Keep Your Bicycles Safe
With the arrival of the warmer weather communities may see an uptick in bicycle thefts. To help keep your bicycle safe please use the following tips.
Congratulations to the Class of 2020!
It may not have been the year anyone anticipated, but we could not be more proud of the resiliency and strength that you have shown during this difficult time. We’d like to wish all of our Toms River Schools students a wonderful and safe summer. Congratulations to the class of 2020!
2020 Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics
The Special Olympics is very near and dear to the hearts of everyone at the Toms River Police Department. When the 2020 Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics was canceled due to the Covid pandemic our officers got creative. 58 police officers ran in small waves to make sure that the torch was carried [...]
76th Anniversary of D-Day
Circa 1960, members of (then) Dover Township PBA #137 awarding World War II Hero, and Toms River resident, Leonard “Bud” Lomell a “Lifetime Silver Card”. Bud Lomell was a highly decorated US Army Ranger best known for disabling all five German guns that were hidden in an orchard at Pointe de Hoc on the coast [...]
Our Message of Peace
Thank you News 12 New Jersey for sharing our message of peace. Click here for the story.
You’re Not Alone Campaign
It was a wonderful two weeks of meal deliveries to our senior community. The Toms River Police Foundation received a grant from the Toms River Family Heath Support Coalition to purchase meals and distribute them to our seniors who are struggling during these unprecedented times. We partnered with the Toms River Twp. Senior Center and [...]
Thank you to all of our TRPD EMS/CSOs
Thank you to all of our TRPD EMS/CSOs especially during these extremely challenging and difficult times. We are so proud to have you as part of our TRPD family. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc2k0ZhQ_xk&fbclid=IwAR0tIBAmRwx3WtuUKvTVCJW6Dh0f5_JT_u57ASiH93BMUo9bk0RZYXNmnj8&app=desktop
Please share the following information with your loved ones. There has been increased activity in a scam directed toward grandparents where the caller represents themselves as a grandchild who is incapacitated in some manor. Anyone claiming over the phone to be a relative asking for money, especially in an urgent manor, should be verified by [...]
Community Coming Together
Jimmy Capone (owner of Capones Restaurant) organized a community outreach effort to provide pizza, tacos, chicken fingers, pastries and coffee to residents affected by yesterday’s storm and workers cleaning up the area. The following restaurants donated items: • Capones Restaurant in TR • Conca D’oro in Forked River • Gringo’s Taco Shack in Ortley Beach [...]
Thank You to Our Dispatchers
Dispatchers are the lifeline to our officers and those in need. Although we don’t say it enough, we truly appreciate and respect each and every one of our dispatchers. We know that without them we could not operate to the capacity we do! So to our Toms River Dispatchers and telecommunicators around the globe, we [...]