Asbury Park Police Chief Mark Kinmon will retire from his position effective Sept.1, City Manager Jack Kelly has confirmed. Kinmon notified the city of his intent to retire through an email sent last week. “As discussed earlier this week, I have submitted my application for retirement to the NJ Division of Pensions. The effective date is […]

A new public relations initiative will give Asbury Park residents a chance to meet with local police officers in a neutral environment once a month to talk about whatever is on their minds. The Asbury Park Police Department [APPD] kicks off their first Coffee With a Cop series Saturday, Feb. 15 from 9 a.m. to […]

Asbury Park Police received a report of two shots fired in the 1400 block of Bangs Avenue shortly after 3 p.m. Friday, police confirmed. The 1400 block of Bangs Avenue is situated between DeWitt and Borden avenues. An investigation confirmed the gunshots, according to police Chief Mark Kinmon. There also “appears to be” blood at the […]

In response to recent quality of life complaints from residents in the area, owners of Porta have increased their security staff for the off-season. Officials from the Asbury Park Police Department and Porta owners sat down in November to discuss complaints they had received from members of the community about drug activity, quality of life […]

Asbury Park Police Chief Mark Kinmon [shown at right] withdrew his retirement papers Wednesday and will be back on the job starting Monday. “I’m staying on as police chief,” he told the Sun. “I’m going to stay in my position and continue to do all thing things we have been doing.” Kinmon, 45, has been […]

The city’s overall violent crime rate dropped to its lowest point in 10 years in 2012, although the rate of confirmed shootings was twice as high as it had been two years ago. Police Chief Mark Kinmon [pictured above, right, at a prior council meeting] shared these statistics and more in his annual public safety […]

A 20-year-old Neptune man was shot at about 11 p.m. last night outside Building F of the Stephen Manor apartments, said Police Chief Mark Kinmon. The man sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to Jersey Shore Medical Center. The case is being investigated by the Asbury Park Police Department Detective Bureau and the Monmouth County […]

Members of the public continued to request that the city implement a civilian review board at the Sept. 5 council meeting. A civilian review board [CRB] — also known as a citizen review board or a civilian complaint review board — is a group of citizens who look into the public’s complaints against the police […]

Police Chief Mark Kinmon last night focused on internal affairs at a chief’s advisory meeting in city hall. The meeting was the second of its kind. The first took place in April. The public was invited but turnout was light, despite many residents having voiced concerns at council meetings about the department’s internal affairs. “The […]

Six Asbury Park men were arrested on Aug. 9 following an investigation into a call the police department received regarding alleged drug activity. The Asbury Park Police Department received “a call about drug activity,” Chief Mark Kinmon said. When the police arrived on Bond Street where the suspects were reported to be, the men fled […]