ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — To express their grief and anger over the death of Tyre Nichols, area residents gathered in Newark on Jan. 28 to demand justice for Nichols, who was beaten to death by five police officers in Memphis, Tenn. On Jan. 7, five police officers from the Memphis Police Department severely beat 29-year-old […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Crime Scene Investigations Bureau is investigating a fatal car and motorcycle collision that occurred Sept. 27 in Glen Ridge, according to a Sept. 28 press release from the ECPO. Jordan A. Mayrant, 22, of Bloomfield, was killed when his Yamaha YZF motorcycle collided with an Audi Q5 […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Time was when all a police officer walking the beat would carry was a sidearm, handcuffs and a nightstick, a veteran cop might tell you. But times have changed. For the present-day officer, the emphasis is on nonlethal encounters and the possibility of acting as a first medical responder at the […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — On Thursday, Aug. 4, the Glen Ridge Police Department, in collaboration with the Glen Ridge Municipal Alliance Committee, Mayor Stuart K. Patrick and the borough council, hosted 2022’s Community Night Out Against Crime at the Glen Ridge Community Pool. In addition to the GRPD, the Montclair Fire Department was in attendance […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Police Department has recently upgraded the body cameras all of its 23 officers wear while on duty. According to Sgt. Matthew Koc, the information technology administrator, the equipment purchase was possible with a $57,000 state grant. The office of the state attorney general, he said, instituted a newer […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Mountainside Medical Center recently conducted an active shooter drill and preparedness assessment of its emergency operations plan for a potential mass casualty event, in collaboration with the Glen Ridge Police Department. The exercise focused on patient and team member safety, communication, security and law enforcement response, and de-escalation protocols. Participants included […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Police Department held its first bicycle rodeo on Saturday, June 4. In total, 27 bicycles were registered with the Glen Ridge Police Department’s voluntary bicycle registration program. This program provides detectives with the best opportunity to recover a bicycle if it is stolen; to learn more, contact Detective […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Ventilation improvements to the Glen Ridge Police Department firing range, located in the basement of the Herman Street headquarters, are “functionally complete,” according to Erik DeLine, director of planning and development, in a June 6 email. Required now, DeLine said, is “the final, walk-through inspection’” and “a couple of things we […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — On May 27, the Glen Ridge Police Department and the Ridgewood Avenue School kicked off Memorial Day weekend with their “Rob Romp.” This race brings together students, parents, teachers and police officers as they run through the streets of Glen Ridge in memory of the late police Officer Charles “Rob” Roberts. […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — The Two Hundred Club of Essex County held its 56th annual Valor Awards presentation at Nanina’s in the Park, Belleville, on May 10. Since 1966, the organization has provided assistance to dependents of Essex County police officers and firefighters, and New Jersey state troopers, who have lost their lives in the line […]