Tag: Tinton Falls Police Department

  • Tinton Falls council members approve increase in police officer ranks

    Tinton Falls council members approve increase in police officer ranks

    TINTON FALLS — The members of the Borough Council have taken action to increase the maximum number of patrol officers permitted to be hired by the Tinton Falls Police Department. During a meeting on Oct. 11, council members adopted an ordinance that will amend the police force section of the municipal code by changing the…

  • Tinton Falls continues to add officers to ranks of police department

    Tinton Falls continues to add officers to ranks of police department

    TINTON FALLS — A new officer has joined the ranks of the Tinton Falls Police Department. During a Borough Council meeting on Sept. 20, Joey Fields II was sworn in as the newest officer on the force. The ceremony was conducted by Police Chief Michael Delucia, who took command of the police department in February.…

  • Tinton Falls officials plan to authorize additional police personnel

    Tinton Falls officials plan to authorize additional police personnel

    TINTON FALLS — The members of the Borough Council are taking action to increase the maximum number of patrol officers who may be hired by the Tinton Falls Police Department. During a meeting on Sept. 20, council members introduced an ordinance that will, if adopted, amend the police force section of the municipal code by…

  • Five officers take oath to join ranks of Tinton Falls Police Department

    Five officers take oath to join ranks of Tinton Falls Police Department

    TINTON FALLS – Five new officers have joined the ranks of the Tinton Falls Police Department. During a Borough Council meeting on June 14, Michael Ballas, Anthony Costanza, Joseph Mendez, Anthony Puleo and Lynelle Scanlon were sworn in as the police department’s newest officers. The ceremony was conducted by Police Chief Michael Delucia, who took…

  • Tinton Falls police chief announces promotions on command staff

    Tinton Falls police chief announces promotions on command staff

    TINTON FALLS – 12 officers in the Tinton Falls Police Department have been promoted to serve as the command staff of the new police chief. The officers were sworn in to their new positions during a Borough Council meeting on May 3. Municipal officials said Kyle Pierson and Scott Trocchia were promoted to captain; Joseph…

  • Delucia takes reins as chief of Tinton Falls Police Department

    Delucia takes reins as chief of Tinton Falls Police Department

    TINTON FALLS – Michael Delucia has been sworn in as the new police chief of the Tinton Falls Police Department. Delucia, who was previously a detective sergeant on the force, was sworn in to lead the police department on Feb. 1. He was appointed to the position by Mayor Vito Perillo. According to the police…

  • Tinton Falls police chief to retire; Mayor names Delucia as successor

    Tinton Falls police chief to retire; Mayor names Delucia as successor

    TINTON FALLS – Following a decade of service leading the Tinton Falls Police Department, Police Chief John Scrivanic is retiring. During the Jan. 18 meeting of the Mayor and Borough Council, Mayor Vito Perillo announced he had received a memo from Scrivanic advising the mayor he will retire on Jan. 31. Perillo announced he will…

  • Area man sentenced to prison in connection with woman’s death at Tinton Falls motel

    Area man sentenced to prison in connection with woman’s death at Tinton Falls motel

    A Long Branch man has been sentenced to serve six years in state prison as a result of a plea to the first degree crime of strict liability for drug induced death. The charges stem from an overdose death that took place in February 2020 in Tinton Falls, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced.…

  • Tinton Falls police spread holiday cheer to  local children

    Tinton Falls police spread holiday cheer to local children

    TINTON FALLS–Spreading some early Christmas cheer for more than 30 children in need, the Tinton Falls Police Department held its third annual “Shop with a Cop” event. Detective Sgt. Michael DeLucia said that for this year’s event, 34 children were given $150 each to shop at a store of their choice on Dec. 17 at…