Jersey City

Mayor Solomon More Than Doubles Jcpd Traffic Enforcement Division; Traffic Summonses Up 81% In First Week

Posted on 11/02/2026

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   
November 2, 2026 
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MAYOR SOLOMON MORE THAN DOUBLES JCPD TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT DIVISION; TRAFFIC SUMMONSES UP 81% IN FIRST WEEK

JERSEY CITY, NJ - Mayor James Solomon today announced that the Jersey City Police Department has more than doubled its Traffic Enforcement Division and that traffic summonses rose 81% in the first week after the additional officers hit the street. On October 19, the City transferred 10 officers from patrol to the Traffic Enforcement Division, bringing the unit to 19 officers, including eight motorcycle operators, as it rebuilds the department's Motorcycle Unit. The following week, the division issued 1,495 summonses, up from 824 the week before.

Major James Solomon said: “Nearly everyone in Jersey City has a story about a driver speeding down their block or running a red light in front of a school, and for years the response from City Hall was that nothing could be done about it. We rebuilt the Traffic Enforcement Division on day one because that answer was never good enough, and now we have put more officers in the unit, and summonses went up 81% in a single week. Everyone deserves safe streets, and we are going to keep building this unit until reckless driving in Jersey City carries a real consequence.”

The expansion builds on the executive order Mayor Solomon signed the day after taking office, which reestablished the Traffic Enforcement Division as a dedicated unit responsible for citywide traffic safety enforcement and freed patrol officers to focus on neighborhood policing. The division's work is part of the City's recommitment to Vision Zero, the goal of eliminating traffic deaths and serious injuries on Jersey City streets.

Details of the expanded division and its results to date:

• No cost to taxpayer dollars: The doubling of the unit adds 10 new motorcycles were purchased using seized forfeiture funds, no taxpayer dollars.

• Staffing: Ten officers were transferred from patrol to the Traffic Enforcement Division on October 19, bringing the unit to 19 officers. Eight of the 19 are motorcycle operators.

• First-week results: In the week after the transfer, the division issued 1,495 summonses, compared with 824 the week before, an 81% increase.

• Two-week total: Between October 11 and October 24, the division issued 2,735 summonses.

• Grand Street: Roughly 335 of those summonses were issued on Grand Street, where the division has concentrated enforcement.

• Radar enforcement: Officers issued 134 summonses citywide through radar speed enforcement.

• Community engagement: Beginning in November, JCPD command staff and Traffic Enforcement Division officers will attend the Captain's meeting in each of the City's four police districts to hear residents' traffic concerns directly and walk the public through how the unit's operations and enforcement work.

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