First Grade students from the H.W. Mountz Elementary School in Spring Lake learned how to call 9-1-1 with help from Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden and public safety telecommunicators from the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office. SEEK (Sheriff’s Emergency Education for Kids) 9-1-1 teaches first grade students how to use the 9-1-1 emergency number properly. The […]
Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden is pleased to announce that twelve inmates at the Monmouth County Correctional Institution have successfully completed their studies and earned a GED high school diploma. A formal graduation ceremony was held at the Correctional Institution in Freehold on April 27th. “These 12 individuals chose to use their time with us […]
Inmates from the Monmouth County jail were working hard the week of April 26th in Atlantic Highlands. The Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office Inmate Labor Program offers much needed assistance to towns, and helps lessen financial burdens they face due to budget constraints. The recent Nor’easter in March caused a large amount of debris throughout that […]
The latest addition to the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit is sniffing for something other than explosives. Evan, a two year old labrador retriever is in search of drugs, and has been busy since he joined the team. “We welcome this highly trained K-9 to the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit,” said Sheriff […]
Monmouth County Sheriff’s Officers were called to a home in Ocean Township to recover a weapon and ended up seizing suspected cocaine, marijuana, prescription drugs and other drug paraphernalia on Monday, April 5th. Sheriff’s Officers Joseph Tuohy and Jeffrey Barnes responded to the home on Cold Indian Springs Road to serve Shawn Whittaker, 35, of […]
It’s the week to acknowledge public safety telecommunicators from the Monmouth County 9-1-1 Communications Center for a job well done, as part of National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, held from April 11-17. “This is a great opportunity to say thank you to all the public safety telecommunicator’s continued efforts in maintaining public safety,” said Sheriff […]
Nine members of the Long Branch Chapter of A.A.R.P. traveled by bus to the Monmouth County Correctional Institution in Freehold Township to take a tour of the county jail. This hearty group of seniors, led by President Nancy Jones and including AARP member and Long Branch City Council vice-president Dr. Mary Jane Celli, were welcomed […]
Inmates from the Monmouth County jail assisted with storm damage clean up for two days in Spring Lake, in and around the borough’s parks. The Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office Inmate Labor Program, offers much needed assistance to towns, and helps lessen financial burdens they face due to budget constraints. The recent Nor’easter caused a large […]
The Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey is sponsoring a Poster Contest to commemorate County Government Month (April 1-30, 2010). Since the majority of fourth graders study the State of New Jersey as part of their social studies curriculum, Sheriff Shaun Golden along with County Clerk M. Claire French and County Surrogate Rosemarie Peters are […]
It’s rare for a 9-1-1 Public Safety Telecommunicator to meet the caller on the other end of the line who is asking for emergency help. But one mother from Millstone is extremely grateful to an operator from the Monmouth County 9-1-1 Communications Center, who helped save her baby’s life, and now she wants to say, […]
