The Hoboken Police Department Traffic and Transportation Unit handles daily traffic problems within the City. The main goal of the Traffic Unit is to help reduce the number of motor vehicle and pedestrian accidents and make the Hoboken roadways safer. The Unit establishes detours and traffic details for various functions in the city throughout the year. With Hoboken having a large transportation hub, the Traffic Unit assists in keeping certain roadways open and specific intersections clear to enable emergency vehicles to move throughout town.
The Traffic Unit has a fleet of 10 motorcycles, several SUV’s, a pick-up truck which is used to transport message boards, pedestrian gates and traffic cones to various locations.
Members of the Traffic and Transportation Unit are highly trained officers. Some members of the Unit are certified in accident reconstruction and work side by side with the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in crash reconstruction. Some members are certified motorcycle officers and instructors who instruct at the Bergen County Police Academy. Additionally, many members are certified by Rutgers University in advanced traffic engineering. Some of the day to day responsibilities of the unit consist of:
Accident reconstruction
Handicap Parking Spots
Morning/evening commuter traffic
Municipal tows
Road closures
School Crossing Guards
Traffic Control Officers
Traffic engineering of city streets
Traffic related city ordinances
Child car seats inspection/installations
Traffic & pedestrian safety related complaints may be forwarded to: traffic@hobokenpdnj.gov
Traffic Commander: Lieutenant Keith Rotondi rotondik@hobokenpdnj.gov