Recently, a spouter warned West Wildwood residents that the curr

West Wildwood - Recently, a spouter warned West Wildwood residents that the current chief of police would have to be absorbed into the Wildwood Police Department in the event of a merger. Wildwood City is a New Jersey State Civil Service police department, as are North Wildwood and Wildwood Crest. West Wildwood is non-civil service, and police are hired by the local governing body as at-will employees. The chief has zero chance of being hired by Wildwood Police Department, unless she passes a state civil service test and proceeds through the hiring process like any other recruit.