Mendham Twp Police

If you encounter someone selling anything door to door, they should be in possession of a visible ID and registered with the Township with a permit. Please contact us immediately if you encounter someone who maybe illegally selling anything door to door or acting suspiciously.

We received a couple reports yesterday of someone in different areas of the township going door to door selling Pest Control. We have no one registered with our township permitted to do so.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration has a hotline to report such incidents. The number can be found below.

Since we are in the middle of tax season, it is crucial to remember there are a ton of scams out there! If the IRS calls you demanding payment, HANG UP, it’s a scam! Americans have lost more than 23 million dollars by giving out info to scammers impersonating the IRS.

Ralston Engine Company No 1 for their rapid response in the middle of the night and for making quick work extinguishing the fire!

Early this morning around 01:37AM, we received a call for a fire in a backyard in the area of Washington Valley Rd and Dogwood Dr. Patrol was able to locate the exact location of the active dumpster fire. Huge shout out to the Brookside Engine Company 1 and

A huge shoutout to the Township Committees and our community for helping make this happen!

4 months ago, a truly historic day took place when we officially moved into our new headquarters . Everyone here at MTPD is very proud of our new home and it was over 40 years in the making.

the recordings will also serve to strengthen the trust and transparency of our department with the public. Please see the images below as a reference for what the cameras look like and approximately where they will be worn.

All uniformed officers who are required to be equipped with body worn cameras will wear them on the front of their uniform around mid-chest. The use of body worn cameras is a valuable tool to assist our officers in the successful prosecution of criminal cases. In addition,

Beginning February 17th 2023, the Mendham Township Police Department began equipping our officers with body worn cameras (BWC’s). These cameras will be used, as per the NJ Attorney General’s Guidelines, to capture video and audio recordings of police/citizen interactions…

can improve both the service we provide and make the department better!

MTPD's Chief Johnson, Lt. Bittman, Sgt. Ambrosi, Sgt. Morrison, Sgt. Wysokowski, Sgt. Kalweit and Detective Arnesen held their first 2023 Command Staff meeting of the year in January setting short and long term strategic goals as well as discussing some of the challenges we are..

facing in both Law Enforcement and as a department and how we can address those as an agency. This will be one of a number of meetings throughout the year where the they will continue these discussions as well as discuss training, policy and directive updates and how we…

A true warrior and inspiration to many, we were honored to show our support for East Hanover's youngest honorary officer. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Kinney family and their community. #WeAreJohnnyStrong

Today MTPD assisted East Hanover PD along w/over a dozen other agencies for a final send off for 14 Year Old Johnny Kinney who lost his long battle with cancer last week.

Topics covered were school safety, threat & SITE assessments, school & Law enforcement partnership and discussion of trends, resources and programs. We are lucky to have a great working partner in our district!

This morning MTPD's Chief Johnson, Lt. Bittman & Det. Arnesen along with Township School Superintendent Dr. Constantino and Dr. Koroski attended the Morris County Law Day Symposium hosted by our county partners.

Please drop off your unwrapped gifts at our new HQ in Brookside next to town hall or Chester Police NJ HQ by DECEMBER 10TH! We hope everyone can give something for our local families!

On this Giving Tuesday we are kicking off our Annual Holiday Gift Drive today! This year we will be collecting for local families in partnership with the Mendham-Chester Food Pantry! We will be collecting gifts for children and young adults ranging in age from 1-21

years old. Some great examples of gifts would be: -Building Blocks -Lego Sets -Science Sets -Craft Sets -Other toys For the young adults: -Portable Speakers -Jewelry or Watches -Skin Care Products for Teenagers -Water Bottles