Millville Police Department

Millville Police Department

The Millville Police Department is organized into three divisions. Approximately 100 police officers and civilian employees make up the Uniform Patrol, Investigations, and Services Divisions. Each division is led by a Division Commander with the rank of Lieutenant.

The Uniform Patrol Division is the largest division and is comprised of uniformed police officers in marked police vehicles and civilian Police Dispatchers to provide police response to calls for service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to the approximate 28,000 residents, visitors, and businesses that comprise the City of Millville.

The Investigations Division is comprised of a Criminal Investigations Bureau staffed by Detectives and a Sergeant who investigate more serious and violent crimes, and a Proactive Investigations Team that focuses on investigations involving gangs, drugs, and guns.

The Services Division encompasses a myriad of police services, duties, and administrative responsibilities including grant writing, policy research and review, fleet management, uniform and equipment management, purchasing, State Attorney General and County Prosecutor required reports, UCR (NIBRS) reporting, and all the services and duties provided by:

• School Resource Officers/Juvenile Unit
• Community Policing Unit
• Evidence & Property Unit
• Training Unit
• Administrative Unit- The Administrative Unit consists of a Sergeant, Special Officers, and civilian employees that are responsible for Traffic Safety, Event Planning and Management, Firearms Permits, Records, Megan’s Law, Information Technology, and Animal Control.

Mission Statement:

The Millville Police Department is committed to protecting life and property, preventing crime, and reducing the fear of crime by providing high-quality, community-oriented police services while safeguarding the constitutional and civil rights of all people.

About Us:

The City of Millville was born at what is today Union Lake. Joseph Smith and others formed the Union Estates Company in 1776, purchasing 24,000 acres of land and establishing a mill at the head of the Maurice River. To power the mill, the Union Estates Company enlarged a dam along the northern part of the Maurice River and established the first meaningful development along the waterway. A second dam was built in the 1860s where it is today, having replaced the first one that had been farther upstream.

The first to recognize the land with its number of forests and its position on the river was Captain Joseph Buck, a veteran of the Revolutionary War who had served under George Washington. It was in 1795 that he drew up his plans for the town. Lots went up for sale shortly before the village was organized as a township in 1801. When he died in 1803 there were fewer than 20 houses.

Millville got its name in the 1790s from the numerous mills and factories that were planned for the site. Because South Jersey has an abundance of silica sand (silica sand is a fine white grained sand, similar to that of coastal beaches), it was perfect for the beginnings of the glass industry that we are proud of today.

The City of Millville was incorporated as a city by an act of the state legislature in 1866 and operated under the mayor-council form of government until 1913. The mayor was elected by the people. In 1913, the Walsh Act was passed and the city began its present commission form of government. There are five elected commissioners, one of whom serves as mayor.