Tag: New Jersey agencies: Page 34

Patrol

Bull Run: 1,400-Pound Steer Drags Officers Down N.J. Street

A 1,400-pound bull dragged officers who were attempting to return it to a slaughterhouse down the street during a 10-block run, before the animal was captured and returned, MyFoxNJ reports.

September 27, 2009

Special Units

SWAT Officers Shot In Raid In Lakewood, N.J.

A gunman opened fire early Thursday on a SWAT team that burst into a home during a drug and gun raid, wounding four officiers while spraying bullets from atop a staircase, authorities said. One officer was critically wounded.

September 23, 2009

Technology

Side-Scan Sonar Identifies N.Y. Crash Evidence

Side-scan sonar is known as a "towfish" — it's a torpedo-like device towed behind a boat. The towfish converts acoustic sound pulses into a video image of the river bottom. To a trained operator, the resulting image offers a photographic view of the bottom that can be used to identify items of interest.

September 1, 2009

SWAT

Tough Times for Jersey City Police

When the door was forced open with a ram, Officer DiNardo was first in, and immediately hit by a shotgun blast to the face from five feet away.

August 4, 2009

Patrol

Hundreds Line Jersey City Streets, As Officer Is Laid to Rest

Hundreds of well-wishers lined the streets of Jersey City, N.J., as the casket of slain Det. Marc DiNardo arrived at St. Aedan's Church on Friday escorted by police motorcycles, an honor guard, and a bagpipe band, reports Philly.com.

July 26, 2009

Patrol

Jersey City Officer Marc DiNardo Remains on Life Support, Police Say

Authorities on Monday said Officer Marc DiNardo's condition deteriorated and his demise was imminent. Lt. Edgar Martinez said the 37-year-old is still in critical condition at Jersey City Medical Center.

July 20, 2009

Patrol

Jersey City Officer To Be Taken Off Life Support, Organs Harvested

The most seriously wounded of the five Jersey City police officers injured in last week's shootout will not survive and his organs will be donated, officials said yesterday as colleagues, family members, and friends said final goodbyes to 37-year-old Marc DiNardo.

July 20, 2009

Patrol

Five New Jersey Officers Wounded, Two Suspects Killed in Daylight Gunbattle

Staked out in an unmarked cruiser on Reed Street in Jersey City, police Lt. Michael Kelly and Detective Marc Lavelle waited patiently for two people last seen in a red Ford Focus, the suspected getaway car in a near-fatal shooting last month.

July 16, 2009

Patrol

Jersey City Police Hold Hospital Vigil for Critically Wounded Officers

Police this morning continued to hold vigil at a hospital for two officers critically wounded in a gun battle Thursday. Officer Marc Dinardo was shot in the left side of the face and Officer Michael Camacho was shot in the neck. Thursday's shootout left six other officers injured and two armed robbery suspects dead.

July 16, 2009

Patrol

Prosecutor: N.J. Trooper Reckless in Crash that Killed Teens

Three weeks after New Jersey State Trooper Robert Higbee blew through a stop sign while on duty, crashing into a minivan and killing two teen-agers, he told investigators that he remembered stopping at the sign and looking both ways before proceeding through the intersection.

May 6, 2009

Patrol

Shots Fired: Jersey Village, Texas 01-31-2006

Officer Holly Mong had just gotten into the vehicle in her driveway and no sooner closed the driver's side door than it flew back open. She was being carjacked.

September 30, 2008

Special Units

N.J. SWAT Team Disbanded After Taking Photos with Hooters Waitresses

The commander of the Hoboken, N.J., SWAT team has been disciplined and his team dissolved after city officials discovered photos of the team taken at an Alabama Hooters restaurant last year.

November 20, 2007