Long Branch Police Department (New Jersey)
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| Agency overview | |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Legal jurisdiction | Municipal |
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| Headquarters | Long Branch, New Jersey |
| Sworn members | 85 |
| Agency executive | Jason Roebuck, Director |
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The Long Branch Police Department (LBPD) is the primary law enforcement agency responsible for the City of Long Branch, NJ. It currently has 85 sworn officers, making it one of the largest police departments in Monmouth County. The Long Branch Police Department is actually a division within the Department of Public Safety. The Long Branch Fire Department comprises the other division. The LBPD does not have a chief and is instead headed by a Director of Public Safety. The current Director of Public Safety is Jason Roebuck, a Captain within the department. [1]
Organization
The Long Branch Police Department is made up of three divisions. The largest of these is the Patrol Division. The Patrol Commander is Captain Frank Rizzuto. Some of the patrol divisions responsibilities are routine patrol, investigating crimes, apprehending offenders, investigating non-fatal traffic accidents and enforcing motor vehicle laws.
The next is the Detective Bureaus headed by Captain Michael McGlennon. The detectives are responsible for investigating crimes, targeting narcotics and interviewing suspects among other things.
Another division of the Long Branch Police Department is the Support Services Division, headed by Captain Peter Antonucci. Support Services handles the record keeping function of the Police Department, as well as the dispatchers, budgeting and Traffic Bureau.
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The Internal Affairs Bureau is headed by Captain Robert Wiener.
The Long Branch Police Department also utilizes Class I and Class II Special Law Enforcement Officers during the summer months to handle the increase in traffic and population in the areas along the oceanfront.[3]
Contact information: Main Phone number (732) 222-1000 [4]
Fallen officers
Since the establishment of the Long Branch Police Department, 3 officers have given their lives in the line of duty.[5]
| Officer | Date of Death | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Patrolman Herman Kohler Emmons | Saturday, December 17, 1921 | Gunfire |
| Patrolman William A. Richards | Monday, October 23, 1967 | Heart attack |
| Detective Sergeant Patrick A. King | Thursday, November 20, 1997 | Gunfire |
- On November 20, 1997 Detective Sergeant Patrick King who was the most decorated officer in the history of the Long Branch Police Department, was shot twice in the back of the head by Deon Bailey. Bailey fled the scene and led police on a 60-mile chase that ended on the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, New Jersey where Bailey committed suicide prior to apprehension. Bailey was being sought by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and police in Massachusetts for a stabbing that occurred during a bar fight in 1996. Bailey was described as a career criminal who made his living selling drugs and promoting prostitution. In November 1977 as a northeaster battered the New Jersey coast, then rookie police officer Patrick King plunged into the Atlantic Ocean to rescue a priest who had nearly drowned. Officer King was awarded the Medal of Valor, the highest possible honor for his act of bravery. On January 31, 1998 Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi and other performers held a benefit concert for Sgt. King's family at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, New Jersey.[6][7][8][9]
See also
References
- ↑ Long Branch Police Department, Safety Tips; 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-29.
- ↑ Long Branch Police Department, Police Info; 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-29.
- ↑ Long Branch Police Department, Police Info; 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-29.
- ↑
- ↑ The Officer Down Memorial Page
- ↑ "METRO NEWS BRIEFS: NEW JERSEY; Springsteen Event to Aid Slain Officer's Family". The New York Times. January 14, 1998. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
- ↑ "Officer's Killer Was Told F.B.I. Sought Him, Detectives Say". The New York Times. November 28, 1997. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
- ↑ McFadden, Robert (November 23, 1997). "Killer of New Jersey Officer Called Career Criminal". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
- ↑ David M. Herszenhorn (November 22, 1997). "Detective Was Known as a Hero Who Stayed True to His Roots". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-05-12.
External links
Coordinates: 40°18′11″N 73°59′35″W / 40.3030°N 73.9931°W
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