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=== Law enforcement === The Hunterdon County Sheriff's Office includes about 43 sworn officers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hunterdon County, NJ Sheriff's Office|url=https://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/sheriff.htm|access-date=December 12, 2021|website=www.co.hunterdon.nj.us}}</ref> The current sheriff is Frederick Brown, who was reelected to a second three-year term in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nj.com/hunterdon/index.ssf/2013/11/hunterdon_county_sheriff_re-elected_gop_newcomers_win_freeholder_seats.html |title=Hunterdon County sheriff re-elected, GOP newcomers win freeholder seats |author=Bill Wichert |date=November 5, 2014 |work=New Jersey Star-Ledger |accessdate=February 1, 2014}}</ref> He was preceded by Republican Deborah Trout who served one term starting in November 2007.<ref name=Timeline>{{cite web |url=http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/index.ssf/2013/10/timeline_deborah_trouts_tenure.html |title=Timeline: Deborah Trout's tenure as Hunterdon sheriff and its aftermath |date=October 11, 2013 |work=Hunterdon County Democrat |accessdate=February 1, 2014}}</ref> On December 22, 2008, state investigators seized computers and other records related to Sheriff Deborah Trout's hiring of undersheriffs and other personnel without the usual background checks and qualifications.<ref name=Timeline /> In 2010, a grand jury indicted then-sheriff Deborah Trout and two under-sheriffs on 43 counts of official misconduct and other charges. The indictment was later suppressed when new state officials were appointed by incoming Governor [[Chris Christie]]. The propriety of the investigation, the indictment and its aftermath are the subject of a number of legal actions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/index.ssf/2013/12/former_assistant_prosecutor_wa.html |title=Briefs filed in legal battle over grand jury materials in Hunterdon ex-Sheriff case |author=Lillian Shupe |date=December 16, 2013 |work=Hunterdon County Democrat |accessdate=February 1, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=October 11, 2013|title=Timeline: Deborah Trout's tenure as Hunterdon sheriff and its aftermath|url=https://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/2013/10/timeline_deborah_trouts_tenure.html|access-date=December 12, 2021|website=Hunterdon County Democrat|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Powell|first=Michael|date=October 11, 2013|title=The Quashing of a Case Against a Christie Ally|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/11/nyregion/43-count-indictment-of-a-christie-ally-quashed.html|access-date=December 12, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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