Editing Long Branch, New Jersey (section)

===Public safety===
{{Infobox law enforcement agency
|agencyname     = Long Branch Police Department
|logo           = NJ - Long Branch Police.jpg{{!}}frameless
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|legaljuris     = Municipal
|headquarters   = Long Branch, New Jersey
|stationtype    = Station
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|chief1name     = William Broughton<ref>Radel, Dan. [https://www.app.com/story/news/local/eatontown-asbury-park/eatontown/2022/09/30/long-branch-nj-new-public-safety-chief-undersheriff-william-broughton/69527404007/ "Long Branch hires ex-Bergen County undersheriff as new boss of cops"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', September 30, 2022. Accessed April 1, 2024. "William Broughton, who was formerly Teaneck's business manager and a Bergen County undersheriff, has been tapped as the city's new director of public safety. Broughton, 62, and a resident of Jackson, will start the job on Saturday."</ref>
|chief1position = Director of Public Safety
|sworn          = 88 <small>as of 2021</small><ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome to the Official Website of Long Branch, NJ - 2021 Public Safety Annual Report |url=https://www.longbranch.org/departments/Police/2021PublicSafetyAnnualReport |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=www.longbranch.org}}</ref>
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[[Image:Longbranchpdsuv.PNG|thumb|upright=1.1|A Long Branch Police Department vehicle]]
The Long Branch Department of Public Safety consists of the Long Branch Police Department (LBPD), the Long Branch Fire Department and the Office of Emergency Management.<ref>[https://www.longbranch.org/286/Public-Safety Public Safety], City of Long Branch. Accessed January 29, 2025.</ref> The LBPD did not have a police chief between 1970 and 2017, with the Director of Public Safety being directly responsible for the department.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome to the Official Website of Long Branch, NJ - Police Chief LEO |url=https://www.longbranch.org/departments/Police/PoliceChiefLEO |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=www.longbranch.org}}</ref>

On November 20, 1997, Long Branch Police Department Detective Sergeant Patrick A. King was killed by gunshot while ordering food at a Chinese restaurant. The killer led law enforcement on a {{convert|60|mi|adj=on}} chase which ended in his suicide.<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/14/nyregion/metro-news-briefs-new-jersey-springsteen-event-to-aid-slain-officer-s-family.html "Springsteen Event to Aid Slain Officer's Family"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 14, 1998. Accessed February 27, 2023.</ref><ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/28/nyregion/officer-s-killer-was-told-fbi-sought-him-detectives-say.html "Officer's Killer Was Told F.B.I. Sought Him, Detectives Say"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 28, 1997. Accessed February 27, 2023.</ref><ref>[[Robert D. McFadden|McFadden, Robert D.]] [https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/23/nyregion/killer-of-new-jersey-officer-called-career-criminal.html "Killer of New Jersey Officer Called Career Criminal"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 23, 1997. Accessed February 27, 2023.</ref><ref>Herszenhorn, David M. [https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/22/nyregion/detective-was-known-as-a-hero-who-stayed-true-to-his-roots.html?ref=patrickaking "Detective Was Known as a Hero Who Stayed True to His Roots"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 22, 1997. Accessed February 27, 2023.</ref>