Fred H. Madden Jr. (born March 30, 1954) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has represented the 4th Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate from 2004 to 2024.
[1] Madden served as acting superintendent of the New Jersey State Police in 2002, after rising through the ranks from trooper to lieutenant colonel.
After he retired from the State Police force in 2002, he worked as the chief of investigations in the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office.
Madden received training at the FBI Academy and the United States Secret Service Dignitary Protection School.
Under Madden's command, the New Jersey State Police established its Internet sex offender registry, a computer crimes initiative to combat identity theft and Internet crimes against children, and he served as a member of New Jersey's State Domestic Preparedness Task Force to address issues of homeland security and counter-terrorism.