Traffic Division
Division Commander:
Lieutenant Frank Furfaro
ffurfaro@bloomfieldnjpd.com
973-680-4103
  • Investigations of traffic accidents
  • Addresses signage, traffic control devices
  • Speeding complaints
  • School guards

The primary responsibilities of the Traffic Division are to provide our citizens, whether walking or driving, a safe environment. This is accomplished through education, engineering and enforcement. In order to obtain these goals we strive to meet the following objectives:

  • Providing speakers at school and community events, addressing community concerns and safety issues while providing available educational literature.
  • Reduce the number of fatalities and serious injury crashes caused by hazardous moving violations
  • Concentrate on school zone enforcement.
  • Conduct proactive radar enforcement
  • Monitor those areas where crashes frequently occur and coordinate with certified engineers in seeking solutions to eliminate them.
  • Address citizen complaints concerning traffic laws, ordinances and handicap parking regulations.

Included in the Traffic Division are the Parking Violation Officers (PVO’s) and the School Crossing Guards.


-The Parking Violations Officers enforce all municipal parking violations on township roadways.

- The civilian school crossing guards are assigned school posts throughout the township during school hours and keep children and adults safe while traveling to and from school.

- This two-man unit is assigned to the Traffic Division and is responsible for the monitoring and enforcement of traffic violations throughout this township.

Ralph Colasanti
Law Enforcement Building
1 Municipal Plaza
Bloomfield NJ 07003
973-680-4141