Newark Police Department (New Jersey)

Newark Police Department
Abbreviation	NPD
Patch of the Newark Police Department.
Agency overview
Employees	1,100
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction*	City of Newark in the state of New Jersey, USA
Size	26 square miles (67 km2)
Population	281,402
General nature	Law enforcement Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Newark, New Jersey
Police Director responsible	Samuel DeMaio (acting)
Website
Newark Police site
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The Newark Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency serving Newark, New Jersey.

The Newark Police Department is the largest municipal law enforcement agency in New Jersey. The department is headed by the police director Samuel DeMaio. The post of Chief of Police was abolished in 2008, when the job of Chief of Police was to handle day-to-day operations and the Director was to handle policy. However, the position of police chief was reinstated by the City Council in July, 2011 and Sheilah Coley was appointed. ^[1]

Headquarters

External links

• Newark Police Department Official site

See also

	Law enforcement/Law enforcement topics portal
	New Jersey portal

• List of law enforcement agencies in New Jersey

References

1. ^ Wulfhorst, Ellen (19 August 2011). "Newark, New Jersey gets first female police chief". News (Reuters). http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/19/us-newark-police-idUSTRE77I5RJ20110819.