Hackensack NJ, according to the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office, email threats were received against three Bergen County sites , the courthouse, the County administration building and Lyndhurst and Paramus campuses of Bergen Community College . The threatened sites were evacuated at 11am this morning.
Bomb-sniffing dogs have been brought into the buildings by the Bergen Bomb squad. The Hackensack Fire Department responded to the Bergen County courthouse.
Ridgewood NJ, The Bergen County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad Unit was summoned to the Stop & Shop supermarket at 175 Franklin Avenue, Ridgewood on Sunday morning, 11/20 to investigate a suspicious canvas bag that was found next to the building’s northernmost outside wall. Output from a portable x-ray device deployed by bomb squad personnel showed the bag contained neither electronics nor explosives. Contents of the bag were turned over to Ridgewood PD officers for return to their owner, or disposal. A portion of the store’s parking lot was cordoned off while the investigation was underway. However, the building was not evacuated.
Glen Rock NJ, Investigators from multiple agencies working at the scene of unoccupied passenger vehicle fire in the parking lot of Superfresh, located at 937 Lincoln Avenue, Glen Rock on the afternoon of Wednesday, 08/03. An engine compartment fire, deemed as “suspicious” by Glen Rock PD, heavily damaged the 4-door sedan, which was later removed from the parking lot by a flatbed tow truck. Personnel from Glen Rock PD & FD, Hawthorne PD & FD, the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office, and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office were all observed operating at the incident.
Ridgewood NJ, A 68-year old female Alzheimer’s patient was found safe more than two (2) hours after she went missing from her Ridgewood home on Tuesday afternoon, 07/19. Ridgewood PD conducted an intense search of areas surrounding the woman’s home off of Prospect Street after her husband reported her missing at approximately 2:45 PM. A tracking canine from the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the search, along with volunteers from Ridgewood’s Emergency Services Division. The uninjured patient was located after an employee from a nearby nursery school reported to police that she saw someone lying down in a wooded area behind the school.
Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Police, FBI, and Bergen County Sheriff’s Office personnel working on the scene of a reported Tuesday afternoon, 05/31, bank robbery at the 133 Franklin Avenue, Ridgewood branch of TD Bank. The robbery was reported via a silent alarm at approximately 4:30 PM. A lone, adult male perpetrator reportedly fled the scene on foot.
Threatening message puts Waldwick Middle School-High School on Lock Down
January 14,2016
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Waldwick NJ, A threatening message found written on a bathroom wall at the Waldwick Middle School-High School triggered a response from several northwest Bergen County police departments on Thursday morning, 01/14. Personnel from the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office and Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office also responded. The school was completely locked down while a search of the entire facility was conducted. No immediate threat was located. Anxious parents waited outside in the frigid weather for their children to be released from the building.
The Glen Rock Police Department released a photo of the suspect on its Facebook page.
Breaking News Glen Rock Bank Robbed in Broad Daylight
February 18,2015
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Ridgewood Nj, Glen Rock Savings was robbed at gun point this morning at 10:45 am . Sources describe that a women in a pink wig ,armed with a gun and an LV ( Louis Vuitton ) bag robbed the Glen Rock Savings of $116,000 on 183 Rock Road. No one was hurt.
FBI agents as well as officers from Glen Rock, Ridgewood and the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.
Those with information about the robbery are asked to call Glen Rocj Det. James Calaski at (201) 670-3948 or Det. Sgt Eric Reamy at (201) 670-3947.
Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli details plan for merging County Police and Sheriff’s Office
JANUARY 14, 2015, 9:08 PM LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2015, 9:14 PM
BY JOHN C. ENSSLIN
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli told the freeholders Wednesday that a plan to fold the County Police into the Sheriff’s Office will not only save money but will also make county law enforcement more efficient.
In a presentation at the board’s work session, Molinelli predicted that response times to calls for service will go down because of the way patrol vehicles will be deployed by the new combined department.
The new force will patrol the county by sectors, Molinelli said. That will be an improvement over the current setup where County Police patrol mostly county roads and facilities, he said.
“That’s not a negative on the County Police, they are an outstanding department,” Molinelli said.
But combining the two departments will create other efficiencies that will improve public safety.
When a small municipal department arrests someone in the middle of the night, he said, that town’s patrol officers often have to transport that person to the County Jail in Hackensack.
Tedesco moves to merge Bergen County Police with Sheriff’s Office
January 1, 2015, 12:43 PM Last updated: Thursday, January 1, 2015, 2:11 PM
By JOHN C. ENSSLIN
staff writer |
The Record
In one of his first acts after being sworn in early Thursday, Bergen County Executive James Tedesco signed an agreement that lays the groundwork to combine the County Police into the Sheriff’s Office.
The agreement — subject to approval by the freeholders — would fold the 103-member County Police force as a bureau within the Sheriff’s office.
It also sets an eventual goal of reducing the County Police through attrition and without layoffs to a core group of 49 sworn officers under the Sheriff’s command.
The 31-page memo, co-signed by Sheriff Michael Saudino and County Prosecutor John Molinelli, marks a significant turning point after more than five years of conflicting studies and intense political debate over how to consolidate county law enforcement.
“I believe this is the right thing to do for the people of Bergen County,” Tedesco said moments after signing the document at a ceremony in the freeholder caucus room.
Tedesco, a former Democratic freeholder, campaigned hard for the consolidation, arguing that it will save taxpayers between $90 million to $200 million over the next 25 years.
