total law
enforcement
employees
Total
officers
Total
civilians
Aberdeen Township 18,319 40 33 7
Absecon 8,447 31 25 6
Allendale 6,580 17 13 4
Allenhurst 499 13 9 4
Allentown 1,840 6 5 1
Alpine 1,870 12 12 0
Andover Township 6,321 17 11 6
Asbury Park 16,211 89 85 4
Atlantic City 39,722 686 503 183
Atlantic Highlands 4,410 19 14 5
Audubon 8,856 16 15 1
Avalon 1,332 29 21 8
Avon-by-the-Sea 1,912 11 11 0
Barnegat Township 21,141 55 44 11
Barrington 7,012 15 14 1
Bay Head 978 9 8 1
Bayonne 64,036 244 190 54
Beach Haven 1,185 13 11 2
Beachwood 11,154 21 19 2
Bedminster Township 8,242 17 15 2
Belleville 36,158 115 103 12
Bellmawr 11,629 23 21 2
Belmar 5,829 25 19 6
Belvidere 2,686 6 5 1
Bergenfield 27,072 49 41 8
Berkeley Heights Township 13,319 30 24 6
Berkeley Township 41,659 103 70 33
Berlin 7,620 17 16 1
Berlin Township 5,379 18 17 1
Bernards Township 26,903 43 38 5
Bernardsville 7,779 24 18 6
Beverly 2,595 6 5 1
Blairstown Township 5,976 6 4 2
Bloomfield 47,620 140 126 14
Bloomingdale 7,705 17 16 1
Bogota 8,282 21 16 5
Boonton 8,435 25 20 5
Boonton Township 4,307 12 12 0
Bordentown 3,949 10 10 0
Bordentown Township 11,444 24 23 1
Bound Brook 10,500 28 23 5
Bradley Beach 4,323 20 16 4
Branchburg Township 14,597 26 26 0
Brick Township 75,809 182 130 52
Bridgeton 25,378 75 65 10
Bridgewater Township 44,884 89 72 17
Brielle 4,802 14 14 0
Brigantine 9,489 45 34 11
Brooklawn 1,964 7 7 0
Buena 4,623 12 9 3
Burlington 9,989 36 33 3
Burlington Township 22,746 49 41 8
Butler 7,619 17 16 1
Byram Township 8,349 15 15 0
Caldwell 7,872 21 21 0
Camden 77,665 315 268 47
Cape May 3,605 28 23 5
Carlstadt 6,198 30 27 3
Carney's Point Township 8,068 22 17 5
Carteret 23,083 63 53 10
Cedar Grove Township 12,490 29 28 1
Chatham 9,056 21 18 3
Chatham Township 10,560 21 20 1
Cherry Hill Township 71,337 143 130 13
Chesilhurst 1,641 8 7 1
Chester 1,667 9 8 1
Chesterfield Township 7,745 10 9 1
Chester Township 7,922 16 15 1
Cinnaminson Township 15,676 23 23 0
Clark Township 14,913 52 41 11
Clayton 8,242 17 16 1
Clementon 5,021 13 12 1
Cliffside Park 23,867 50 43 7
Clifton 84,684 173 144 29
Clinton 2,724 9 9 0
Clinton Township 13,514 25 23 2
Closter 8,469 18 18 0
Collingswood 13,983 27 22 5
Colts Neck Township 10,201 23 20 3
Cranbury Township 3,897 17 16 1
Cranford Township 22,864 60 46 14
Cresskill 8,672 27 22 5
Deal 755 22 18 4
Delanco Township 4,312 9 8 1
Delaware Township 4,573 8 7 1
Delran Township 17,012 34 30 4
Demarest 4,936 13 13 0
Denville Township 16,809 42 32 10
Deptford Township 30,800 67 62 5
Dover 18,347 30 28 2
Dumont 17,682 42 34 8
Dunellen 7,304 16 16 0
Eastampton Township 6,109 15 14 1
East Brunswick Township 48,009 107 82 25
East Greenwich Township 9,630 23 21 2
East Hanover Township 11,274 36 32 4
East Newark 2,444 8 8 0
