Ocean County (NJ) Law Enforcement

Law Enforcement Districts

• 1 - County Sheriff's Department
• 2 - Bay Head Boro
• 3 - Beach Haven Boro
• 4 - Beachwood Boro
• 5 - Berkeley Township
• 6 - Brick Township
• 7 - Toms River Township
• 8 - Eagleswood Township
• 9 - Harvey Cedars Boro
• 10 - Island Heights Boro
• 11 - Jackson Township
• 12 - Lacey Township
• 13 - Lakehurst Boro
• 14 - Lakewood Township
• 15 - Lavallette Boro
• 16 - Little Egg Harbor Township
• 17 - Long Beach Township
• 18 - Manchester Township
• 19 - Mantoloking Boro
• 20 - Ocean Township
• 21 - Ocean Gate Boro
• 22 - Pine Beach Boro
• 23 - Plumsted Township
• 24 - Point Pleasant Boro
• 25 - Point Pleasant Beach Boro
• 26 - Seaside Heights Boro
• 27 - Seaside Park Boro
• 28 - Ship Bottom Boro
• 29 - South Toms River Boro
• 30 - Stafford Township
• 31 - Surf City Boro
• 32 - Tuckerton Boro
• 33 - Barnegat Township
• 34 - Barnegat Light Boro
• 35 - County Prosecutor's Office
• 36 - County Security (Parks & Buildings)
• 37 - County Sheriff's Department OEM Civilian Personnel
• 39 - County Corrections Transport Units
• 40 - County Medical Examiner
• 48 - County Animal Control
• 99 - County Radio Repair

Communication Codes

• 10-0 Official Present
• 10-1 Secure Radio
• 10-2 Call By Phone
• 10-3 Report To HQ
• 10-5 Repeat
• 10-6 Busy-Stand By
• 10-7 Out Of Service
• 10-8 In Service
• 10-9 Arrived At Scene
• 10-10 Assignment Complete
• 10-11 Prepare To Copy
• 10-12 Record Check
• 10-13 Look Up
• 10-14 Assist Motorist
• 10-15 Accident
• 10-15a Accident/Ambulance Needed
• 10-16 Hit & Run
• 10-17 Wrecker Needed
• 10-18 First Aid Call
• 10-19 Fire Call
• 10-20 Location
• 10-21 Abandoned Car
• 10-22 Stolen Car
• 10-23 Check Suspicious Car
• 10-24 Intoxicated
• 10-25 Escort
• 10-26 Alarm Sounding
• 10-27 Meet For Official Business
• 10-28 Murder
• 10-29 D.O.A.
• 10-30 Aggravated Assault/Battery
• 10-31 Domestic Disturbance
• 10-32 Disorderly
• 10-33 Sex Crime
• 10-34 Fight
• 10-35 Check Suspicious Person
• 10-36 Vandalism
• 10-37 Mental Case
• 10-38 Holdup/Robbery
• 10-39 Larceny
• 10-40 Breaking/Entering
• 10-41 Prisoner/Subject
• 10-42 Explosive Threat
• 10-43 Disturbance
• 10-44 Message For Me
• 10-45 No Message
• 10-46 Duty Officer (EMERGENCY)
• 10-47 Subject Armed W/......
• 10-48 Assist Officer (EMERGENCY)
• 10-49 URGENT
• 10-50 Use Caution
• 10-51 Suicide
• 10-52 Report To Chief
• 10-53 Testing
• 10-54 Wires/Trees Down
• 10-55 Missing Person
• 10-56 Runaway Person
• 10-57 Stolen Property
• 10-58 Wanted
• 10-59 Wanted/Taking Car W/Out Consent
• 10-60 Cancel
• 10-61 Police Information
• 10-62 Dog Bite
• 10-63 Animal Hit By Vehicle
• 10-64 Officer Requested
• 10-65 M.V. Stop
• 10-66 Prowler
• 10-67 Aircraft Down
• 10-68 Boating Accident
• 10-69 Submersion/Drowning
• 10-70 Meal Break/Officers Residence
• 10-88 C.P.R. In Progress
• 10-100 Riot

Police Zone Unit Identifiers

For police departments that use the Ocean County Trunked Radio System.

