Editing Essex County, New Jersey (section)

===Law enforcement===
[[File:Police Academy Essex Co jeh.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Essex County Police Academy]]
Law enforcement at the county level is provided by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office and the Essex County Sheriff's Office. The Essex County Police was completely absorbed by the sheriff's office by 2007.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/csc/msb/decisions07/2007April/pdf/IMOCountyPoliceOfficersEssexCounty.pdf ''In the Matter of County Police Officers, Essex County Sheriff's Office''], [[New Jersey Department of State]], decided April 11, 2007. Accessed September 25, 2017. "Subsequently, in June 2006, the Essex County Sheriff (Sheriff) promulgated an order to consolidate the functions of the County Police with the Sheriff's Office."</ref> [[Essex County College]] and its satellite locations are patrolled by the Essex County College Police Department.<ref>[http://www.essex.edu/publicsafety/ Public Safety] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906210113/http://www.essex.edu/publicsafety/ |date=September 6, 2018 }}, [[Essex County College]]. Accessed March 7, 2018.</ref>

In 2021, the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark ended its contract with [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] to hold undocumented immigrants, instead entering into a contract with [[Union County, New Jersey]], to house their inmates.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Correal|first1=Annie|last2=Gold|first2=Michael|date=May 1, 2021|title=After Years of Protests, a New Jersey County Ends Its ICE Jail Contract|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/01/nyregion/essex-ice.html|access-date=October 31, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>