>Readers continue to press for Consolidation at the Bergen County Sheriff’s department
Bergen County NJ- Why not consolidate the county police and county sheriff’s departments. 90% of the residents in Bergen County couldn’t tell you why we have two separate departments and how thateir duties are different. Their both law enforcement agencies. Combine them into one unit and eliminate a bunch of overhead?
However judging by the comments made by the county freeholders it is not going to happen. The County Sheriff is an elected constitutional officer over whom the freeholders have little control. No way they will give the sheriff additional power and personnel.
The recent study mirror one done over 20 years agio that said get rid of the county police.,but we are talking politics not finances and it seems all the prosecutor did was waste money on the same study that was done 20 years ago that was rejected at that time.
The reality is that the Bergen County Police are an offshoot of the Sheriffs department and basically created by “mission creep ” at the Sheriffs department ,. Particularly in a county like Bergen with all the police resources available at the local level and the State Police taking on an ever larger role ,to maintain country Police in Bergen is wasteful and a poor use of scarce resources .
