All applicants who submitted applications, with proper documents, will receive notification advising them of their written test date and how to obtain a Candidate Preparation Manual. Notifications will be sent electronically, via Police App, during the first week of August. Applicants who do not receive notification by August 15th should contact Sergeant Martucci at kmartucci@trpolice.org.
No. All candidates must participate in the hiring process. If you are hired and are PTC certified as a Regular Police Officer you would start at the “academy graduate” step. If you are currently a Class II or State Police Officer and are hired, we would apply for a waiver from the NJPTC. See below waiver guide:
NJPTC WAIVER GUIDE
This document is for reference only and each candidate should inquire with the New Jersey Police Training Commission for waiver eligibility.
IMPORTANT: The Chief of Police has sole discretion on whether or not a newly hired officer can apply for a waiver, regardless of eligibility.
The standard rule of thumb to obtain a waiver for the “Basic Course for Police Officers” certification from the New Jersey Police Training Commission is as follows:
IN STATE
- Corrections – NO
- SLEO II – YES (within 3 years of graduation from academy)
- NJSP – YES
OUT OF STATE
- Corrections – NO
- Police Officers – Regular full-time officers who are in good standing and are still within 3 years of last employer need to present academy curriculum to PTC for possible waiver.
To see more details on waivers:
- Go to www.NJPTC.com
- Click on “PTC Rules/Act”
- Click on “Police Training Commission Rules”
- Scroll down to Section 13:1-8.4 Waivers
The 2025 starting salary for officers attending the police academy is $50,217.
The 2025 salary for post academy or for applicants that are PTC certified is $56,792.
The 2025 top salary for a patrol officer (11 steps in 11 years) is $145,143.
The 2025 top salary for a corporal (19 years) is $159,433.
The current contract between the Township of Toms River and PBA Local #137 is from 1/1/22 to 12/31/25.
Yes. No visible tattoos on the face, head, neck, or hands are allowed. Tattoos that depict racist, indecent, extremist, lawless or offensive themes are prohibited. A tattoo is considered “offensive” if it is sexist, racist, vulgar, anti-social, violent or discriminates against any person by virtue of words, symbols or pictures in the tattoo or body art. The Chief of Police or his designee will have the discretion of determining the appropriateness of the tattoo.
Yes, if you have 64 college credit hours from an accredited college or university combined with 2 years of full-time out-of-state regular police service you are eligible to apply. You will have to submit proof that you were a certified, regular, full-time officer for 2 years and provide the corresponding academy or state certification. The Toms River Police Department has the right and sole discretion to accept or deny out-of-state police certificates.
An out-of-state police officer certification does not guarantee a waiver from the New Jersey Police Training Commission and if hired, you may need to attend the entire 22 week police academy.
IMPORTANT: The Chief of Police has sole discretion on whether or not a newly hired officer can apply for a waiver, regardless of eligibility.
The standard rule of thumb to obtain a waiver for the “Basic Course for Police Officers” certification from the New Jersey Police Training Commission is as follows:
SWIM TEST
The below directions are to help you prepare for the swim test and may be modified at any time.
- Enter the pool in the shallow end and hold onto shallow end wall
- Time will start when you push off the wall or start to swim from shallow end wall
- Swim length of pool to deep end and touch deep end wall (approximately 25 yards)
- Turn around at deep end in any fashion (may push off wall) and swim to shallow end wall (feet cannot touch floor)
- Touch shallow end wall and turn around in any fashion (may push off wall) and swim to 8 foot mark in deep end of pool (proctor will alert you when you are at the 8 foot mark)
- Tread water momentarily above weighted object
- Retrieve approximate 10 lb. weighted object at bottom of pool (8 ft. depth)
- Bring weighted object to nearest side of pool (only time you may use feet to push off bottom of pool to surface)
- Clock will stop when weighted object is placed on ground outside of pool (you do not need to be outside of pool to place weighted object on ground outside of pool for time to stop)
- Must complete the test within 1 minute and 45 seconds
YOU MAY:
- Tread water to rest
- Swim above or underwater in any style
YOU MAY NOT:
- Wear goggles
- Wear swim cap
- Use hand paddles (bare hands only)
- Use footwear of any kind (bare feet only)
- Use a running start (you will start in pool)
- Exit pool and reenter
- Touch floor to rest once you begin (Automatic DQ)
- Grab side of pool to rest once you begin (Automatic DQ)
- Retake or restart the test (no second attempts)
You can go to the recruiting section of the Toms River Police website (trpolice.org) and follow the links to the Police App job posting or go directly to
https://www.policeapp.com/Toms-River-NJ-Police-Department/867/
All documents, communication and schedules will go directly through Police App.
You will need to have your certified / sealed college transcripts with you for the Pre-Interview phase (between the written and physical tests).
Officers are given personal, vacation and sick leave time which is based on the number of years of service and current contracts.
Officers and immediate family members receive medical and dental coverage through Aetna.
Retirees receive a pension from the New Jersey Police and Firemen’s Retirement System.
No. There are no make-up days for any test, appointment, or interview.
The written test will be administered by a 3rd party vendor and instructions on how to obtain instructional material will be provided to applicants prior to testing.
Written Exam – Toms River High School East on 9/11/2024 at 6:00 pm
Physical Task Assessment – Ocean County College on 10/13/2024
Swim Test – Ocean County YMCA on 10/13/2024
No. We are not a civil service town and you do not need to be a resident of Toms River to take the test or to be hired.
To fulfill the education requirement, you need to have 64 college credits combined with two years of full-time regular police or two years of full-time active duty military service completed by 7/31/2024.
Your Bachelor’s Degree needs to be completed by 7/31/2024 to fulfill the education requirement, or you need to have 64 college credits combined with two years of full-time regular police or two years of full-time active duty military service completed by 7/31/2024.
No. Any 4-year degree from an accredited college or university will satisfy the degree requirement.
Yes. You can request a waiver from the PTC if you are a SLEO II to obtain certification for the Basic Course for Police Officers.
No. corrections officer service doesn’t count towards the full-time, regular police service requirement.
No. Full-time SLEO II service doesn’t count towards the full-time, regular police officer service requirement.