Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Officials reportedly explore the idea of putting armed police officers in Gloucester Township's K-8 schools.
Gloucester Township Mayor David Mayer and Police Chief W. Harry Earle met with local education officials Monday night to discuss security upgrades, including the possibility of adding armed police officers to K-8 schools, according to officials. Mayer and Earle did not attend Monday's Township Council meeting, instead attending the school security session. The security meeting was called in the wake of the Dec. 14 school shooting in Newtown, CT, in which a lone gunman killed 26 people, including 20 young students. "Has there been a discussion with Gloucester Township school board about an armed officer in their schools?" Erial resident Tom Crone asked Council. "That's what they're doing tonight," Council President Glen Bianchini responded…
Friday, September 28, 2012
Gloucester Township Police Chief W. Harry Earle says the added patrol coverage won't have much impact on the way his department does things.
Gloucester Township Police Chief W. Harry Earle is confident local police are ready to take over patrols of Camden County-owned properties in the township's Lakeland section. The local police force has spent the past few months learning the lay of the land in an area of the township Camden County Park Police have patrolled to this point. "One important area that we did focus on was training," Earle said. "We wanted to ensure going through that process that we're familiar with that complex." The coverage transition from county park to local police officers will be finalized Monday at 8 a.m. Gloucester Township Police Department will now patrol and respond to calls for service at several county-owned properties in the Lakeland area, …
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Township officials say a failure to register its ambulances was the latest in a series of issues with the privately run Gloucester Township EMS Alliance.
UPDATE, 5:27 p.m. 6/26: New Jersey Department of Health spokeswoman Donna Leusner confirmed shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday that three of five Gloucester Township EMS Alliance ambulances have been cleared to return to service. She indicated that of the five ambulances found to have been in operation while unregistered, the registration for one had expired in March. ---------- One thing is certain: Gloucester Township EMS Alliance, a private, nonprofit emergency-medical services provider based in the township's Erial section, will no longer be running its ambulances to emergency calls in Gloucester Township. The reasons behind the township's decision to banish EMS Alliance ambulances will likely be debated for months, if not years, to come, as…
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Friday, May 18, 2012
Gloucester Township Police Chief W. Harry Earle received the Blackwood high school's outstanding alumni honor Thursday night.
Gloucester Township Police Chief W. Harry Earle received the 2012 Highland Regional High School Virginia C. Forneron Outstanding Alumni Career Award Thursday night during a ceremony held at Masso's Columbus Manor, in Williamstown. Earle is a 1985 Highland graduate. He has worked at the police department since 1987, when he took a job there as a part-time dispatcher. "I'm very honored quite honestly—one, to have been nominated and, two, to be chosen," Earle said Friday afternoon. "I'm certainly proud. ... It's been a fantastic career for me and an education in and of itself." Deputy Chief David Harkins and Mayor David Mayer nominated Earle for the honor. Earle walked to and from school along Church Street while a student at Highland, which …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
The Police Department's first license-plate reader has registered 6,185 "hits" since mid-December, the chief said.
Township Council is expected to vote this Monday to approve the purchase of two new license-plate readers for police. Gloucester Township Police Department put its first automated license plate recognition system, which works through a patrol vehicle's laptop computer, in service late last year. "It's been very successful both in terms of finding vehicles where the drivers are suspended and lead to a number of arrests," Police Chief W. Harry Earle said. The devices cost about $16,000 each, Business Administrator Tom Cardis said during Monday night's Council work session, and are included in the township's 2012 capital budget. Police touted the technology in January after it helped lead to the recovery of a car stolen out of Philadelphia …
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
The Erial VFW honored Det. William Rapp and Brendan Barton is now a lieutenant and commander of the Police Department's community relations bureau.
A local VFW leader made a major announcement about a Gloucester Township Police detective during Monday night's Township Council session, while one of the detective's fellow officers was promoted during the meeting. Erial Memorial VFW Post Commander Phillip Williams presented Det. William Rapp with a plaque recognizing the 14-year police veteran as the VFW Post No. 5794's law-enforcement officer of the year award. Williams, a retired Marine, also announced that Rapp is New Jersey's contestant in the national competition for the VFW law-enforcement officer of the year. Rapp was instrumental in creating the department’s new Intelligence Services Unit as part of its intelligence-led policing program. Chief W. Harry Earle nominated Rapp for …
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Thursday, March 8, 2012
Chief W. Harry Earle spent last weekend at a training program at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, in Alexandria, VA.
Gloucester Township Police issued the following press release regarding Chief W. Harry Earle's recent participation in a training program on missing and exploited children: Gloucester Township Chief of Police W. Harry Earle just returned from the prestigious Chief Executive Officer Training Seminar held just outside of the nation’s capital, at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) located in Alexandria, VA. After receiving an invitation to attend the specifically designed training seminar for Law Enforcement Executives and 911 Emergency Center managers, Chief Earle attended the program on Sunday and Monday, March 4-5, as a guest of the NCMEC. Chief Earle joined 37 other Chiefs, Sheriffs, and 911 Emergency Managers …
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Police departments in seven Camden County municipalities, including Gloucester Township, are now using e-tickets.
They're cheaper and they're safer for the police officers who are using them. That's essentially how officials from seven Camden County towns described the new e-ticketing systems their towns' police officers are now using, during a press conference held inside Gloucester Township's Erial Road Public Works Department garage Wednesday afternoon to tout the new technology. Bellmawr Police Chief William Walsh brought together the seven towns—Gloucester Township, Bellmawr, Haddon Heights, Magnolia, Oaklyn, Pine Hill and Runnemede—that agreed to enter into a shared-services agreement to purchase the e-ticketing systems last year. The seven towns shared the initial $9,126 cost for the software and database state interface, which is hosted in …
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Gloucester Township's August 2011 National Night Out was voted the best in New Jersey for towns with 49,999 to 99,999 residents.
Mayor David Mayer and the Township Council on Monday recognized the Police Department's Community Relations Bureau for its efforts in organizing the local 2011 National Night Out, which was recently named the best in New Jersey for towns of 49,999 to 99,999 residents. Mayer presented Police Chief W. Harry Earle and Community Relations Bureau Sgt. Brendan Barton and Cpl. Sean Grannan with a plaque recognizing the achievement. "In all the communities that host events throughout our state, we are No. 1, and that is really a great tribute not only to our residents but more in particular to the men and women of our Gloucester Township Police Department," Mayer said. National Night Out was held across Gloucester Township on Aug. 2. There were 24…
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Sunday, January 22, 2012
The memorial was started in the wake of K-9 Schultz's tragic death in November 2010.
A memorial honoring Gloucester Township Police Department K-9s is almost done. The memorial, which is located in Gloucester Township Community Park, just needs some lighting for its flag poles and a few other minor improvements before it is officially dedicated this spring. Money collected through the K-9 Schultz Memorial Fund was used to pay for the new memorial. K-9 Schultz was killed in the line of duty on Nov. 30, 2010, when struck by several cars on Route 42 while attempting to apprehend a suspect in the robbery of a Chinese restaurant on Church Street. "The goal all along was to have a nice memorial, and I think it's worked out," Police Chief W. Harry Earle said on Thursday. "It looks fantastic." The township has also used the …
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Joe Kearney
10:26 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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