New Jersey State Parole Board

• #1 - Passaic
• #2 - Red Bank
• #3 - Jersey City
• #4 - Elizabeth
• #5 - Trenton
• #6 - Camden
• #7 - Pleasantville
• #8 - Newark
• #9 - Bridgeton
• #10 - New Brunswick

• Community Programs Supervision Unit (CPSU)
• Electronic Monitoring Program - includes Electronic Monitoring Response Team (EMP/EMRT)
• Honor Guard Unit (HGU)
• Homeland Security Task Force
• Office of Administrative Services - includes Investigations Management Office (IMO), Law Enforcement Training Group (LETG) and Policy & Accreditation
• Office of Interstate Services
• Special Operations Group - includes Parole Apprehension Team (PAT) & Gang Supervision Unit (GSU)
• Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force
• Sex Offender Management Unit

The Community Programs Supervision Unit includes those parole officers assigned to work with the State Parole Board's Division of Community Programs. These parole officers supervise parolees undergoing active treatment for addiction, mental health or other rehabilitative services in a residential treatment facility, or other community-based program. The parole officers serve as a liaison between the parolee, the State Parole Board and the community program facility personnel.

The Electronic Monitoring Unit operates a Global Positioning System (GPS) home confinement program for technical parole violators and other offenders deemed to need a higher level of supervision and monitoring. With the use of electronic ankle-mounted transmitters and home-based receivers that provide automatic alerts, the parole officers in the Electronic Monitoring Unit help ensure these offenders remain under home confinement at all times, except in cases where their conditions of supervision allow them outside at specific times for work, education or related activities. The Electronic Monitoring Response Team responds to off-hours emergencies, and follow-up with parolees on the monitoring program to ensure compliance with program rules and to address equipment issues.

Parole officers assigned to the Homeland Security Task Force serve in this unit part time, in addition to their normal supervision duties. The Homeland Security Task Force is made up of more than 50 parole officers and supervisors trained to assist federal, state and local emergency responders in the event of a terror alert or other large-scale civil disturbance. These parole officers and supervisors work with the FBI, New Jersey Office of Homeland Security, and New Jersey Office of Emergency Management in intelligence sharing, investigation and preparing for potential public safety threats.

Presenting the Colors at a Trenton Thunder Home Game

The Honor Guard Unit (HGU) is a ceremonial unit comprised from all ranks within the Division of Parole. The HGU was formed in the summer of 2005 the original 10 members consisted of (2) Sergeants and (8) Senior Parole Officers. The HGU services to present the National and State colors at a variety of functions including events attended by dignitaries, Award Ceremonies, Police Academy Graduations, parades, and professional and amateur sporting events. Additionally, the HGU will represent the agency at the funerals of fallen Law Enforcement Officers, both internally and externally, and civilian members of the State Parole Board. The HGU has a special designated class "A" uniform which appointed members of the HGU are provided upon orders of the Director, Division of Parole. The HGU is a prestigious unit and selection of the members is done after careful review of that officers employment history. Failure to maintain a positive standing in the agency can result in a suspension or dismissal from the HGU.

The Investigations Management Office (IMO) is responsible for all new criminal charges filed by the State Parole Board's law enforcement staff. This includes conducting primary and supplemental criminal investigations, maintaining and forwarding as discovery all official investigation reports, handles all evidence control functions for any and all criminal related evidence including, but is not limited to, crime scene investigation and transporting evidence to the State Police lab, and conducting forensic searches of computers and other electronic data storage/transmittal devices. Additionally, the Investigations Management Office staff act as the coordinator of all State Parole Board fingerprint live scan machines and requirements under NJS Title 53, monitor and conduct audits for the agency's use of Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS)(TAC), and conducts in-service and recruit training for all criminal investigations functions.

The Law Enforcement Training Group (LETG), provides ongoing in-service training to parole officers, including updates in use of force, Active Shooter Training, First Aid/CPR, firearms handling, supervision techniques and information technology applications. The LETG also works in partnership with the Division of Criminal Justice Academy and the Police Training Commission (PTC) to provide intensive training to candidates selected by the State Parole Board to become Parole Officer Recruits. The State Parole Board's Parole Officer Recruit training is among the most challenging and comprehensive parole officer training programs in the nation. Recruits receive more than six months of academy and agency training followed by a six-month probationary period which includes assignment to a Field Training Officer and on-the-job mentoring before they are eligible for promotion to the position of Senior Parole Officer.

The Policy and Accreditation section is responsible for the continual review and creation of Agency policies with regard to the requirements New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP). The NJSACOP set the standards for agency seeking accreditation or seeking to maintain their accreditation. Policy and Accreditation is very labor intense and continuously seeks areas that need to be improved or modified within the agency as conditions and NJSACOP standards change. Policy and Accreditation maintains Policy Tech, which is an electronic employee manual and forms repository.

The Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision (ICAOS) allows all 50 states to ensure a coordinated and managed system for the transfer of parolees and supervision duties across state lines. The State Parole Board's Office of Interstate Services (OIS) monitors the supervision in other states of parolees who were sentenced in New Jersey, and the supervision in New Jersey of parolees who were sentenced in other states. The Office also manages the extradition of absconders from State Parole Board and juvenile parole supervision, as well as escapees from the New Jersey Department of Corrections and the New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts Intensive Supervision Program (ISP).

The Parole Apprehension Team (PAT) conducts investigations to locate parole absconders, and conducts missions to capture them and return them to incarceration. The Parole Apprehension Team members are deputized by the U.S. Marshals Service, with the authority to make arrests outside of New Jersey and return the offender to New Jersey through the extradition process. As members of the U.S. Marshals Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force, the State Parole Board's Parole Apprehension Team members also aid in the investigations and arrests of fugitives sought by other law enforcement agencies.

The Gang Supervision Unit (GSU) members supervise parolees statewide who are known gang members. The Unit uses several aggressive methods to prevent gang violence and recruitment. These include intensive supervision of parolees, and sharing gang intelligence with the FBI, state and local law enforcement agencies. The officers' interaction with these parolees gives them a unique, street-level view of the ways gang membership affects individuals and communities, and the ways gangs attempt to lure young people. Additionally, the Gang Supervision Unit members also conduct gang education and recognition training for hospitals, universities, public schools and municipal police departments, based on up-to-the-minute information collected during their everyday duties. The Gang Supervision Unit also provides Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT) programming for elementary school students.

The State Parole Board's caseload of sex offenders is one of the largest in America, mainly due to the advent of Community Supervision for Life (CSL) and Parole Supervision for Life (PSL) sentencing for sex offenders. Prior to the introduction of this sentencing mandate, sex offenders made up less than 5 percent of the State Parole Board's caseload. Today, they make up nearly a third of the caseload, with a net increase of about 45 new sex offenders each month.

Parole officers assigned to the Sex Offender Management Unit use a "containment" approach to sex offender supervision. This approach includes intensive parole supervision and information sharing with partner law enforcement agencies; sex offender-specific treatment to help control sex offenders' impulsivity; and will soon include polygraph examinations in certain cases, to obtain sexual history information and monitor offenders for behaviors that increase the risk of re-offense.