Kenilworth Police Department
City agency in Union County. How it reports to the FBI, and the rules its arrests run under.
Reporting to the FBI
- Population served
- 8,550 (FBI figure, 2025)
- City or town
- Kenilworth borough (the Census place its FBI map point falls in)
- Counties
- Union County
- Incident reporting
- Sends incident detail (NIBRS) since January 2021.
- Months sent in 2025
- 12 of 12
- FBI agency code
- NJ0200800
Source: FBI NIBRS master file 2025 batch headers; names from the FBI agency list, pulled 2026-09-29.
After an arrest
- Who decides release first
A judge makes the first release decision. A person arrested on a complaint-warrant goes to the county jail, and a Superior Court judge or a municipal judge designated by the Chief Justice decides release at a centralized first appearance. People charged on a complaint-summons are released by police with no conditions.
NJ Courts, Criminal Division Overview (R. 3:4-1, 3:4-2)- Time to see a judge
A person held on a complaint-warrant must have a first appearance before a judge within 48 hours of being committed to the county jail.
N.J. Ct. R. 3:4-2(a)(1), as described in NJ Courts, Criminal Division Overview
Crime and arrests
No figures yet
This agency's reported offenses, clearances, and arrests appear here once the agency series is published.