New Jersey State Police
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New Jersey State Police troopers helped police all eight 2026 World Cup matches at MetLife Stadium; a 21 July 2026 after-action report they co-wrote logged well over 370,000 fan trips and set tighter crowd limits for future stadium events.
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New Jersey State Police troopers were deployed for security duty at all eight of MetLife Stadium's 2026 World Cup matches, including the 19 July final.
Once the tournament ended, the force joined four partner agencies in a report, published 21 July 2026, reviewing how security and transit had performed across the stadium's 39-day World Cup window; the group's tally put fan movements well past 370,000 and recommended a forward planning limit of 20,000 riders per two-hour period for future mega-events.
That review sits alongside $875 million in documented federal tournament security spending which has not been reconciled against its own passenger counts, but for the State Police it represents a single after-action exercise within a much broader, ongoing statewide policing mandate.
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