New Jersey at a glance
Population by race and Hispanic origin
States in this database with the most similarly-sized populations
Full-time law enforcement staff in New Jersey
- 528 Agencies
- 38,021 Officers
- 10,525 Civilian staff
Full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 residents
- 4.24 New Jersey
- 2.2 National average
Federal grant funding
USA Spending grants to New Jersey at the state level have not yet been reviewed, please check back soon. To see grant funding to cities and counties within New Jersey, scroll down to the “Cities and counties we’re monitoring” section of this page.
Military equipment transfers
We were unable to locate any military equipment transfers for this location using the LESO Property Transferred to Participating Agencies database published by the Defense Logistics Agency, or transfer data for this state has not yet been reviewed by our staff. This state may have also acquired military equipment for policing via other sources or programs which is not reported here.
Police misconduct data, consent decrees, and settlements
Data last updated January 25, 2022
This is state-level data, not an aggregate of city and county information.
Settlements
We identified 1 publicly reported settlement that resulted in $95,000.00 in monetary compensation to victims.
| Year | Description | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 |
The City of Millville agreed to a $95,000 settlement of a lawsuit accusing a police officer of falsely testifying before a grand jury. Millville Police Officer, Albert Chard Jr., testified that he was dragged by David Carpenter’s pick-up truck. Chard’s testimony led to a grand jury indicting Carpenter for aggravated assault on a police officer and eluding a police officer. A surveillance camera nearby showed that Chard “was not dragged across the street and that Carpenter did absolutely nothing to support his being indicted by the grand jury.” Carpenter was emotionally distressed over the incident, rarely leaving his house due to being ashamed. He filed suit in 2018. The settlement was described as a “compromise” made by the city’s insurer “for the sole purpose of terminating the litigation.” |
Compensation
$95,000.00 |
Counties and cities we’re monitoring in New Jersey
Data was last updated September 6, 2022
Counties
| Funding | Misconduct and Settlements | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Population | Grant funding found | Military equipment value | Consent decree | Public misconduct database | Settlements |
| Camden County | 524907 | $13,693,371.11 | $1,177,604.43 | No | No | 1 settlement with compensation totaling $10,000,000.00 |
Cities
| Funding | Misconduct and Settlements | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | Population | Officers per 1000 people | Grant funding found | Military equipment value | Consent decree | Public misconduct database | Settlements |
| Atlantic City | 38487 | 9.79 | $3,076,945.01 | $86,430.17 | No | No | 1 settlement with undisclosed compensation to victims |
| Carteret | 25161 | 2.91 | $0.00 | $329,371.00 | No | No | 1 settlement with compensation totaling $595,000.00 |
| Jersey City | 286661 | 5.25 | $19,082,809.00 | $88,006.58 | No | No | None found |
| Millville | 27523 | 3.53 | $934,167.00 | $21,244.00 | No | No | None found |
| Newark | 305339 | 4.53 | $29,534,396.60 | $92,290.00 | Yes | No | None found |
| Spotswood | 8136 | 3.41 | $0.00 | $0.00 | No | No | 1 settlement with compensation totaling $470,000.00 |
| Trenton | 89658 | 3.78 | $6,216,460.12 | $211,518.00 | No | No | None found |
| Wildwood | 5164 | 10.87 | $1,820,014.68 | $13,291.20 | No | No | 1 settlement with compensation totaling $325,000.00 |