Rumson police on Friday hosted a visit from a special new friend. That friend was bearing an in-person gift of bridging a gap in understanding protecting and serving between law enforcement and special needs people.
Continue reading Scene Around: Rumson Policing with a Special FriendTag Archives: Rumson Police Department
Scene Around: New Rumson Officers on the Police Beat
There are four new patrolmen on the police beat in Rumson. Two are new to the department and two rose up in its ranks.
Continue reading Scene Around: New Rumson Officers on the Police BeatScene Around: Rumson Cops Dispatch Teaching Moment

Calling all potential police dispatchers. That’s a 10-4 in Rumson. And a couple of officers schooled some vocational school students on the need and the criteria today.
Continue reading Scene Around: Rumson Cops Dispatch Teaching MomentScene Around: Rumson, Fair Haven Cops Ride for Those Who Died

They’re riding for those who died.
Thursday marked the start of the Police Unity Tour. The tour, trumpeting the motto, “We Ride for Those Who Died,” takes hundreds of current and retired police officers from all over New Jersey on a bicycle ride to the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington DC in honor of fallen law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty. Each cycling officer rides in memory of a particular fallen one. Each year, the officers embark on the tour from a different Jersey spot. This year, they left from Mercer County.
Continue reading Scene Around: Rumson, Fair Haven Cops Ride for Those Who DiedScene Around: Rumson Cops Run Toward Suicide Prevention

A dank, dark Sunday didn’t stop those running for the cause of shining a light on suicide prevention awareness in the annual Ridge Road Run 5K. And some of Rumson’s finest were among the many sprinting into the support effort — specifically, three police officers.
Continue reading Scene Around: Rumson Cops Run Toward Suicide PreventionScene Around: Rumson’s New Police Chief on the Beat

It’s official. There’s a new police chief in town — Rumson, that is. In fact, he’s been sworn in for about a month, since March 12. He’s former Rumson Police Lt. Robert Boyer.
Continue reading Scene Around: Rumson’s New Police Chief on the BeatRetro Rumson Police Swear-In and Appreciation

The other day was Law Enforcement Appreciation Day.
Continue reading Retro Rumson Police Swear-In and AppreciationRumson Police Report: DUIs & Resisting Arrest
The following September and October arrests were reported by Rumson police. An arrest does not constitute a conviction.
Continue reading Rumson Police Report: DUIs & Resisting ArrestScene Around: A Rumson PD Sergeant & Fair Haven Gentleman
There’s a new sergeant in town — Rumson, that is.
Continue reading Scene Around: A Rumson PD Sergeant & Fair Haven GentlemanRumson Mourns Retired Police Captain William ‘Bill’ Brush


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Rumson is in mourning over the passing of retired Police Captain William “Bill” Brush.
Continue reading Rumson Mourns Retired Police Captain William ‘Bill’ BrushScene Around: A Rumson Officer & the Schools

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There’s a new Rumson police officer in town.
Her name is Dawn Shields and she is officially the newest member of the Rumson Police Department, the department announced in a social media post. Shields is a Special Law Enforcement Officer Class II. Special II officers are auxiliary, part-time officers who have basically the same authorizations as a permanent officer in a department. They are authorized to carry a weapon and have the power to make arrests and other functions similar to those of a full-time officer.
She comes to Rumson after retirement from a 26-year career with the Red Bank Police Department, the post said. Shields, in her tenure as a Red Bank officer, was a “School Resource Officer and D.A.R.E/L.E.A.D. instructor,” it added.
She will be doing more of the same in Rumson schools.
“We are happy that Dawn can now share her knowledge and experience in Rumson while protecting our schools,” the post concluded. “Welcome S/O III Shields!!”
- Retro RFH Presidential Spirit of ’76
- In Memoriam: Rumson-Raised RFH ’96 Grad, Son, Husband, Father, John Sievers Ekdahl, 47
- FYI: On and Around the New Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge
- In Memoriam: Longtime Rumson Resident, Carolyn Ott, 95
- In Memoriam: Longtime Red Bank Resident, Cathleen Murray, 100
Rumson Police Report: Several DUI Arrests
The following July and May DUI arrests were reported by Rumson police. An arrest does not constitute a conviction.
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