Editing Cape May Point, New Jersey (section)

===Law enforcement and public safety===
Cape May Point Volunteer Fire Department provides fire department services. The spring 1908 Lankenau Villa fire prompted Cape May Point officials to ask for a fire department to be organized the following July, and the borough had two fire carts by 1911. In 1923 a borough ordinance allowed for the creation of the Cape May Point Volunteer Fire Department, with a truck and fire station acquired and established, respectively, in 1924.<ref>Jordan, ISBN 0-7643-1830-6, p. 81.</ref>

From the establishment of Cape May Point borough it had an independent police department using ordinary residents filling in as "special" police instead of salaried police, although eventually its police department was reformed into a standard one. Cape May Point began contracting with West Cape May Police in 1986.<ref>Jordan, ISBN 0-7643-1830-6, p. 113.</ref> Cape May Point ended the arrangement in 2001, which contributed to West Cape May disbanding its police department, about 40 percent of which had been paid for by Cape May Point.<ref>Bora, Madhusmita. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-mayors-to-sign-po/125252866/ "Mayors to sign police pact for Cape May, Point, West Cape May"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', November 21, 2001. Accessed May 24, 2023.</ref> The two boroughs then contracted with Cape May City to provide law enforcement for both, effective upon the dissolution of the West Cape May Police on January 1, 2002.<ref>Degener, Richard. [https://newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-police-investigat/125253162/ "Police investigate placing of pig's head at home of West Cape May official"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', January 8, 2002. Accessed May 24, 2023.</ref> The three-municipality law enforcement arrangement, which had been discussed for over 25 years, was the first of its kind in New Jersey and proved popular.<ref>Degener, Richard. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-regional-police-f/125253395/ "Regional police force a win, win, win for 3 Capes"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', December 15, 2002. Accessed May 24, 2023.</ref>

Cape May Point, upon incorporation, had a one-room jail. Joe Jordan, author of ''Cape May Point, The Illustrated History-1875 to the Present'', stated that "if one is to believe local gossip" that the jail likely served as a [[drunk tank]], and Jordan wrote that it "may have held several world's records as the smallest jail, with the fewest inmates, and the shortest periods of incarceration."<ref name=Jordanp80>Jordan, ISBN 0-7643-1830-6, p. 80.</ref> The borough put the facility for sale in 1927 but rejected the sole bid and turned it into storage for the fire department after moving it behind the current fire station location. It was moved to [[Historic Cold Spring Village]] in [[Cold Spring, New Jersey|Cold Spring]] in 1983.<ref name=Jordanp80/>