East Orange 64,682 287 221 66
East Rutherford 9,016 39 39 0
East Windsor Township 27,389 57 44 13
Eatontown 12,785 45 36 9
Edgewater 11,647 28 27 1
Edgewater Park Township 8,943 12 10 2
Edison Township 101,007 217 168 49
Egg Harbor City 4,261 15 14 1
Egg Harbor Township 43,501 111 83 28
Elizabeth 126,281 423 326 97
Elk Township 4,250 13 12 1
Elmer 1,398 2 2 0
Elmwood Park 19,627 37 35 2
Emerson 7,486 21 18 3
Englewood 27,460 90 74 16
Englewood Cliffs 5,340 27 26 1
Englishtown 1,857 7 7 0
Essex Fells 2,126 13 12 1
Evesham Township 45,849 76 68 8
Ewing Township 36,388 82 70 12
Fairfield Township, Essex County 7,515 35 33 2
Fair Haven 6,158 13 13 0
Fair Lawn 32,830 65 55 10
Fairview 13,994 33 31 2
Fanwood 7,396 18 17 1
Far Hills 928 6 6 0
Flemington 4,591 15 15 0
Florence Township 12,192 25 23 2
Florham Park 11,809 39 33 6
Fort Lee 35,754 106 87 19
Franklin 5,044 11 11 0
Franklin Lakes 10,712 26 21 5
Franklin Township, Gloucester County 16,952 28 25 3
Franklin Township, Hunterdon County 3,204 5 5 0
Franklin Township, Somerset County 62,885 118 102 16
Freehold 12,122 31 28 3
Freehold Township 36,397 65 61 4
Frenchtown 1,376 3 3 0
Galloway Township 37,506 75 58 17
Garfield 30,838 65 58 7
Garwood 4,271 22 16 6
Gibbsboro 2,283 7 7 0
Glassboro 18,718 49 45 4
Glen Ridge 7,576 27 22 5
Glen Rock 11,734 22 21 1
Gloucester City 11,501 29 27 2
Gloucester Township 64,898 132 113 19
Green Brook Township 7,270 25 21 4
Greenwich Township, Gloucester County 4,937 20 18 2
Greenwich Township, Warren County 5,720 11 10 1
Guttenberg 11,355 27 23 4
Hackensack 43,499 162 112 50
Hackettstown 9,744 17 16 1
Haddonfield 11,639 23 21 2
Haddon Heights 7,505 16 15 1
Haddon Township 14,766 28 26 2
Haledon 8,372 17 16 1
Hamburg 3,277 7 5 2
Hamilton Township, Atlantic County 26,613 66 49 17
Hamilton Township, Mercer County 89,111 201 166 35
Hammonton 14,852 36 29 7
Hanover Township 13,857 35 28 7
Harding Township 3,881 10 9 1
Hardyston Township 8,212 24 18 6
Harrington Park 4,717 11 11 0
Harrison 13,841 49 38 11
Harrison Township 12,514 18 17 1
Harvey Cedars 341 9 9 0
Hasbrouck Heights 11,978 29 28 1
Haworth 3,420 11 10 1
Hawthorne 18,914 35 30 5
Hazlet Township 20,456 43 36 7
Helmetta 2,201 6 6 0
High Bridge 3,657 6 6 0
Highland Park 14,129 33 26 7
Highlands 5,035 16 13 3
Hightstown 5,533 19 13 6
Hillsborough Township 38,665 65 50 15
Hillsdale 10,337 19 16 3
Hillside Township 21,630 79 68 11
Hi-Nella 873 11 11 0
Hoboken 50,794 148 128 20
Ho-Ho-Kus 4,124 20 16 4
Holland Township 5,304 7 6 1
Holmdel Township 16,873 44 36 8
Hopatcong 15,144 32 24 8
Hopewell Township 17,430 38 30 8
Howell Township 51,379 100 83 17
Independence Township 5,671 8 7 1
Irvington 54,274 176 148 28
Island Heights 1,689 5 5 0
Jackson Township 55,400 95 78 17
Jamesburg 5,977 17 13 4
