Cop Crackdown On NJ Roads In These 185 Towns

Law enforcement officers from 185 New Jersey towns will be cracking down on your local roads very soon.

So expect beefed-up patrols on your community's streets as soon as you pull out of the driveway (see list of towns below).

New Jersey’s "UDrive. UText. UPay." enforcement campaign will begin April 1 and run through April 21, targeting motorists who engage in bad driving behaviors such as talking on hand-held cell phones and sending text messages while driving.

“Distracted driving is possibly the most serious safety issue on our roadways today,” said Eric Heitmann, acting director of the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that, in 2018 alone, 3,477 people were killed in distracted driving crashes and an estimated 391,000 people were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving a distracted driver.

In New Jersey, driver inattention was listed as a contributing circumstance in 52 percent of the state’s crashes in 2018. Driver inattention was listed as a contributing factor in crashes at a rate nine times higher than that of the next highest contributing factor, which was speeding.

The campaign will be carried out during the month of April, which the National Safety Council has designated as Distracted Driving Awareness Month.

The New Jersey campaign is modeled after similar successful high visibility enforcement programs such as Click It or Ticket and Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.

Here is the list of commuities that will be beefing up patrols to catch bad drivers, and how much money they'll get to do it:

Atlantic

• Absecon PD $5,500.00
• Atlantic City PD $5,500.00
• Egg Harbor Twp PD $5,500.00
• Galloway PD $5,500.00
• Hamilton PD $5,500.00
• Hammonton PD $5,500.00
• Northfield PD $5,500.00
• Stockton University PD $5,500.00

Bergen

• Bergenfield PD $5,500.00
• Carlstadt PD $5,500.00
• Closter PD $5,500.00
• Edgewater PD $5,500.00
• Elmwood Park PD $5,500.00
• Fair Lawn PD $5,500.00
• Fairview PD $5,500.00
• Fort Lee PD $5,500.00
• Franklin Lakes PD $5,500.00
• Garfield PD $5,500.00
• Glen Rock PD $5,500

Burlington

• Burlington Twp PD $5,500.00
• Cinnaminson PD $5,500.00
• Delanco PD $5,500.00
• Delran PD $5,500.00
• Lumberton PD $5,500.00
• Medford PD $5,500.00
• Mount Laurel PD $5,500.00
• New Hanover PD $5,500.00
• Pemberton PD $5,500.00

Camden

• Barrington PD $5,500.00
• Bellmawr PD $5,500.00
• Berlin Twp PD $5,500.00
• Brooklawn PD $5,500.00
• Camden County Metro $5,500.00
• Cherry Hill PD $5,500.00
• Chesilhurst PD $5,500.00
• Gloucester Twp PD $5,500.00
• Haddon Heights PD $5,500.00
• Lawnside PD $5,500.00
• Lindenwold PD $5,500.00
• Merchantville PD $5,500.00
• Pine Hill PD $5,500.00
• Stratford PD $5,500.00
• Winslow PD $5,500.00
• Lower PD $5,500.00
• Wildwood PD $5,500.00

Cumberland

• Bridgeton PD $5,500.00

Essex

• Belleville PD $5,500.00
• Bloomfield PD $5,500.00
• Fairfield PD $5,500.00
• Maplewood PD $5,500.00
• Millburn PD $5,500.00
• Montclair PD $5,500.00
• Nutley PD $5,500.00
• West Orange PD $5,500.00

Gloucester

• Clayton PD $2,200.00
• Deptford PD $6,600.00
• East Greenwich PD $2,200.00
• Franklin PD $2,200.00
• Glassboro PD $6,600.00
• Greenwich PD $1,760.00
• Harrison PD $2,200.00
• Logan PD $2,200.00
• Mantua PD $5,500.00
• Monroe PD $3,740.00
• Paulsboro PD $2,200.00
• Pitman PD $2,200.00
• Washington PD $6,600.00
• West Deptford PD $4,400.00
• Westville PD $2,200.00
• Woodbury Heights PD $4,180.00
• Woodbury PD $6,600.00
• Woolwich PD $2,420.00

Hudson

• Bayonne PD $5,500.00
• Jersey City PD $5,500.00
• North Bergen Twp PD $5,500.00
• West New York PD $5,500.00

