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James Plousis is a  graduate of Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania, Plousis was a police officer in Ocean City, NJ, before being elected sheriff of Cape May County--at age 32. He served in that post for five terms, earning national recognition for his innovative approach to law enforcement, public safety, and incarceration.

In 2002, President George W. Bush appointed Plousis as U.S. marshal for the District of New Jersey. While in this position he fought tirelessly to bring the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Safe Surrender program to the Garden State and worked on high-profile cases here and abroad.

For seven years he was chairman of the New Jersey Parole Board. In December 2017, then-Governor Chris Christie named him to his present assignment as chairman of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission. James Plousis is the author of Jersey Lawman: A Life On The Right Side Of Crime.

According to the book description of Jersey Lawman: A Life On The Right Side Of Crime, "In a book that TV personality John Walsh calls the story of "a remarkable career in law enforcement," author James Plousis describes the exciting people, cases, and issues he's been involved with over more than four decades--Donald J. Trump, Bernie Madoff, 9/11, Little Nicky Scarfo, Hurricane Katrina, Chris Christie, and much more. Written in clear, straight-ahead prose, "Jersey Lawman: A Life On the Right Side of Crime" is the product of a life spent helping good people and putting the bad ones behind bars."

About the Cape May County Sheriff’s Office

According to the Cape May County Sheriff’s Office, "while the basic functions of the Office of the Sheriff being the maintenance of law and order, the sale of property and the overseeing of the county correction facility, have remained the same for several hundred years; many other duties have been added in response to the need for service.

The Office of the Sheriff consists of trained officers and professional civilian staff. The Law Enforcement Division has responsibility for court related duties such as the safety of persons using and working in the County Court House, services of court papers, transportation of jurors, execution of court ordered sale of property and the collection of court ordered judgments.

Additional services structured within the Law Enforcement Division are Child Support Warrant Service, Crime Prevention Unit , Victim Assistance Unit, Search and Rescue/K-9 Unit, Park Unit, Transportation Unit, I.D. Unit and other related sub units.

The Correctional Division has the primary function of the security and rehabilitation of inmates housed in the Cape May County Correctional Facility. Other significant programs in the Correctional Division are the Sheriff's Labor Assistance Program, Electronic Monitoring Program, GED Program, Religous Services, Bible study, Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Anger Management and Relapse Services, etc.

A new Correctional Center has been constructed at the same location as the previous jail and opened for service on January 14th 2019. The new Correctional Center incorporates the latest in correctional center technology and design and can hold over 300 inmates."

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