Just before 9:30 pm on May 20th, Officer Daniel Spagnuolo was dispatched to the area of Squankum Road and Shafto Road for the report of an explosion and a smoke condition. Upon arrival he was met by a neighborhood resident, who advised that he observed two vehicles, traveling slowly on Squankum Road just before he […]

On Friday, May 19th @1000am at the Ocean County Police Academy there was the annual fallen officer memorial service with the families of the fallen officers present.

Captain Joseph Goertz had his name placed on the memorial wall during the ceremony. The Richter, Preslar, and Matlosz families were all in attendance.

Afterward, at headquarters in the lobby, […]

WANTED PERSON

May 12, 2023 – At 8 pm Officer Matthew McAvoy was patrolling in the area of Clifton Avenue and observed Raymond Garcia-Garcia, 35 years old, from Lakewood, NJ, drinking in public. Dispatch confirmed an active warrant for Garcia and he was arrested, processed at headquarters, and transported to Ocean County Jail.

Officer Joseph Soriano and […]

This year marks the 16th year of our fallen brother Officer William “Nichie” Preslar’s death in the Line of Duty. He was a six-year veteran killed in a car accident on May 14, 2007, on New Egypt Road, when he swerved to avoid striking a deer and struck a tree. Nichie and his beloved wife […]