On behalf of the 140 men and women of the North Bergen Police
Department, I would like to welcome you to the official website of
the North Bergen Police Department. On May 1, 2020, I became the
10th police chief in this Department’s 113-year history. Today, our
roles as police officers are almost unrecognizable from when I
became a police officer in 1998. Our responsibilities have expanded
greatly beyond the traditional role of policing. The success of a
police department depends on its ability to recruit, develop, and
field officers who not only understand their role as traditional
police officers, but who also recognize their responsibility to
their community. It is now more important than ever that police
officers build trust within the communities they serve in order to
encourage participation and lasting partnerships in an effort to
reduce crime and improve the quality of life.
The Township of North Bergen is an extremely diverse community which
is represented and served by an equally diverse police department.
This is because our ranks are filled with residents who come from
the community that we serve. Our resident-only hiring policy plays
an important role in ensuring that the NBPD is truly representative
of our community. Our police officers are your neighbors, former
students, patrons, coworkers, friends, and family.
In 2019, the North Bergen Police Department Responded to nearly
150,000 calls for service. Through the collaborative efforts of our
police officers and our community, the Township of North Bergen is
the 6th safest city in New Jersey and now the 23rd safest city in
the nation. These milestones could not have been achievable without
your cooperation and support.
The North Bergen Police Department is also an accredited law
enforcement agency. Accreditation acknowledges our commitment to
excellence in law enforcement by providing our community with the
most proactive, efficient, effective, and constitutionally-sound law
enforcement services based on best practices. Last year, the North
Bergen Police Department renewed its accreditation status through
the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police and exceeded in
many accreditation standards representing a significant professional
achievement for the Department.
I would like to thank Mayor Nicholas J. Sacco, Public Safety
Commissioner Allen Pascual, and the entire Board of Commissioners
for the Township of North Bergen, for their unwavering support of
this agency. It is with their support that the North Bergen Police
Department is properly trained, equipped, and educated to provide
the highest quality of police services to the Township.
I am extremely proud of the work the brave men and women of this
department do each and every day to guarantee the safety of the
people of North Bergen. They are selfless in their dedication to
their duties and I am truly fortunate to have the opportunity to
lead such a tremendous group of individuals.
I look forward to continuing to work with members of our community
to keep people safe and to listen to their voices on how best to
serve and protect them. Our main priority has and will always be
public safety and the quality of life for the Township of North
Bergen.
Very truly yours,
Peter Fasilis
Chief of Police