Jefferson Township 21,539 42 35 7
Jersey City 251,554 940 798 142
Keansburg 10,166 36 30 6
Kearny 41,310 106 99 7
Kenilworth 7,998 29 24 5
Keyport 7,283 20 16 4
Kinnelon 10,355 16 16 0
Lacey Township 27,918 51 40 11
Lake Como 1,769 10 10 0
Lakehurst 2,681 9 8 1
Lakewood Township 93,742 145 117 28
Lambertville 3,915 12 9 3
Laurel Springs 1,916 7 7 0
Lavallette 1,893 16 12 4
Lawnside 2,957 7 6 1
Lawrence Township, Mercer County 33,483 68 58 10
Lebanon Township 6,605 10 9 1
Leonia 9,040 19 17 2
Lincoln Park 10,628 28 23 5
Linden 40,926 157 126 31
Lindenwold 17,685 37 34 3
Linwood 7,122 17 16 1
Little Egg Harbor Township 20,261 47 39 8
Little Falls Township 14,520 29 24 5
Little Ferry 10,749 28 24 4
Little Silver 5,985 20 17 3
Livingston Township 29,556 85 69 16
Lodi 24,415 43 40 3
Logan Township 6,089 20 19 1
Long Beach Township 3,081 48 37 11
Long Branch 30,902 97 78 19
Long Hill Township 8,794 26 23 3
Longport 898 16 13 3
Lopatcong Township 8,028 15 14 1
Lower Alloways Creek Township 1,773 13 11 2
Lower Township 22,819 53 40 13
Lumberton Township 12,645 16 14 2
Lyndhurst Township 20,791 51 47 4
Madison 16,002 29 26 3
Magnolia 4,359 11 11 0
Mahwah Township 26,170 60 51 9
Manalapan Township 39,105 57 52 5
Manasquan 5,932 22 17 5
Manchester Township 43,491 80 64 16
Mansfield Township, Burlington County 8,603 13 12 1
Mansfield Township, Warren County 7,739 13 12 1
Mantoloking 299 8 7 1
Mantua Township 15,334 27 25 2
Manville 10,443 26 20 6
Maple Shade Township 19,261 38 34 4
Maplewood Township 24,022 71 59 12
Margate City 6,380 38 28 10
Marlboro Township 40,430 87 67 20
Matawan 8,862 23 21 2
Maywood 9,665 25 21 4
Medford Lakes 4,173 9 8 1
Medford Township 23,191 32 28 4
Mendham 5,033 12 11 1
Mendham Township 5,931 16 14 2
Merchantville 3,837 15 13 2
Metuchen 13,715 32 27 5
Middlesex 13,778 26 26 0
Middle Township 18,875 62 46 16
Middletown Township 66,919 133 105 28
Midland Park 7,211 14 13 1
Millburn Township 20,279 63 53 10
Milltown 6,966 17 14 3
Millville 28,651 81 70 11
Monmouth Beach 3,298 9 9 0
Monroe Township, Gloucester County 36,410 66 60 6
Monroe Township, Middlesex County 39,539 70 52 18
Montclair 37,912 120 102 18
Montgomery Township 22,464 33 28 5
Montvale 7,935 22 21 1
Montville Township 21,755 42 36 6
Moonachie 2,738 19 17 2
Moorestown Township 20,868 38 33 5
Morris Plains 5,588 17 15 2
Morristown 18,601 56 52 4
Morris Township 22,534 45 41 4
Mountain Lakes 4,205 13 13 0
Mountainside 6,754 26 21 5
Mount Arlington 5,103 15 14 1
Mount Ephraim 4,696 13 12 1
Mount Holly Township 9,602 20 19 1
Mount Laurel Township 42,150 64 59 5
Mount Olive Township 28,412 56 47 9
Mullica Township 6,174 13 12 1
Neptune City 4,897 19 18 1
Neptune Township 28,101 83 73 10
Netcong 3,266 9 9 0
Newark 278,906 1,322 1,062 260
New Brunswick 55,717 174 140 34
