It was a beautiful morning for the Annual Torch Run to support Special Olympics, a charity near and dear to the Toms River Police Department. Officers gathered at 5:00 AM in Ortley to begin their 4 mile run along the coast to Brick. Some of our runners continued the run an additional 9 miles to [...]
The purpose of Coffee with a Cop is for our officers to meet the people in our community. We want you to come say hello and get to know the officers in your neighborhood. Ask questions, voice your concerns, and learn about the different things we do as a police department to ensure the safety [...]
We'd like to give a shout-out to some remarkable students at Silver Bay Elementary who were selected to have Cookies With A Cop for showing respect and offering acts of kindness toward others! The students learned more about Officer Paul, the officer in their school every day. We are so proud of these students and [...]
Last night’s Toms River Township council meeting was filled with smiles as we recognized or officers. The room erupted with applause as we honored our retirees, and celebrated promotions, an appointment, and several awards. We’d like to thank Detective Randy Petrick and Detective Kevin Scully for their years of dedicated service to this police department [...]
What a beautiful morning to honor our fallen heroes with a parade and ceremony in downtown Toms River. The parade was sponsored by the George P. Vanderveer American Legion Post 129. It was so nice to see all in attendance. Have a wonderful day today. Please take a few moments to reflect on those [...]
Such a kind gesture to say thank you to our awesome Toms River FMBA Local 483 dispatchers. This delicious package was sent from the family of the young teen who needed assistance on the river earlier this week!
As winds picked up today one teen boater found himself unable to paddle back to the boat ramp. He called 911 and spoke with dispatcher Kassie who’s quick-thinking gave them the tools to locate the boater. He was safely holding onto a dock on the river when Kassie sent him a link for 911Eye, a [...]
We received a phone call to thank one of our officers for treating their softball team to ice cream when he saw them out after their game. They sent this sweet photo to say Thank You to Officer Kant!
A lot of the time you see on our social media all the fun things officers are doing in town, but that is just the “extras” they do above and beyond the call of duty. Day to day our officers are working hard in our community, often times in dangerous situations. So as we come [...]
We'd like to extend a warm Thank You to Dr. Lewis and the staff at Ocean Urology for the incredibly generous lunch they sent us this week to show their appreciation of law enforcement.