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Continue reading Surfs Up : NJ State Troopers Team Up with Charity to Help Children to Surf
Continue reading NJ State Troopers to Set Up Sobriety Checkpoint in Monmouth County
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Continue reading NJ State Troopers Rescue Six Occupants from Capsized Vessel in Point Pleasant Canal
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Trenton NJ, NJ Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal ordered all law enforcement agencies in New Jersey to begin publicly identifying officers who commit serious disciplinary violations. Under the order, going forward every state, county, and local law enforcement agency in New Jersey will be required to annually publish a list of officers who were fired, demoted, or suspended for more than five days due to a disciplinary violation, with the first list to be published no later than December 31, 2020.
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Sidney Spiegel was with General Dwight D. Eisenhower in England in the early spring of 1944. Eisenhower was at a D-Day planning meeting and awaiting the arrival of top-secret film of the French Coast.
The courier who was to deliver the film had a hole in his satchel. When he arrived at the meeting, they discovered that he had lost it somewhere along the way.
Continue reading The New Jersey State Trooper that Saved D-Day
Continue reading Three NJ State Troopers Help Deliver Baby on the New Jersey Turnpike
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Fredon Township NJ, A New Jersey State Trooper was lowered by rope to rescue a hiker and his dog after they became lost on a trail in a wooded area off of Yellow Frame Road in Fredon Township, Sussex County.
On Monday, October 7, at 7:44 p.m., troopers from Sussex Station were dispatched to the area after the victim called 9-1-1 to report that he had gotten lost while hiking on the “Yellow Trail” and became trapped on a steep incline at the bottom of a cliff where he was holding onto a tree to keep from falling.
Continue reading NJ State Police Lowered with Rope to Rescue Man and Dog off Cliff
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Ridgewood NJ, New Jersey State police got a call for a car speeding northbound on Route 17 just before 11 p.m. Friday evening . The state police gave chase, signaling for the vehicle to stop.
The troopers chased the speeding car for several minutes and cautiously approached the vehicle at gunpoint once the car had pulled over only to discover a woman in labor.
When they realized what was happening, the troopers immediately escorted the pregnant woman and her driver to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood.
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Irvington NJ, Earlier this week, State Troopers George Ward and Justin Storie, of Troop “D” Bloomfield Station, used a tourniquet on a man who sustained an injury to his hand in an accident and rushed him to the hospital.
On Monday, June 24, at approximately 8:24 a.m., Tpr. Ward responded to a motor vehicle accident on the Garden State Parkway in Irvington Township, Essex County. No serious injuries were reported but one of the vehicles became disabled in the accident.
Continue reading NJ State Troopers Use Tourniquet to Aid Accident Victim Before Rushing Him to Hospital
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Upper Freehold Twp NJ, A New Jersey State Trooper swam to rescue a stranded kayaker, who fell overboard while fishing on Assunpink Lake in Upper Freehold Twp., Monmouth County.
On Sunday, June 23, at approximately 4:06 p.m., Troopers responded to Assunpink Lake for the report of an overturned kayak. When troopers arrived, they observed a man clinging to the capsized vessel approximately 150 yards from shore.
Continue reading NJ State Trooper Rescues Stranded Kayaker
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West Trenton NJ, Colonel Patrick J. Callahan has announced a commercial vehicle travel restriction due to the anticipated severity of the impending winter storm.
Effective tomorrow, Saturday, January 19, at 12:00 p.m., there will be a commercial vehicle travel restriction for the following roadways:
• I-195 (entire length)
• I-78 (entire length)
• I-80 (entire length)
• I-280 (entire length)
• I-287 (entire length)
• I-295 (including and between exits 60-76)
The commercial vehicle travel restriction does NOT apply to the following roadways:
The State Emergency Operations Center will be activated as of 12:00PM Saturday, January 19, 2019, as well.
What is a State of Emergency?
New Jersey State law allows the Governor and County and Local Emergency Management Coordinators to declare a State of Emergency during significant weather events and natural disasters. The emergency declaration is a tool used by the government officials who are managing the emergency. It allows State agencies to quickly respond to needs of citizens, reassign personnel, and deploy vehicles, trucks, and equipment to respond to the incident. A State of Emergency allows the government to act more quickly than it can during non-emergency times.
Continue reading Governor Murphy has announced a State of Emergency beginning at 12:00PM today Saturday, January 19, 2019.