Newfield 1,566 5 5 0
New Hanover Township 7,432 3 3 0
New Milford 16,529 34 32 2
New Providence 12,298 28 22 6
Newton 7,999 31 22 9
North Arlington 15,570 33 26 7
North Bergen Township 61,747 134 116 18
North Brunswick Township 41,163 92 76 16
North Caldwell 6,223 19 15 4
Northfield 8,658 23 22 1
North Haledon 8,474 22 18 4
North Hanover Township 7,730 10 9 1
North Plainfield 22,143 52 46 6
Northvale 4,692 13 13 0
North Wildwood 4,033 34 24 10
Norwood 5,776 15 14 1
Nutley Township 28,554 77 63 14
Oakland 12,899 31 25 6
Oaklyn 4,055 13 12 1
Ocean City 11,676 70 57 13
Ocean Gate 2,032 8 7 1
Ocean Township, Monmouth County 27,454 71 59 12
Ocean Township, Ocean County 8,413 29 21 8
Oceanport 5,866 15 14 1
Ogdensburg 2,410 6 6 0
Old Bridge Township 66,057 109 84 25
Old Tappan 5,814 13 12 1
Oradell 8,071 21 20 1
Orange 30,329 127 109 18
Palisades Park 19,849 40 31 9
Palmyra 7,447 17 16 1
Paramus 26,638 102 78 24
Park Ridge 8,744 17 17 0
Parsippany-Troy Hills Township 53,793 108 90 18
Passaic 70,237 176 146 30
Paterson 147,148 453 371 82
Paulsboro 6,143 17 16 1
Peapack and Gladstone 2,606 8 7 1
Pemberton 1,419 4 4 0
Pemberton Township 28,104 61 57 4
Pennington 2,605 5 4 1
Pennsauken Township 36,033 103 87 16
Penns Grove 5,157 19 14 5
Pennsville Township 13,437 23 21 2
Pequannock Township 15,703 36 31 5
Perth Amboy 51,345 141 111 30
Phillipsburg 14,973 37 36 1
Pine Beach 2,149 7 6 1
Pine Hill 10,273 21 19 2
Pine Valley 12 6 6 0
Piscataway Township 56,593 103 84 19
Pitman 9,079 17 16 1
Plainfield 50,332 165 145 20
Plainsboro Township 23,240 44 33 11
Pleasantville 20,334 61 47 14
Plumsted Township 8,505 13 12 1
Pohatcong Township 3,343 13 12 1
Point Pleasant 18,572 37 30 7
Point Pleasant Beach 4,711 27 21 6
Pompton Lakes 11,169 24 21 3
Princeton 12,191 39 30 9
Princeton Township 16,384 33 24 9
Prospect Park 5,903 14 14 0
Rahway 27,635 85 76 9
Ramsey 14,639 37 31 6
Randolph Township 26,004 37 31 6
Raritan 6,945 19 18 1
Raritan Township 22,239 33 30 3
Readington Township 16,165 23 21 2
Red Bank 12,278 46 40 6
Ridgefield 11,159 28 26 2
Ridgefield Park 12,875 38 29 9
Ridgewood 25,244 43 40 3
Ringwood 12,306 22 19 3
Riverdale 3,597 19 14 5
River Edge 11,470 27 21 6
Riverside Township 8,135 14 14 0
Riverton 2,798 5 5 0
River Vale Township 9,771 22 20 2
Robbinsville Township 13,741 34 25 9
Rochelle Park Township 5,593 24 20 4
Rockaway 6,506 15 14 1
Rockaway Township 24,410 66 54 12
Roseland 5,857 26 25 1
Roselle 21,309 70 58 12
Roselle Park 13,438 40 33 7
Roxbury Township 23,569 44 42 2
Rumson 7,165 20 16 4
Runnemede 8,504 18 17 1
Rutherford 18,268 35 34 1
Saddle Brook Township 13,816 28 25 3
Saddle River 3,188 21 16 5
Salem 5,158 25 22 3
Sayreville 43,151 100 86 14
Scotch Plains Township 23,759 53 44 9
Sea Bright 1,421 12 12 0
