$1.1M Will Pay For New Mobile Police Station In Hoboken

HOBOKEN, NJ — A vehicle will be purchased and retrofitted for use as a traveling Hoboken police station, after the City Council approved a $1.1 million expenditure at their meeting last week.

The traveling police command center will be used for public safety and weather emergencies, street fairs, and "positioned at high priority locations throughout the city including the Hoboken Housing Authority, the waterfront area, and Hoboken Terminal," the city said on Monday.

At a council meeting in May, friends of shooting victim Damon Murray, who had lived in the Hoboken Housing Authority neighborhood, said their requests for more security had gone unheeded and asked for help.

The vehicle will likely be put into service in summer 2025, officials said.

“The Police Mobile Command Center will be yet another tool our police officers can wield to best protect and serve our community,” said Mayor Ravi Bhalla. “With its cutting-edge technology and mobile capabilities, this vehicle is not just an investment in the Police Department, it is an investment in our entire community and its safety.”

“Bringing this type of unit to Hoboken will help modernize our police response by bringing critical technology for police command directly to a scene or emergency,” said Public Safety Director Ken Ferrante. “It will help ensure rapid responses, provide even better security, maintain reliable and constant communication at emergency situations, ensure proper preparedness, and meet the increasing demands of public safety in Hoboken.”

“The mobile command center will allow us to bring essential resources wherever - and whenever - they are needed throughout the City,” said Chief Steven Aguiar. “I look forward to putting the PMCC into service, to better empower our officers to even better protect and serve our residents”

Representatives from the city's Public Safety Department will find a vendor to install emergency lighting, cameras, communications equipment, and other technology, the city said.

For more information, see the release at the City of Hoboken website.