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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.