Frequently Asked Questions

Address

The Police Department is located in the Law Enforcement Building
1 Municipal Plaza
Bloomfield, NJ

Directions

• From Garden State Parkway North: Take exit 148 (Bloomfield Avenue). After paying toll continue straight ahead to the second traffic light. Make a left onto Franklin Street. Proceed to 2nd traffic light and make a left onto Municipal Plaza. Law Enforcement Building is the first building on the left
• From Garden State Parkway South: Take exit 148 (Bloomfield Avenue) At the end of the exit, stop at the stop sign. Immediately thereafter make a right at first light onto Montgomery Street. which turns into onto Municipal Place. The Law Enforcement Building is on the corner of Franklin Street. and Municipal Plaza.

Cable channel 35 has up-to-date school closure information.

Bloomfield Public Schools

These phone numbers must be dialed directly

• Bloomfield Public Library: 973-566-6200
• Board of Education: 973-680-8500
• Board of Recreation and Civic Center: 973-743-9074
• U.S. Post Office: 973-743-5631

Call the Police Department non-emergency number: 973-680-4141.

• Call the Police Desk: 973-680-4100
• For driving directions to locations in Bloomfield, call the Police Information desk.
• Any directions need from Bloomfield locations to remote destinations call the Police in the town of your destination and tell them you are coming from near Garden State Parkway exit number 151, number 148, number 150, or number 153.

You can call the Police Desk to report your absence from your residence/business and ask to have a vacant house card made out. Please access the Vacant House Form.

• 911 use this number for police, fire or ambulance emergency calls only
  These calls cannot be transferred to non emergency numbers. 911 is not intended to be used as directory assistance. If you think it is an emergency, and it turns out to be a non-emergency, the 911 operator will advise you to redial using the non-emergency number.
• 973-680-4141 For all other non-emergency Police Fire and Ambulance questions.
• 973-680-4100 For Police Information including driving directions to Bloomfield locations, Permission to Park, towed car releases.

The Record Bureau hours are:
Monday through Friday
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

In person

To pick up a police report, respond to the
Law Enforcement Building
1 Municipal Plaza
Bloomfield, NJ 07003

You must fill out a request form with the following information:

• Date of occurrence
• Location of occurrence
• Name, signature and date
• Names involved
• Reason for request
• Type of incident (theft, harassment, domestic dispute, lost or stolen property) or accident

The charge for this type of report is $2

By mail

Send a stamped self-addressed envelope with the above information, and a check payable to Bloomfield Police Department in the amount of $5.

Parking permits are issued for selected streets in Bloomfield. To get a permit, you must come to the record bureau and provide your car registration for proof of residency. If your registration hasn't been changed to the new address yet, you can be issued a temporary permit, which expires after 2 weeks. For information about which streets require parking permits call 973-680-4105.