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A1890 • 2026

Requires minimum level of police staffing based on municipal population and violent crime rate.

Requires minimum level of police staffing based on municipal population and violent crime rate.

Crime
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Tucker, Cleopatra G.
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires minimum level of police staffing based on municipal population and violent crime rate.

Requires minimum level of police staffing based on municipal population and violent crime rate.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires minimum level of police staffing based on municipal population and violent crime rate.
  • Topic: Public Safety and Preparedness Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires minimum level of police staffing based on municipal population and violent crime rate.
Topic:
Public Safety and Preparedness
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1890

ASSEMBLY, No. 1890

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman CLEOPATRA G. TUCKER

District 28 (Essex and Union)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires minimum level of police staffing based on
municipal population and violent crime rate.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

��

An Act

concerning police staffing levels and
supplementing Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes.

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� Any municipality in this
State with a population exceeding 60,000 according to the latest federal
decennial census and which has a violent crime rate exceeding 10.0 per 1,000
residents according to the most recently issued Uniform Crime Report published
by the Department of Law and Public Safety shall maintain a full-time police
department or force comprised of at least four police officers per 1,000
residents.�

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the sixth month following enactment.�

STATEMENT

���� This bill would require
municipalities in this State with a population of more than 60,000 people and a
violent crime rate exceeding 10.0 per 1,000 residents to maintain a full-time
police department or force comprised of at least four police officers per 1,000
residents.�

���� Under the bill, the violent
crime rate would be based on that which is reported in the Uniform Crime Report
(UCR) published by the Department of Law and Public Safety.� In the UCR,
violent crimes include murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.�

���� According to the sponsor, the
escalating number of murders being committed in this State�s urban communities
is becoming a public health crisis.� An appropriate response to this crisis is
to ensure that urban municipalities with high crime rates have sufficient
police officers to maintain the public safety.