North Zone:

• 201 to 299 - Bay Head (Unit ID's in the 3XX Range)
• 1901 to 1999 - Mantoloking (Unit ID's in the 4XX Range)

South Zone:

• 401 to 499 - Beachwood (Unit ID's in the 5XX Range)
• 2101 to 2199 - Ocean Gate (Unit ID's in the 6XX Range)
• 2201 to 2299 - Pine Beach (Unit ID's in the 7XX Range)
• 2901 to 2999 - South Toms River (Unit ID's in the 8XX Range)

Central Zone:

• 1000 to 1099 - Island Heights (Unit ID's in the 44XX Range)
• 1301 to 1399 - Lakehurst (Unit ID's in the 9XX Range)

West Zone:

• 2301 to 2399 - Plumsted Twp. (New Egypt) (Unit ID's in the 74XX Range)
• 32XXX - Tuckerton Borough (Unit ID's in the 14XX Range)

Note: Although Tuckerton Borough is in Southern Ocean County, they were assigned to the West Talk Group due to the number of departments already on the South Talk Group.

Toms River Township

Post Identifiers

• 1 Post - 37 west of the GSP to the Manchester line, south to the Berkeley line, and as far north as Whitesville Road near the Ice Rink, and everything west of the GSP off and including Lakehurst Rd.
• 2 Post - Whitesville Road north of the Ice Rink, the west side of Rt 9 (starts w/ the Home Depot Shopping center) up to Church Rd, the north side of Church Rd all the way up to the GSP, and the rest of the north-west end of town.
• 3 Post - 37 between the GSP and Hooper Ave, all of the town area west of Hooper Ave, the west side of Hooper Ave as far north as Mapletree Rd, the entire area between the GSP and Hooper Ave (Winteringham, Jamestown, etc, and all of the areas north to the GSP on 166).
• 4 Post - The east side of Rt 9 from the GSP to Church Rd, the south side of Church Rd to N Bay Ave, the section of town between 9 and N Bay Ave including HSN, Dist 1, Intermediate West. Also, the mall, the west side of Hooper north to and including Squire Village and the west side of Indian Hill Rd.
• 5 Post - Everything east of Hooper Ave from south of 571 to the river and west of Vaughn Ave (including the west side of Vaughn) south of 37 from Hooper to the Island Heights Line.
• 6 Post - Everything east of Hooper Ave from Oak Ave (behind the mall) to Fischer Blvd (including Target, Lowes Home Improvement, Intermediate East and Hooper Ave School), the north side of 571 from Oak Ave to the bay in Shelter Cove, all of Fischer Blvd and the assorted communities from Hooper Ave to Bay Ave and Shelter Cove Park.
• 7 Post - West side of Hooper Ave from and including OCC from Fischer and north all of Hooper Ave and all of Silverton to the Brick / Lakewood lines, all of Church Rd from and including Public Works.
• 8 Post - Everything on the east side of Vaughn Ave south of 571 and the south side of 571 from Vaughn to the Bay. All of 37 east of Vaughn and north and east of Island Heights up to and including the Mathis Bridge.
• 91 Post - The Tunney Bridge, Pelican Island, and Ortley Beach.
• 92 Post - The entire Beach area from the Lavallette boarder to the Brick boarder.
• Motor = Motorcycle

Patrol Unit Identifiers

• Alpha - Patrol Car, 1 Officer
• Bravo - Patrol Car, 2 Officers
• Delta - Detectives
• Echo - Traffic Safety Unit
• King - Canine Unit
• Lima - Lieutenants
• Med - Community Service Officers
• Watch Commander - Shift Commander
• Sierra - Sergeant
• "T" - Designator for Evidence Technician
• Tango - Extra (Overflow) Unit
• X-Ray - Aux. Police
• Yankee - Police Explorers

Command Unit Identifiers

• Staff 1 - Chief of Police
• Staff 2 - Deputy Chief
• Staff 3 to 5 - Police Captains

Lakewood Township

Police Department Signals

This is only a partial list.

• 0 - Motor Vehicle Accident
• 1 - Homicide
• 2 - Rape
• 3 - Robbery
• 4 - Assault/Fight
• 5 - Burgulary
• 6 - Larceny
• 7 - Auto Theft
• 19 - Disabled Vehicle,Fight Etc.
• 20 - Domestic
• 24 - Disturbance
• 40 - General Public/Misc.
• 42 - First Aid Call
• 49 - Escort
• 53 - Suspicious Person/Vehicle
• 74 - Vandalism

Police Department Codes

• 1 - Confidential
• 2 - Urgent
• 3 - Emergency - Lights/Sirens
• 4 - Potential Hazard
• 5 - In Service
• 6 - Out of Service
• 7 - Report to Headquarters
• 8 - Situation Under Control
• 9 - Wait for Instructions
• 10 - Check on Officer's Safety
• "Panda" - Personal Stop

Police Unit Identifiers

• Unit 20 - Police Towing
• Unit 32 - Animal Control

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