The Toms River Police Foundation was established in 2005 as a Non-profit 501(c)(3) Corporation. It is comprised of 14 board members from various businesses and government agencies in Toms River, including the Chief of Police, Mitch Little. The sole purpose of the Foundation is to use the donations collected to assist the police department in [...]
Toms River Police Officers Ken Thomas and Matt Crosta just had the pleasure of attending a ceremony at TD Bank on Bridge Ave in Point Pleasant. This follows up a week long fundraising event by several TD Bank branches, including all of the branches located in Toms River. The PBA was presented with a check [...]
The Toms River Police Foundation presents the Hope Center of Toms River with a $2,500 donation. It was a portion of the proceeds from their 18th Annual Jingle Bells Run 5K Race held in December, 2016. The Hope Center was chosen as a Spotlight organization to receive monies to help them assist those in need [...]
On Saturday February 25, The Toms River Police Department team participated in the Polar Bear Plunge in Seaside Heights to support Special Olympics of New Jersey. With the support of the Dispatchers, PBA, FOP and everyone involved, there were 23 plungers. Our team raised $7,651.00 and was ranked 33rd out of 435 teams. Awesome job [...]
Toms River Police Officer Brett Hansen was seriously injured when involved in an off-duty collision on the Garden State NJ Parkway on 01-04-17. Brett’s injuries are so severe, that he required teams of surgeons to repair him. He is still in a coma and is breathing for brief periods of time on his own but [...]
The Team Hansen Charity Hockey Game is moving along nicely in the planning stage. So far, we have gotten some great raffle prizes and most notably, an authentic NY Giants autographed photo. Game tickets will be available shortly at the Winding River Skating Center or at the door on the date of the event. Thank [...]
While sad to see Officer DJ Unger retire at last night’s township council meeting, Toms River Police Chief Mitchell Little said he was happy the town approved a new hire so quickly. “This is a bittersweet moment for us. We are sad to see Officer Unger forced to retire so early in his career, but [...]
Exciting announcement! Our injured brother Brett Hansen's old police department (Camden County PD) contacted us for a benefit hockey game to help his family with mounting medical bills. The TRPD happily accepted the challenges and the game is on! So mark your calendars for February 18th at 7pm at the Winding River Skating Center for [...]
Patrolman DJ Unger left work for the final time yesterday and was honored by his fellow officers as he left the building. Officer Unger was proud to wear the TRPD uniform and was looking forward to a long and successful career. With only sixteen years on the job he faced the difficult decision to step [...]
Thank you to Toms River Post 129 American Legion Riders for their generous donation to the Brett Hansen Fund. Officer Hansen is still in very serious condition at a local hospital recovering from injuries he sustained in an off duty motor vehicle crash on January 4th. We appreciate the generosity from our community as well [...]