Mostly Cloudy 37°
Tag:

Law Enforcement Equipment

Police & Fire
Donation Gives Allendale Police Cutting-Edge Carrier Vests, Lifesaving Kit Donation Gives Allendale Police Cutting-Edge Carrier Vests, Lifesaving Kit
Donation Gives Allendale Police Cutting-Edge Carrier Vests, Lifesaving Kit Thanks to a generous local contractor, Allendale police updated their duty wear and picked up additional lifesaving equipment. Borough resident Robert Paulius, the chairman and CEO of V. Paulius Associates in Allendale, approached former Chief Robert Herndon about what equipment police might need. Herndon turned to current Chief George Scherb, who said officers were looking into outer carrier vests and individual first aid kits. “The outer carriers are on the cutting edge of law enforcement equipment,” Scherb said. “They have been found to relieve stress on an officer’s hips and back due t…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Clifton/Garfield PD: Two Caught In Police Impersonator 'Prostitution' Raids Clifton/Garfield PD: Two Caught In Police Impersonator 'Prostitution' Raids
Clifton/Garfield PD: Two Caught In Police Impersonator 'Prostitution' Raids CLIFTON, N.J. -- Three men posting as police officers had been ransacking hotel rooms in New Jersey, claiming they were conducting prostitution raids, until Clifton and Garfield police teamed up to find and bust them. Using the ruse, two of them entered the hotel room of a 35-year-old hotel guest at the Clifton Howard Johnson on Route 3, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. While one guarded the victim, the other robber grabbed cash, electronics and the keys to the woman's car, he said. Over the next several weeks, Bracken said, detectives spoke with their colleagues in other towns and the F…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco