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 Beat 
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 Moment 
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 Died 
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 Prevention 
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 Beat 
The other day was Law Enforcement Appreciation Day.
Continue reading Retro Rumson Police Swear-In and Appreciation 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 Arrest
There’s a new sergeant in town — Rumson, that is.
Continue reading Scene Around: A Rumson PD Sergeant & Fair Haven Gentleman
Rumson is in mourning over the passing of retired Police Captain William “Bill” Brush.
Continue reading Rumson Mourns Retired Police Captain William ‘Bill’ Brush
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!!”
The following July and May DUI arrests were reported by Rumson police. An arrest does not constitute a conviction.
Continue reading Rumson Police Report: Several DUI Arrests
It’s National Police Week.
With that, the Retro Pic of the Day honors the Rumson Police Department with a glimpse of its officers of the past, courtesy of a photo from the Rumson PD Facebook page.
Whatever year it was, it looks as though there were eight officers in the department then.
Our guess, considering the uniforms, that Perri Eli was chief at the time.
The photo features: Henry Kruse, James Wallace, David Kenney, Edmond Desmond, Perri Eli, John Connett, Seth Johnson and William Zerr.
Do you know who the juvenile officer was at the time? Ranks? Who was your favorite old time police officer from when you were growing up?
Have you thanked a police officer today?
— Elaine Van Develde
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