Radio encryption

Departments that encrypt police radio

97New Jersey agencies in this site's data are listed as encrypting their radio communications, matched to the encrypted-agency database at PoliceRadioEncryption.com. Each links to its record here and to its entry there.

AnalysisThis site treats radio encryption as a transparency signal. The match is to a third-party database; it is context for the records, not a figure drawn from the discipline data.

Share of county agencies that encrypt police radio

Share of agencies · as monitored

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Counties are grouped by rank into 6 equal-sized groups, compared against the other 20 shown here only. Shading is share of total, not a grade or a judgment. Boundary values are printed above the ramp.

County outlines are generalized for display and are not legal boundaries.

Share of county agencies that encrypt police radio, as monitored, by New Jersey county
County	share of total
Atlantic	71%
Bergen	8%
Burlington	0%
Camden	11%
Cape May	8%
Cumberland	33%
Essex	31%
Gloucester	0%
Hudson	25%
Hunterdon	0%
Mercer	20%
Middlesex	39%
Monmouth	45%
Morris	5%
Ocean	41%
Passaic	26%
Salem	0%
Somerset	5%
Sussex	0%
Union	24%
Warren	0%

Counties ranked

1Atlantic71% (group 6 of 6, lowest to highest)
2Monmouth45% (group 6 of 6, lowest to highest)
3Ocean41% (group 6 of 6, lowest to highest)
4Middlesex39% (group 6 of 6, lowest to highest)
5Cumberland33% (group 5 of 6, lowest to highest)
6Essex31% (group 5 of 6, lowest to highest)
7Passaic26% (group 5 of 6, lowest to highest)
8Hudson25% (group 4 of 6, lowest to highest)
9Union24% (group 4 of 6, lowest to highest)
10Mercer20% (group 4 of 6, lowest to highest)
11Camden11% (group 3 of 6, lowest to highest)
12Cape May8% (group 3 of 6, lowest to highest)
13Bergen8% (group 3 of 6, lowest to highest)
14Morris5% (group 3 of 6, lowest to highest)
15Somerset5% (group 2 of 6, lowest to highest)
16Burlington0% (group 1 of 6, lowest to highest)
17Gloucester0% (group 1 of 6, lowest to highest)
18Hunterdon0% (group 1 of 6, lowest to highest)
19Salem0% (group 1 of 6, lowest to highest)
20Sussex0% (group 1 of 6, lowest to highest)
21Warren0% (group 1 of 6, lowest to highest)

Share of agencies, as monitored.

Not on this map: the State Police, the Department of Corrections, Transit Police, and other state-level agencies. They operate across county lines and the Attorney General reports them outside the county system, so their activity appears in no county here. They are in the rankings.

Encryption status is monitored from public radio-system records and reflects what was observed, not a department's own statement. The denominator is every agency the Attorney General lists in the county, reporting or not.

