What an amazing week last week at our Police Youth Camp! The strength and discipline these children demonstrated, especially during a heatwave, was incredible! We aren’t sure who had more fun, the kids or the instructors. We’ll let you decide! https://youtu.be/2rFrLSrYDVY *We do not own the rights to this music. Authority Song - John Mellencamp [...]
Sgt. Martucci, K-9 Cyrus, Ptl. Inglis, K-9 Riggs and Ptl. Carafa performed a K-9 demonstration for the Ortley Beach Moose Lodge #399 and the Ortley Beach Women of the Moose Chapter #1248. This demonstration was performed as a thank you for their generous and charitable donations to our vest [...]
On behalf of the entire Toms River Police Department Family, we’d like to wish Deputy Chief Michael Belcher a wonderful retirement! Deputy Chief Michael Belcher: Dates of Service January 30, 1995 - June 30, 2021 Deputy Chief Michael Belcher is a lifelong New Jersey resident, and is a 26 year veteran of the Toms River [...]
Join our Community Service Officer team today! Community Service Officers are certified emergency medical technicians who provide care during medical emergencies and transportation for advanced care when necessary. Apply today using the link provided, or visit www.tomsrivertownship.com for more information. https://tomsrivertownship.com/DocumentCenter/View/1827/Part-Time-Relief-Community-Service-Officer-EMT-
With school out for the summer, we would be remiss if we did not take the time to acknowledge some amazing people. Thank you to our incredible crossing guards for making sure everyone gets to and from school safely during the school year. These brave men and women are truly a joy to work with, [...]
It is imperative that we have qualified officers in the field working to solve cases in every aspect of being a police officer. After weeks of dedicated training, these 10 officers are now certified Crime Scene Technicians. Thank you for your hard work and dedication to this police department and our great community! [...]
During the 2021 Torch Run our TRPD family was proud to carry the torch from Ortley Beach to Brick in support of Special Olympics . Six of our officers continued on to Brielle to support other agencies and raise additional funds. Thank you to all officers near and far who run every year for these [...]
Our community has always been our top priority. The Toms River Police Foundation regularly applies for grants to assist us in our community outreach. Thank you to Ocean First Foundation for choosing us as one of their Good Neighbor grant recipients for 2021!
Please be advised the 10:00 PM curfew, for children 17 and younger, in the northern beach section of town is in effect from now through Labor Day Weekend. Last summer we began experiencing a significant increase in the number of unruly juveniles congregating and committing offenses in the northern beach section of town. In response [...]
It’s back... and we are so excited! We want everyone to have a safe enjoyable summer. Tomorrow begins our 2021 Operation Brain Freeze campaign. Officers will be out looking for young riders in the community who abide by the law and wear their bicycle helmets. Each year we enjoy all of the photos sent in [...]