Tag: Hazlet Police Department

  • Hazlet officer uses crisis intervention training to assist person in distress

    Hazlet officer uses crisis intervention training to assist person in distress

    “You’ve got to let me help you” were some of the first words a Hazlet police officer used to help a suicidal individual in crisis. The officer, who had been part of a recent Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) session, used the lessons he learned only weeks earlier to successfully help a…

  • Hazlet officials promote police officers to lieutenant, sergeant

    Hazlet officials promote police officers to lieutenant, sergeant

    HAZLET – Two police officers have been promoted to new positions in the Hazlet Police Department. On May 17, Township Committee members appointed Michael Galvin to the position of lieutenant and Edward Schmidt to the position of sergeant. The officers’ new positions became effective that day. Galvin and Schmidt were both selected through a certification…

  • Hazlet officer honored for developing special event in community

    Hazlet officer honored for developing special event in community

    HAZLET – An officer who serves in the Hazlet Police Department has been recognized by the New Jersey Attorney General for creating the police department’s first open house for children who have special needs. Patrolwoman Charleigh Logothetis has been recognized by Acting Attorney General Andrew Bruck as one of the winners of the 2021 Excellence…

  • Matawan police holds first ‘bowl with a cop’ event

    Matawan police holds first ‘bowl with a cop’ event

    MATAWAN–Coming together to avoid gutter balls and get a strike, members from the Matawan Police Department served as the co-hosts to its first “Bowl with a Cop” event. “I decided to organize [the] ‘Bowl with a Cop’ event to allow special needs children to meet local police, fire and rescue squad members in a fun…

  • Hazlet police arrest burglary suspect after destructive chase

    Hazlet police arrest burglary suspect after destructive chase

    HAZLET A Little Egg Harbor man was arrested for allegedly burglarizing various properties, at 5:32 a.m. on Oct.27, at the Shore Point Inn’s parking lot, on 3360 Route 35. The suspect is reportedly being charged with 10 counts of burglary, two counts of theft of motor vehicle, criminal trespass, theft of moveable property, aggravated assault…

  • Hazlet 14-year-old boy hit by car remains in critical condition

    Hazlet 14-year-old boy hit by car remains in critical condition

    HAZLET–A 14 year-old boy remains in critical condition after being hit by a car on Sept. 3 at the intersection of Highway 36 and Seagate Avenue, according to Lt. Robert Mulligan. The boy was riding his bicycle while crossing the highway from the southbound side to the northbound side of Route 36 when he was…