The Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office, Office of Emergency Management and the United Way of Monmouth have launched a recruiting campaign that is seeking volunteers to assist in the staffing of evacuation shelters during emergencies. This program is being conducted through a Memorandum of Understanding that was entered into by both agencies in August of 2012 […]
Inmates from the Monmouth County Correctional Institution have been utilizing their time in the most productive manner, by going back to school. For the past 5 months,10 inmates have been studying for their GED (high school equivalency diplomas) online, through a program run by the Monmouth-Ocean Educational Services Commission. On Monday, March 18th they officially […]
Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden joined leaders of Jewish communities and members of law enforcement throughout Monmouth County at a tabletop exercise on Friday, March 1st. The event, which took place at the Monmouth County Fire Academy, was held to discuss and set forth preparedness measures if an emergency or a threat were to impact […]
Freehold, New Jersey. Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden welcomed eleven new volunteers to the VISCOMP (Volunteers In Sheriff’s Community Programs) at the Monmouth County Police Academy on Tuesday evening, February 12th. All are graduates of the Sheriff’s Office Citizen Police Academy. They join twenty-five current members of the program bringing the total volunteer force to […]
Monmouth County Sheriff’s Officers made a significant drug arrest after serving warrants to a man in Neptune Township. Masta Pugh, 26, was wanted for failure to appear for sentencing on money laundering, conspiracy and distribution of drug charges. Upon learning the location of Pugh’s whereabouts on Thursday evening, Sheriff’s Officers Randy Morgan and Sean O’Neill […]
A number of people were apprehended after a two day warrants/fugitive operation was conducted in the areas of Asbury Park and Neptune Township. The operation, which took place on January 30th and 31st, was led by the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office with the assistance of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, the US Marshals N.Y. N.J. […]
Members of law enforcement and school officials from across the state attended the FBI seminar, “Identifying the Warning Signs of School Violence” at the Monmouth County Police Academy, on Tuesday, January 29th. The Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office sponsored the event and approximately 250 people were present, a large turnout which comes on the heels of […]
The State of New Jersey Department of Treasury was conducting qualifications at the outdoor firing range at the Monmouth County Fire Academy in Howell Township, when an agent accidentally shot himself in the foot. The incident occurred at 11:14 am on Thursday, January 24th. The officer was a special agent in training with the New […]
Advanced technology has made it more difficult to detect fraudulent documents such as phony driver’s licenses, social security cards or green cards in recent years. In an effort to create awareness of the growing problem, the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office sponsored a Document Fraud Seminar at the Monmouth County Connection in Neptune Township. “Document fraud […]
The trail of destruction that Superstorm Sandy left behind in shore communities throughout Monmouth County remains evident. As a result, the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office Inmate Labor Program is in full operation in an effort to help restore the hardest hit areas. Inmates from the Monmouth County Correctional Institution recently spent an entire week in […]
