Department News

Day 7: Today, Elf Officer Justice conducted traffic posts, which included speed control and radar operation.  Traffic posts are an essential part of a patrol officer’s daily obligations, which are conducted in an effort to reduce the number motor vehicle crashes.  High visibility of traffics posts, and motor vehicle stops, act to deter careless driving and speeding, among other unsafe operations.  These traffic posts are common in activated School Zones, and areas where high volumes [...]

Day 6: This evening marks Elf Officer Justice’s first night shift on patrol.  During the overnight hours, Elf Off. Justice will assist our patrol officers in conducting parks and business checks, in addition to fielding the many calls for service that continue throughout the shift.  While many are sleeping during the overnight hours, our night shift officers work hard on patrol to ensure the safety of our residents and their properties.  The night shift experience [...]

Day 5: Elf Officer Justice checked in on our police dispatchers (Public Safety Telecommunicators) today, as communications is one of the most important aspects of any law enforcement agency.  Dispatching often requires very good communication and multi-tasking skills. Our dispatchers are often multi-tasking between answering emergent, and non-emergent phones calls, while at the same time communicating over the police radio with officers on patrol.  Without the assistance of our dispatchers, our police officers would either [...]

Day 4: One of the most important aspects of a Lacey Township Police Officer’s day is ensuring the safety and well being of both students and staff, within the Lacey Township School District.  Today, Elf Officer Justice conducted a School Resource “Walk through” at the Lacey Township Middle School, where he assisted our assigned School Resource Officer, and briefed Principal Jason King on his upcoming assignments.  Principal King welcomed Elf Off. Justice to his office, [...]

Day 3: Before Elf Off. Justice begins his patrol of Lacey Township, he must be equipped with the proper tools.  Elf. Off. Justice visited our Department of Public Works Garage, where his newly assigned patrol vehicle was inspected and tuned up by our mechanics.  Our police officers cover a large area in their patrol vehicles during their respective shifts.  It is not uncommon for our patrol vehicles to need proper maintenance and repairs, especially because [...]

The above photo depicts the "No-Shave November Keep it Local 2020" after-photo taken on the evening of Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020. Center is the family of Chief John Szafranski III.  Each November, since 2016, the members of the Lacey Township Police Department have broken protocol for a good cause and this year was no different.  During the first four years of participating in the national No-Shave November Campaign our joint efforts with the local Township [...]

Day 2:  Today, Elf Off. Justice  completed what each new Lacey Township Police Officer is required to do; Policy Review and Field Training.  Elf. Off. Justice graduated an accelerated Field Training Program, which is typically many months long. It is of high importance that each newly sworn Lacey Township Police Officer receives the proper field training, to ensure a firm understanding and knowledge of our community, including, but not limited to, our township roads, parks, schools, [...]

As we enter the month of December, the Lacey Township Police Department welcomes our newest guest, "Elf Officer Justice.”  In the coming days please visit our Lacey PD Facebook, for daily updates on Elf Justice, as he prepares for the arrival of Santa Claus.  Santa Claus is scheduled to arrive at homes in Lacey Township, tentatively, during the overnight hours of December 24th, and early morning hours of December 25th, 2020. During his preparations, Elf [...]

While we continue to remain humbled by the outpouring show of support from our community, we would like to recognize one of our residents, Tina Pilot, and Pilot Real Estate Group, located at 284 Mantoloking Road in Brick, NJ. Yesterday afternoon (November 30th, 2020), Tina Pilot and Pilot Real Estate Group provided several pies for the members of our police department. We extend our utmost gratitude to Tina Pilot and Pilot Real Estate Group for [...]