page_title: Union County, New Jersey
section_title: Sheriff's Office
hierarchical_section_title: Union County, New Jersey / Government / Sheriff's Office
caption_attribution_description: English: The seal of PBA 108.
context_page_description: Union County is a county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2019 Census estimate, the county's population was 556,341, making it the seventh-most populous of the state's 21 counties, an increase of 5.1% from the 2010 United States Census, when its population was enumerated at 536,499, in turn an increase of 13,958 from the 522,541 enumerated in the 2000 Census. In 2010, Union County slipped to the seventh-most populous county in the state, having been surpassed by Ocean County. Union County is part of the New York metropolitan area. Its county seat is Elizabeth.
  In 2015, the county had a per capita personal income of $60,089, the seventh-highest in New Jersey and ranked 152nd of 3,113 counties in the United States. The Bureau of Economic Analysis ranked the county as having the 119th-highest per capita income of all 3,113 counties in the United States in 2009. A study by Forbes.com determined that Union County pays the second-highest property taxes of all U.S. counties, based on 2007 data.
context_section_description: The Union County Sheriff's Office is located in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
  It is currently headed by Peter Corvelli.
  It was headed by Ralph Froehlich, a Union resident who was first elected in 1977 and served in office for 37 years, making him the longest-serving Sheriff in New Jersey history.
  There are two top deputies, known as undersheriffs, and they are Dennis Burke and Amilcar Colon.
  A 1981 investigation of the Union County Jail reviewed issues relating to overcrowding, escapes, escape attempts and suicides in the detention facility.
  The New Jersey State Policemen's Benevolent Association Local 108 is the official labor union and collective bargaining agent for the Sheriff's Officers of Union County. This body is subdivided into Local 108 for the line officers and Local 108A for the supervisors (sergeants, lieutenants, & captains). The official website for this union is WWW.NJSPBALOCAL108.COM.
caption: The seal of PBA 108.
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