Bergen County Police Department

Bergen County Police Department
Bergen County Police Department
Agency overview
Formed	1917
Dissolved	2021
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Bergen County, New Jersey, United States
Population	905,116
General nature	Local civilian police;
Operational structure
Headquarters	327 East Ridgewood Avenue, Paramus, NJ 07652
Website
	www.bcpd.org

The Bergen County Police Department (BCPD) was a county police force responsible for providing police and security services to and on county property; it also assisted the 70 municipalities in Bergen County, New Jersey in police operations. Formed in 1917, the department was responsible for all county roads, highways, parks, etc. BCPD had many different units, such as a Bomb Team, Communications, Detective Bureau, Hostage Negotiators, Juvenile Bureau, K-9 Units, OEM (Office of Emergency Management), Patrol, SWAT Team, Traffic Safety, and WSAR (Scuba team). In 2015, Bergen County Police Department began a merger with the Bergen County Sheriff's Office which was completed after much negotiation, in 2021.^[1]^[2]

References[]

^ Kleimann, James (January 2, 2015). "Bergen County begins merger of its police force and sheriff department". nj.com. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
^ DeMarco, Jerry (March 12, 2021). "Done and Done, Former Bergen County Police now officially sheriffs officers". dailyvoice.com/. Retrieved March 12, 2021.

External links[]

Official website

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[1] Kleimann, James (January 2, 2015). "Bergen County begins merger of its police force and sheriff department". nj.com. Retrieved January 30, 2016.

[2] DeMarco, Jerry (March 12, 2021). "Done and Done, Former Bergen County Police now officially sheriffs officers". dailyvoice.com/. Retrieved March 12, 2021.

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