PoliceAPP (law enforcement hiring platform)

Description

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Problem Statement

The NJ State Park Police seek to increase the number of officers in their ranks to ~100 officers from the current 80. Utilizing a platform like PoliceAPP will expose positions in NJSPP to a larger applicant pool as well as address the need to streamline and better manage the law enforcement hiring process.

Project Justification

The Civil Service Commission has implemented an alternate route hiring initiative which allows Civil Service law enforcement agencies to hire by way of application. The PoliceApp platform will collect the applications and capture the demographic reporting criteria required annually by the State Attorney General’s Office. The NJ State Park Police hope to utilize this platform to increase the exposure of openings within the NJSPP to increase the number of officers.

Estimated Transactions

Up to 250 a year.

Target Rollout Date

6 January 2025

Target Rollout Date Reason

It will be the start of the new year.

Attachments

Activity

Knute Jensen 3 November 2025, 18:13

As of today, I could not find any NJDEP vacancies on PoliceApp and a listing existed here: SPFHS-2025-22 State Park Police Officer - NJ Department of Environmental Protection - Career Page

Ben.Trotter 24 June 2025, 18:21

Purchase order complete. Next step is for State Park to Police to work on onboarding to the PoliceApp platform.

Ben.Trotter 4 June 2025, 15:10

Got update from OIT that this can be pursued as a sole source DPA. Working on getting sole source statement from vendor like Dept. of Human Services did as well as statement from NJ State Park Police of the need for this sole source vendor.

Ben.Trotter 27 May 2025, 15:28

Discussed with Grace Yuan, DHS’s IT Procurement Technical Approval Request that was submitted as part of the DPA PO packaged by Dept. of Human Services. Grace is going to contact OIT about the TIP to determine if DEP can use the same Custom Agreement / Exemption.

Knute Jensen 6 May 2025, 17:45

Still moving toward procurement which is anticipated to come through resellers (T3121). Ben working toward getting pricing from Police App with the Parks Police (licenses, services, etc.).

Knute Jensen 9 January 2025, 15:36

Ben is checking with Carolyn Keefe with input from Jim M. - see attached email chain.

Knute Jensen 3 December 2024, 21:34

see attached email chains from HR and DOIT greenlighting a purchase. Purchase path details still to be worked out but expected to model DHS purchase.