Editing Cape May County, New Jersey (section)

===Law Enforcement===
The current [[Sheriffs in the United States|county sheriff]] is Bob Nolan, elected in 2017 after working in the sheriff's office for 30 years, most recently as [[undersheriff]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Donald Wittkowski|title=Nolan Wins as CMC Sheriff; Morey, Pierson Win in CMC Freeholder Race; Van Drew in Senate|newspaper=OCNJDaily|date=November 8, 2017|access-date=April 19, 2018|url=http://ocnjdaily.com/nolan-wins-as-cmc-sheriff-morey-pierson-win-in-cmc-freeholder-race-van-drew-in-senate/}}</ref> The first county sheriff was Benjamin Godfrey in 1692. Aside from maintaining law and order, the sheriff's responsibilities include the sale of property, overseeing the corrections facility, transporting of jurors, and collecting court-ordered judgments. The first county jail was built in 1705 in Middle Township, and the current jail was built in 1977.<ref>{{cite web|date=August 30, 2017|title=History of the Sheriff's Office|publisher=Cape May County Sheriff's Office|access-date=April 19, 2018|url=http://www.cmcsheriff.net/history.html|archive-date=April 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420074048/http://www.cmcsheriff.net/history.html|url-status=live}}</ref> A new facility is scheduled to be completed in August 2018, at the cost of $37 million.<ref>{{cite news|author=Al Campbell|newspaper=Cape May County Herald|access-date=April 19, 2018|date=February 18, 2018|title=Jail's Price Tag Now $38.5 Million; Inmates Could Have Grabbed Sprinklers|url=http://www.capemaycountyherald.com/news/government/article_ff37629e-14b0-11e8-98ff-6b7256329dbd.html|archive-date=October 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007064505/https://www.capemaycountyherald.com/news/government/article_ff37629e-14b0-11e8-98ff-6b7256329dbd.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=John DeRosier|title=Cape May County set to unveil new, state-of-the-art jail|date=April 27, 2018|newspaper=Press of Atlantic City|access-date=July 15, 2018|url=https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/cape_may/cape-may-county-set-to-unveil-new-state-of-the/article_7743a79e-600a-566b-8532-ef96f2b54a69.html|archive-date=July 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716055448/https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/cape_may/cape-may-county-set-to-unveil-new-state-of-the/article_7743a79e-600a-566b-8532-ef96f2b54a69.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Al Campbell|date=May 25, 2018|access-date=July 15, 2018|title=Jail Project Adds $500,000; Work Extended 159 Days|newspaper=Cape May County Herald|url=http://www.capemaycountyherald.com/news/government/article_62ac78b2-6026-11e8-920d-c7f0ee65be5b.html|archive-date=May 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528220611/https://www.capemaycountyherald.com/news/government/article_62ac78b2-6026-11e8-920d-c7f0ee65be5b.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2015, Cape May County had 3,332 criminal offenses, the fifth fewest of any county in New Jersey. This represented a crime rate of 35.1 offenses per 1,000 people, and a violent crime rate of 4.7 offenses per 1,000 people.<ref>{{cite news|date=May 2, 2017|title=Where does crime happen in N.J.? A county-by-county look|author=S.P. Sullivan|work=NJ.com|access-date=April 19, 2018|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2017/05/heres_where_crime_happens_in_new_jersey.html?ath=9c46bfc08d76232bb5a5e00eeaf0bfa2|archive-date=April 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420012550/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2017/05/heres_where_crime_happens_in_new_jersey.html?ath=9c46bfc08d76232bb5a5e00eeaf0bfa2|url-status=live}}</ref>