A personal dream was fully realized Thursday morning when Matthew Brown became the newest member of the Asbury Park Police Department. The 24-year-old Neptune City native, said he set the personal goal during high school. “My uncle was a police officer and he was a [U.S.] Marine vet,” he said. “I looked up to him […]

On Monday Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. [D-06] announced the Asbury Park Police Department was awarded a $474,055 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services [COPS] grant. “Safety is of the utmost importance for ensuring growth and success in our communities,” Pallone said in a written statement. “Adding two police officers to the […]

Repeated false alarm calls answered by the Asbury Park Police and Fire departments will come with an incremental penalty fee beginning in August, city officials announced Tuesday. A new law was created to incentivize property owners to correct repeated false alarms calls in order to save taxpayer money spent on emergency responses, according to a […]

Deputy Mayor Amy Quinn said she was heartbroken when the news broke of the early Sunday morning mass shooting in Orlando, Fla. “We are just trying to show our support for the devastating loss in the gay community and all of our communities,” she said Monday afternoon following the raising of the rainbow flag, a representation […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to hold a workshop meeting at 6 p.m. Monday in council chambers at City Hall. A public participation session is scheduled to take place near the end of the meeting, after comments from city officials. Items on the agenda for the meeting include: • Special Event applications include […]

Asbury Park Police Department has been named a recipient of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant [JAG]. The $52,746 federal grant will be utilized for the city’s e-citation program, Acting Police Chief Anthony Salerno said. “The computerized program is used for issuing traffic and parking summonses,” Salerno said. “It is […]

The Asbury Park Police Department has issued a change in traffic pattern alert for the additional STOP sign at the intersection of Sunset Avenue and Memorial Drive. The new stop sign was implemented as part of an agreement with NJ Transit to shift the Sunset Avenue Bridge repair detour route entering and exiting the city […]

It was a bad start to the summer season for the 25 people nabbed as part of a warrant fugitive sweep in the areas of Asbury Park and Neptune. The sweep on Wednesday was led by the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, the U.S. Marshal’s N.Y. N.J. Regional Fugitive […]

Asbury Park police, along with law enforcement officers across Monmouth County, are armed with an additional ticket book for the month of October in an effort to keep residents “Unplugged and Alive,” a campaign to raise awareness to the dangers of cell phone use while driving. Drivers pulled over by police for texting or talking while driving could be […]

A parked vehicle was struck by bullets in a confirmed shots fired incident in the city but no further injuries have been reported. Police received multiple calls alerting them to three shots fired at approximately 5:30 a.m. Saturday and located a vehicle that was struck with projectiles in the 500 block of Seventh Avenue, according […]