Department News

Online Police Reporting Feature Available - For the convenience of the public, the police department now has online reporting available through the police department website at www.LaceyPD.org/police-report/. Currently, online reporting will be limited to incidents of Lost Property, Stolen Property, and Criminal Mischief. This new feature allows citizens to report these matters at their convenience without disrupting their personal schedules. The police department is aware, as with the recent rash of criminal mischief incidents, that many [...]

Drug Presentations - On Friday, September 7, 2013, Chief David A. Paprota of the Lacey Township Police Department spoke to the entire student body of the Lacey Township High School regarding drug abuse within the township which has led to overdoses and multiple drug overdose deaths. Principal James Handschuch and his staff provided time during the annual grade level, beginning-of-the-year assemblies for Chief Paprota to speak. Students were addressed by grade level (9th, 10th, 11th, & 12th) in separate assemblies, and [...]

Saturday, August 24, 2013 - The members of the Lacey Township Police Department are proud of Officers Anthony Sarno, Charles May, Daniel Ricciardella, Michael Hein, and Scott Keefe for their performance in the Municipal Alliance 5K Run at Gille Park this morning. It was a wonderful and well run event complimented by perfect weather. Officer Anthony Sarno and Officer Charles May honored their families and the police department by taking 1st Place and 3rd Place, respectively, for the 24 to 29-year-old category [...]

The Lacey Township Police Department would like to thank the members of the Berkeley Township Police Department for their efforts in facilitating interagency, active shooter response training. In an effort to enhance the cooperative interaction of the Lacey Township Police Department with our neighboring police agencies, on Wednesday, August 21, 2013, members of Lacey PD participated in joint tactical operations training with personnel from Berkeley PD at an elementary school in Bayville. Both agencies recognize the importance of cooperative training, [...]

Interagency Tactical Training - On Wednesday, August 7, 2013, the Lacey Township Police Department conducted tactical training operations at the Lacey Township Middle School to further prepare patrol officers and detectives for a tactical response to an active shooter situation. The Lacey Township Police Department hosted nine members of the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office who each trained side-by-side with Lacey PD personnel. This interagency training is the first segment in a series of cooperative, training exercises the police department will be facilitating with [...]

Lacey Township Drug & Alcohol DUI Checkpoint Operation The Lacey Township Police Department facilitated a coordinated, multi-agency Drug and Alcohol (DUI) Checkpoint along Route 9 South in Forked River during the five hour period of 10:00 p.m. on Friday, July 26, 2013, to 3:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 27, 2013. In our continuing effort toward interagency collaboration and cooperation, the Lacey Township Police Department coordinated the checkpoint operation with five other law enforcement agencies. Patrol [...]

Congratulations to newly promoted Lieutenant Christopher Cornelius and Lieutenant Michael DiBella! Both have demonstrated they are up to the task and will do an exceptional job as lieutenants in the Lacey Township Police Department. With the loss of 9 full-time officers over the past few years and an additional 4 retirements pending, Lieutenant Cornelius and Lieutenant DiBella will be facing the challenge of tackling the problems of the community by getting the most out of the limited resources currently available.  As [...]