Sea Girt 1,839 11 11 0
Sea Isle City 2,109 32 21 11
Seaside Heights 2,915 32 23 9
Seaside Park 1,595 14 13 1
Secaucus 16,517 65 56 9
Ship Bottom 1,165 12 11 1
Shrewsbury 3,832 21 16 5
Somerdale 5,172 13 13 0
Somers Point 10,840 34 29 5
Somerville 12,210 32 30 2
South Amboy 8,721 28 23 5
South Bound Brook 4,606 13 12 1
South Brunswick Township 43,875 87 71 16
South Hackensack Township 2,405 18 17 1
South Harrison Township 3,188 6 6 0
South Orange 16,301 55 50 5
South Plainfield 23,629 65 51 14
South River 16,176 40 30 10
South Toms River 3,719 12 11 1
Sparta Township 19,720 39 28 11
Spotswood 8,342 23 19 4
Springfield 15,985 47 42 5
Springfield Township 3,437 9 8 1
Spring Lake 3,012 13 13 0
Spring Lake Heights 4,741 12 12 0
Stafford Township 26,796 68 49 19
Stanhope 3,610 10 9 1
Stone Harbor 864 22 16 6
Stratford 7,070 17 15 2
Summit 21,684 55 46 9
Surf City 1,217 10 10 0
Teaneck Township 40,230 111 95 16
Tenafly 14,654 39 33 6
Tewksbury Township 6,007 9 8 1
Tinton Falls 17,999 37 35 2
Toms River Township 92,131 179 150 29
Totowa 10,874 31 27 4
Trenton 85,317 314 238 76
Tuckerton 3,381 9 9 0
Union Beach 6,282 18 14 4
Union City 67,518 216 153 63
Union Township 57,234 184 132 52
Upper Saddle River 8,304 21 17 4
Ventnor City 10,693 49 38 11
Vernon Township 23,939 37 29 8
Verona 13,418 31 27 4
Vineland 61,252 172 145 27
Voorhees Township 29,251 52 45 7
Waldwick 9,737 24 19 5
Wallington 11,465 21 20 1
Wall Township 26,319 78 65 13
Wanaque 11,188 25 21 4
Warren Township 15,455 34 27 7
Washington Township, Bergen County 9,207 20 20 0
Washington Township, Gloucester County 48,940 78 72 6
Washington Township, Morris County 18,728 30 27 3
Washington Township, Warren County 6,662 28 26 2
Watchung 5,857 37 30 7
Waterford Township 10,693 23 21 2
Wayne Township 55,071 143 117 26
Weehawken Township 12,758 51 44 7
Wenonah 2,296 6 6 0
Westampton Township 8,873 24 23 1
West Amwell Township 3,851 6 6 0
West Caldwell Township 10,828 32 26 6
West Deptford Township 21,847 42 39 3
Westfield 30,637 65 52 13
West Long Branch 8,145 24 20 4
West Milford Township 26,019 50 43 7
West New York 50,507 110 101 9
West Orange 46,505 103 92 11
Westville 4,322 15 14 1
West Wildwood 602 6 6 0
West Windsor Township 27,363 59 47 12
Westwood 11,033 28 25 3
Wharton 6,589 20 19 1
Wildwood 5,315 38 30 8
Wildwood Crest 3,263 25 19 6
Willingboro Township 31,844 71 61 10
Winfield Township 1,487 9 9 0
Winslow Township 39,660 82 71 11
Woodbridge Township 100,612 249 185 64
Woodbury 10,251 30 27 3
Woodbury Heights 3,078 8 7 1
Woodcliff Lake 5,794 19 18 1
Woodland Park 11,895 31 26 5
Woodlynne 2,991 6 6 0
Wood-Ridge 7,715 24 20 4
Woodstown 3,513 10 8 2
Woolwich Township 10,278 20 19 1
Wyckoff Township 16,885 29 23 6

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