Hunterdon

• Clinton PD $5,500.00
• Clinton Twp PD $5,500.00
• Flemington PD $6,600.00
• Franklin PD $4,950.00
• High Bridge PD $2,750.00
• Lambertville PD $1,375.00
• Lebanon PD $2,750.00
• Raritan PD $1,760.00
• Readington PD $2,200.00
• West Amwell PD $3,300.00

Mercer

• East Windsor PD $5,500.00
• Hamilton PD $5,500.00
• Hightstown PD $5,500.00
• Hopewell PD $5,500.00
• Lawrence PD $5,500.00
• West Windsor PD $5,500.00

Middlesex

• Dunellen PD $5,500.00
• Edison PD $5,500.00
• Middlesex PD $5,500.00
• North Brunswick PD $5,500.00
• Old Bridge PD $5,500.00
• Piscataway PD $5,500.00
• South Brunswick PD $5,500.00
• Spotswood PD $5,500.00
• Woodbridge PD $5,500.00

Monmouth

• Allentown PD $5,500.00
• Asbury Park PD $5,500.00
• Atlantic Highlands PD $5,500.00
• Deal PD $5,500.00
• Eatontown PD $5,500.00
• Englishtown PD $5,500.00
• Freehold Twp PD $5,500.00
• Highlands PD $5,500.00
• Holmdel PD $5,500.00
• Keansburg PD $5,500.00
• Keyport PD $5,500.00
• Manalapan PD $5,500.00
• Matawan PD $5,500.00
• Middletown PD $5,500.00
• Neptune PD $5,500.00
• Red Bank PD $5,500.00
• Sea Girt PD $5,500.00
• Spring Lake Heights PD $5,500.00
• Union Beach PD $5,500.00
• West Long Branch PD $5,500.00

Morris

• Boonton Township PD $5,500.00
• Chester PD $5,500.00
• Florham Park PD $5,500.00
• Hanover PD $5,500.00
• Harding PD $5,500.00
• Jefferson PD $5,500.00
• Mendham PD $5,500.00
• Mendham Twp PD $5,500.00
• Morris County Park Police $5,500.00
• Morris Plains PD $5,500.00
• Morris Twp PD $5,500.00
• Mount Olive PD $5,500.00
• Parsippany-Troy Hills PD $5,500.00
• Randolph PD $5,500.00
• Rockaway PD $5,500.00
• Washington Township (no grant)

Ocean

• Barnegat PD $5,500.00
• Bay Head PD $5,500.00
• Brick PD $5,500.00
• Harvey Cedars PD $5,500.00
• Jackson PD $5,500.00
• Lacey PD $5,500.00
• Lakehurst PD $5,500.00
• Manchester PD $5,500.00
• Ocean Gate PD $5,500.00
• Ocean PD $5,500.00
• Point Pleasant Beach PD $5,500.00
• Point Pleasant Boro PD $5,500.00
• Seaside Heights PD $5,500.00
• Ship Bottom PD $5,500.00
• Stafford PD $5,500.00

Passaic

• Bloomingdale PD $5,500.00
• Clifton PD $5,500.00
• Haledon PD $5,500.00
• Hawthorne PD $5,500.00
• Little Falls PD $5,500.00
• Passaic PD $5,500.00
• Woodland Park PD $5,500.00

Salem

• Pennsville PD $5,500.00

Somerset

• Bedminster PD $3,300.00
• Bernards PD $4,400.00
• Bernardsville PD $3,300.00
• Bound Brook PD $5,500.00
• Branchburg PD $6,600.00
• Bridgewater PD $3,300.00
• Far Hills PD $5,500.00
• Franklin PD $11,000.00
• Green Brook PD $4,400.00
• Hillsborough PD $5,500.00
• Manville PD $4,400.00
• Montgomery PD $5,500.00
• North Plainfield PD $2,750.00
• Peapack Gladstone PD $6,600.00
• Raritan PD $4,950.00
• Somerset County Sheriff $4,950.00
• Somerville PD $2,200.00
• South Bound Brook PD $3,520.00
• Warren PD $4,400.00
• Watchung PD $3,520.00

Sussex

• Hamburg PD $5,500.00
• Sparta PD $5,500.00
• Verona PD $5,500.00

Union

• Berkeley Heights PD $5,500.00
• Cranford PD $5,500.00
• Elizabeth PD $5,500.00
• Hillside PD $5,500.00
• Linden PD $5,500.00
• Union PD $5,500.00

Warren

• Mansfield PD $5,500.00