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Patrol

NJ Officers Will Soon be Allowed to Use Marijuana Off Duty

Police officers are barred from possessing or using marijuana while on the clock, or performing any work while under the influence.

April 15, 2022

Patrol

NJ Officer Catches 3-Year-Old Boy Tossed from Burning Apartment

The man disappeared back into the apartment as the officers shouted from the ground for him to hurry, and he then reappeared with the toddler.

March 9, 2022

Patrol

Video Released of NJ Backhoe Rampage That Ended with Fatal OIS

“He’s going into houses, Jim. We’ve gotta do something now,” one officer declares as he races after the vehicle. Footage from Vineland Police Sgt. Louis Platania’s body camera shows him exit his car and run toward the backhoe.

January 14, 2022

Patrol

NJ Officer Killed in Crash with Garbage Truck

Officer Julio Noriega was driving his Honda to work when he crashed into the truck and his vehicle caught fire, the department said on social media.

January 11, 2022

Point of Law

NJ Bill Would Allow Officers to Review Video Before Writing Reports for Some Incidents

Police would still have to write initial summaries from memory in cases where somebody died.

January 11, 2022

Patrol

Off-Duty NJ Officer Shot Trying to Stop Robbery

Officials said the bullet grazed the face of the officer, who suffered a non-life-threatening injury and was being treated at a local hospital. The officer is expected to recover.

December 28, 2021

Patrol

NJ Officer Fatally Shoots Man who Flipped Patrol Vehicle with Backhoe

Witnesses said the suspect flipped a patrol vehicle and an ambulance, crashed into another patrol vehicle, damaged privately owned vehicles, and even damaged some homes.

December 20, 2021

Patrol

NJ Officers Swept Away in Floodwaters Fire Their Guns to Summon Help

Officer James Hoffman's patrol car started taking on water, then started floating away — sliding sideways about 100 yards into deeper water. He ditched his bulky duty vest, climbed through a window and started swimming. He found a tree and held on.

September 2, 2021

Patrol

NJ K-9 Stabbed, Trooper Attacked with Flashlight

After the suspect's vehicle was disabled, “Troopers ordered the driver to exit the vehicle, but he refused, so a State Police K-9 was utilized to assist troopers entering the vehicle to apprehend the suspect,” the agency said in a statement.

August 17, 2021

Special Units

FBI Rescues Kidnap Victim, Kills Suspect

FBI agents who were investigating that kidnapping tracked the suspects to an apartment complex in Leonia, NJ. The agents were serving a search warrant at 6 a.m. when one of the suspects was fatally shot.

June 16, 2021

Patrol

Union: NJ Officers Mobbed and Beaten Making Arrest

“Our officers were pummeled to the ground, kicked in the head and choked,” Newark FOP's James Stewart told NJ Advance Media. “Body worn cameras were forcibly removed and smashed on the ground by the suspects.”

June 3, 2021

Patrol

NJ Officer Fired for Calling BLM Protesters "Terrorists" on Facebook

Hopewell Township, NJ, has fired a police officer who described Black Lives Matter protesters as “terrorists” and will suspend and demote another for replying to a comment on the Facebook post.

May 4, 2021