Thank you to all who attended PBA 137's 27th Annual Vest-A-Cop. This was our most successful event ever! We had a great night of fun at Pizza Hut as our officers served the community dinner. Following tradition, the parking lot was filled with entertainment for the entire family. From music, to bounce houses, to classic [...]
We are so excited to announce our partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ocean County! Our officers will be mentors for some pretty amazing kids and we couldn't be happier about it! Teaming up with this wonderful organization gives our officers the opportunity to have positive interactions with the youth of our community. We [...]
Such a fun day getting to participate in the Toms River Youth Camp Water Gun Battle. Even Chief Little jumped in on the fun! Check out our photos and video from the day. Please click link for video: https://vimeo.com/228695157 See more: https://www.tomsriverpolicefoundation.org/
Last week we held our annual Toms River Police Youth Camp. It was run by Officer Pam Slaven and assisted by Detective Jen Grob, Officers Vinny Pedalino, Jason Stallworth, Ronnie Bayer, Brian Jarka, Mike Gallipoli and Class One Officer Jose Diaz. It was such a great week for both the campers and the officers. We could [...]
Congratulations Officers Robert Westfall, Pascal Gambardella, Kyle Lamar, Frank Moschella, Adam Worth, Michael DeRosa, John Marsacano and Kenneth Thomas. All received MADD Distinguished Service Awards at the 2017 MADD Awards (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) at an award ceremony held at Rutgers University on June 14, 2017. Ptl. Westfall also received the ‘Top Cop Award’ For [...]
School's out and summer is here, you know what that means... Operation Brain Freeze begins tomorrow! We are excited to announce we have increased the number of "Ice Cream Tickets" we will be handing out to those children who obey the law. Always wear your bike helmets, have fun and always be safe!
A little fun in the sun at East Dover Elementary School for K-9 Brutus and his partner Sgt. James Reilly. The children had an opportunity to learn about Toms River Police Departments K-9's and how they assist their human partners in fighting crime.
The Toms River Police Department proudly kicked off their Spillman Technologies partnership with Manchester Township Police Department on June 20th. Members of both police departments joined forces to implement this records management and computer aided dispatch software, that has been used by Toms River for the past 9 years, enabling in-car reporting and enhanced searching [...]
This year has been a model year for the program due to two outstanding students that Mr. Potter selected as program participants for the Police Department. High School North Seniors Abel Bomtempo and Dylan Bonilla started in September 2016 and will complete the CAP Program at the end of this month. Not only have they [...]
It was so wonderful to receive a large stack of “High Fives” from the students at Silver Bay Elementary School. We are very grateful for the support we feel from the community and want these children to know how much we truly appreciate all of their kind words, fantastic drawings and, of course, their “High [...]