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New Jersey agencies that encrypt police radio, with encryption type, scope, and source date
Agency	County	Encryption	Scope	As of	Source
Aberdeen Township Police Department	Monmouth	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Absecon City Police Department	Atlantic	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-04-21	link
Allentown Borough Police Department	Monmouth	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Asbury Park Police Department	Monmouth	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-04-21	link
Atlantic City Police Department	Atlantic	P25 AES-256	Partial	2026-03-06	link
Barnegat Township Police Department	Ocean	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Bloomfield Police Department	Essex	P25 AES-256	Partial	2026-03-06	link
Brick Township Police Department	Ocean	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-04-21	link
Bridgeton Police Department	Cumberland	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Brielle Police Department	Monmouth	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-04-21	link
Caldwell Police Department	Essex	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Camden Police Department	Camden	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Cape May County Sheriff's Office	Cape May	P25 AES-256	Partial	2026-03-06	link
Carteret Police Department	Middlesex	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Cherry Hill Township Police Department	Camden	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-04-21	link
Clifton Police Department	Passaic	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Colts Neck Police Department	Monmouth	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Cranbury Township Police Department	Middlesex	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Deal Police Department	Monmouth	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
East Brunswick Township Police Department	Middlesex	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Eatontown Police Department	Monmouth	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Edison Township Police Department	Middlesex	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Elizabeth Police Department	Union	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Ewing Township Police Department	Mercer	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Fairview Police Department	Bergen	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Franklin Township Police Department	Somerset	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-04-21	link
Galloway Township Police Department	Atlantic	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-04-21	link
Gloucester Township Police Department	Camden	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Haledon Police Department	Passaic	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Hamilton Township Police Department	Atlantic	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-04-21	link
Hammonton Police Department	Atlantic	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-04-21	link
Hazlet Township Police Department	Monmouth	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-04-21	link
Highland Park Police Department	Middlesex	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Highlands Police Department	Monmouth	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-04-21	link
Hoboken Police Department	Hudson	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Holmdel Police Department	Monmouth	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Howell Township Police Department	Monmouth	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Jackson Township Police Department	Ocean	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Jersey City Police Department	Hudson	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-04-21	link
Kearny Police Department	Hudson	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-04-21	link
Keyport Police Department	Monmouth	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-04-21	link
Lacey Township Police Department	Ocean	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Lavallette Police Department	Ocean	DMR Enhanced Privacy	All operations	2026-04-21	link
Linden Police Department	Union	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Linwood City Police Department	Atlantic	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Livingston Police Department	Essex	P25 ADP	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Long Beach Township Police Department	Ocean	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Longport Police Department	Atlantic	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-04-21	link
Manalapan Township Police Department	Monmouth	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-04-21	link
Manchester Township Police Department	Ocean	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Maplewood Police Department	Essex	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Margate Police Department	Atlantic	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Matawan Police Department	Monmouth	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-04-21	link
Mercer County Sheriff's Department	Mercer	P25 AES-256	Partial	2026-04-21	link
Metuchen Police Department	Middlesex	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Middlesex Borough Police Department	Middlesex	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Millburn Police Department	Essex	P25 ADP	All operations	2026-04-21	link
Millville Police Department	Cumberland	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Monmouth Beach Police Department	Monmouth	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-04-21	link
Monmouth County Sheriff's Department	Monmouth	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Monroe Township Police Department	Middlesex	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Morris Township Police Department	Morris	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-04-21	link
Mullica Township Police Department	Atlantic	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-04-21	link
Northfield Police Department	Atlantic	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-04-21	link
Oakland Police Department	Bergen	P25 AES-256	Partial	2026-04-21	link
Ocean County Corrections	Ocean	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Ocean County Sheriff's Department	Ocean	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Ocean Township Police Department	Ocean	P25 AES-256	Partial	2026-03-06	link
Ocean Township Police Department	Monmouth	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-04-21	link
Oceanport Police Department	Monmouth	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-04-21	link
Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Department	Morris	P25 ADP	Partial	2026-03-06	link
Passaic County Sheriff's Department	Passaic	P25 AES-256	Partial	2026-04-21	link
Pennsauken Township Police Department	Camden	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-04-21	link
Perth Amboy Police Department	Middlesex	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Plainfield Police Department	Union	P25 ADP	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Plainsboro Township Police Department	Middlesex	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Pleasantville Police Department	Atlantic	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-04-21	link
Point Pleasant Beach Police Department	Ocean	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-04-21	link
Point Pleasant Borough Police Department	Ocean	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-04-21	link
Rahway Police Department	Union	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Ramsey Police Department	Bergen	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Roseland Police Department	Essex	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Roselle Police Department	Union	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Rutherford Police Department	Bergen	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-04-21	link
South Orange Police Department	Essex	P25 AES-256	Partial	2026-03-06	link
South River Police Department	Middlesex	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Stafford Township Police Department	Ocean	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Tenafly Police Department	Bergen	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Tinton Falls Police Department	Monmouth	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-04-21	link
Trenton Police Department	Mercer	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Union City Police Department	Hudson	P25 AES-256	Partial	2026-04-21	link
Union Township Police Department	Union	P25 ADP	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Ventnor Police Department	Atlantic	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Verona Police Department	Essex	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Wall Township Police Department	Monmouth	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Wanaque Borough Police Department	Passaic	P25 AES-256	All operations	2026-03-06	link
Wayne Police Department	Passaic	P25 DES-OFB	All operations	2026-04-21	link

Sources

[1]New Jersey county boundaries. New Jersey Office of Information Technology, Office of GIS (NJOGIS). NJ_Counties_3857 (FeatureServer layer 0), https://services2.arcgis.com/XVOqAjTOJ5P6ngMu/arcgis/rest/services/NJ_Counties_3857/FeatureServer/0. 2020 boundary delineation. Retrieved 2026-07-27. Boundaries are generalized for display. This data set is not a survey document and must not be used as such. The polygons do not represent legal boundaries.