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Ridgewood NJ, Bergen County is not the only place where crime is spiking, at least 16 American cities hit new peaks in their homicide rates last year. Nationwide, the number of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in 2021 reached 73, according to FBI data. The 2021 figure was the highest since 1995, with the unique exception of 2001, when many police officers died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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