The Pemberton Township Detective Division is charged with investigating all major crimes that occur within the Township and also with follow-up investigations.

The organizational structure of the division includes a detective sergeant and seven detectives. The normal working schedule for the Detective Division is a four day work week, 10 hours per day. However, each detective is subject to being on call for a week, on a rotating basis. The "on call" detective is notified by a superior officer of the police department and responds to major crime scenes.

The Division is required to assume responsibility where a follow-up investigation is required. Each detective is cross-trained to professionally investigate any type of criminal activity to which he or she may be assigned.

The Detective Division is the primary investigative arm of the police department. Investigations include all criminal activity that requires additional lengthy follow-up that would be restrictive to patrol officers in time or resources.

The division is to maintain cooperation and coordination among various law enforcement agencies to reduce the level of crime and solving crimes where they do occur. The Detective Division cooperates with other city, state and federal agencies in investigating incidents and gathering of criminal intelligence data. This is one of the many duties of the Detective Division.

Detectives are required to investigate crimes against persons (crimes including homicides, rapes, assault, etc.) and crimes against property (burglaries, larcenies, forgeries, auto thefts, etc.)

The Juvenile Bureau is a component of the Detective Division. The Juvenile Officer is Detective Anthony Muscella. The bulk of the workload in the Juvenile Division consists of reviewing and monitoring those cases where a juvenile is going to be charged with an offense. Unlike the adult system, where a complaint can be filed with the Municipal Court Clerk, all juvenile complaints are filed and heard at the county level.