We wanted to take a minute and recognize some awesome officers for their MADD Awards (presented late due to Covid restrictions). Thank you to Officer Robert Westfall, Officer PJ Gambardella, Officer Ryan Fitzgerald, and Officer David Talty for your outstanding efforts in keeping our roads safe! Well done gentleman! Patrolman Robert Westfall has led [...]
Attention Toms River businesses, we would love your support! Thank you to all the businesses who have already signed up to participate in our “Round Up for Change” fundraising campaign this May. To find out how your business can get involved, please email trpf@trpolice.org. To our amazing community, and all of the awesome businesses, who [...]
We stand with all law enforcement and parents to protect our youth and the officers who truly want the best for them! The new law goes far beyond the simple legalization of marijuana. It indirectly decriminalizes marijuana use for our youth and ties the hands of law enforcement and their ability to do their job. [...]
When Captain Michael Miller was promoted to Captain at the beginning of the month, he transferred command of Toms River Police Department’s Emergency Services Unit to Lieutenant Robert Rankin. We want to thank Captain Miller for over 17 years of service on the unit, and congratulate Lieutenant Rankin on his promotion to, not only lieutenant, [...]
https://youtu.be/mRZVPvCnwXA It's March 1st and that means a new workout challenge! Each month we post a video of one of our officers performing a workout. We want you to video yourself doing our workout and post it on your social media with the hashtag #TRPDFitnessChallenge. At the end of the month a winner will be [...]
On behalf of the entire Toms River Police Department Family, we’d like to wish Captain Shaun O'Keeffe a wonderful retirement! Captain Shaun O'Keeffe : Dates of service January 17, 1996 – March 1, 2021. Captain Shaun O’Keeffe was raised in West Orange, NJ and graduated from West Orange High School in 1989. His collegiate journey [...]
Captain Michael Miller is a graduate of Ocean County Police Academy’s 65th class. He joined the Toms River Police Department in August 1995. Captain Miller is a Toms River Schools graduate. He received his Associates Degree in Criminal Justice from Ocean County College, Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice from Richard Stockton College, and a Masters [...]
Lieutenant Stephen Austin is a graduate of the John H. Stamler Police Academy’s 73rd class in Scotch Plains. He subsequently joined the Toms River Police Department in June of 1996. He received his bachelor’s degree in Administration of Justice from Rutgers College. Lieutenant Austin spent the first 22 years of his career in the Patrol [...]
Sergeant Matthew Broderick is a lifelong New Jersey resident and a 10-year veteran of the Toms River Police Department. Born and raised in Hazlet, he graduated from Raritan High School in 2004. In 2008 Sergeant Broderick graduated from Caldwell University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice and a minor in Sociology. Prior [...]
K9 Riggs K9 Kylo Toms River Police Department’s K9s Kylo and Riggs have received bullet and stab protective vests thanks to a charitable donation from non-profit organization Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. K9 Kylo’s vest was sponsored by Michael Carafa of Manasquan Bank and embroidered with the sentiment “This gift of [...]