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Code Red Reverse 911 Emergency Alert Registration
Lacey Township residents are encouraged to sign up for Reverse 9-1-1 notifications through Onsolve CodeRed on their cellular telephones. Click here to be taken to the account access page. The police department utilizes the Reverse 9-1-1 system to send out important telephone messages to residents based on the geographic location of each resident’s home telephone. While land-line, home and business telephones are already in the system’s database, cellular phone numbers are not in the system. This feature allows residents to register additional phone numbers in the Onsolve CodeRed system, so an emergency message related to Lacey Township will be received regardless of the resident’s location at the time. Please click here to go to the registration page.
Mission Statement
It is the mission of the Lacey Township Police Department to protect the lives and property of those who visit, work, or reside in Forked River, Lanoka Harbor, and Bamber Lake, New Jersey. We, as the dedicated members of the Lacey Township Police Department, are committed to working diligently toward reducing criminal activity and victimization while improving the quality of life of the residents we so proudly serve. Our promise is to serve with honor and the highest level of integrity to maintain the public’s confidence in our organization.
Welcome to the Lacey Township Police Department Website
The dedicated members of the Lacey Township Police Department are committed to providing the highest level of service to the community. This includes the use of technology to not only ensure our law enforcement efforts are more efficient and effective, but to also provide the community with convenient services and timely information. You may obtain a motor vehicle accident report, valuable information on identity theft, neighborhood crime alerts, information on the passage of new laws, and much more. Please feel free to browse this website to familiarize yourself with the Lacey Township Police Department and the services available. This site will continue to evolve as additional opportunities to serve you better become available.
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Department News – Epi-Pen Program for Lacey PD – Lacey Township Police Department – Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Dr. Laurence R. DesRochers instructing Lacey Township police officers (EMTs) on the use of EpiPen Auto-Injectors. EpiPen® Auto-Injector Program - The Lacey Township Police Department is proud to announce a new Epinephrine Pen Auto-Injector (EpiPen®) program for the patrol officers within the department who are certified EMTs. Currently, 17 members of the department are certified EMTs which includes Officer Daniel Ricciardella who is a certified paramedic with 8 years of prior emergency medical experience. While legislation in New Jersey is moving toward greater access to EpiPens within the community, it is not yet common for law enforcement agencies to have the life-saving medication available for acute care in the field. Police officers most commonly arrive at medical emergency scenes well ahead of both basic and advanced emergency medical personnel, so the availability of an EpiPen auto-injector at the scene of a victim experiencing Anaphylactic Shock due to an allergic reaction will prove very beneficial. Officer Daniel Ricciardella (left) with Dr. John Kulin, CEO of Urgent Care Now (right) and James Jones, Marketing Director of Urgent Care Now (center). The EpiPen® Auto-Injector is a disposable, pre-filled automatic injection device that when used on a victim, administers epinephrine [...]
Project Medicine Drop Box – Lacey Township Police Department – Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Lacey Township Police Department (Lobby) - Project Medicine Drop Box - Collection and Disposal of Nearly 3,000 Pounds of Unwanted Medications. The Lacey Township Police Department is proud to announce that the "Project Medicine Drop" box in the lobby of police headquarters has resulted in the collection and proper disposal of nearly 3,000 pounds of medication since its installation in February of 2013. The box provides residents with a method to properly dispose of unwanted medication in a safe and legal manner. 2015 1,309 pounds 2014 926 pounds 2013 723 pounds The success of the program is due to the increasing participation by township residents to responsibly dispose of expired medications. Once dropped in the box, the bulk quantity of medications accumulated is weighed and then transported to one of two designated incinerator facilities in either Newark or Rahway, New Jersey. Lacey Township residents may bring their unwanted medication to the lobby of police headquarters 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and simply drop the medication into the clearly marked drop box without any other steps necessary. NO syringes and NO liquids may be dropped, as they are NOT permitted. The drop box is for medication only. No other unwanted items are [...]
Weekly Police Blotter – Lacey Township Police Blotter – February 24, 2016 thru March 2, 2016
Weekly Police Blotter February 24th thru March 2nd, 2016 . . Distribution of Heroin (Arrests) - On Friday, February 26, 2016, at 2:31 a.m., this agency received a call from the Wawa, Route 9 South & Taylor Lane in Forked River, reporting a drug transaction in the women’s bathroom. A description was provided of two suspects who walked south on Route 9 after the transaction and two others who drove away in a vehicle. The vehicle was located by Officer Scott Keefe who conducted a motor vehicle stop on Route 9 near Lakeside Drive South while Officer Christopher Meyler located the two subjects who were walking south along Route 9. At the scene of the motor vehicle stop, the driver was identified as 31-year-old Deirdre Davis of 15 Harborage Avenue in Bayville, NJ. The rear male passenger was identified as 31-year-old Kevin Mack of Boston Way Village in Asbury Park, NJ. Investigation at the scene led to the arrest of both Deirdre Davis and Kevin Mack. A search at the scene revealed a pill bottle containing approximately 40 Oxycodone pills without a prescription and a pill bottle with approximately 23 Xanax bars without prescription. Both Deirdre Davis and Kevin Mack were transported to Lacey Township Police Headquarters. Kevin Mack had originally provided officers with false information and it was determined [...]