Barnegat Police Department Achieves Accreditation

BARNEGAT, NJ — The Barnegat Township Police Department was awarded law enforcement accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) for the fourth time after Chief Keith Germain and Lieutenant Jeff Ryan appeared remotely before the Commission for the agency compliance hearing and review.

The Commissioners voted unanimously to award the police department re-accreditation after an exhaustive review by independent subject matter experts found the agency was in 100 percent compliance with CALEA's hundreds of standards and best practices during the past four years.

Barnegat's police department remains the first and only CALEA accredited agency in Ocean County and one of only nine CALEA accredited municipal police departments in the State of New Jersey. BTPD has been accredited by CALEA since 2011.

"The women and men of this agency work tirelessly to ensure that we are always meeting or exceeding best practices and innovating to provide the best public safety service out there," said Germain.

"It is both rewarding and reassuring to have a highly respected, diverse, and independent entity like CALEA conduct an exhaustive review of our agency and confirm that we're performing at the highest levels both operationally and administratively."

Germain praised both the community and township committee for their support of the agency.

"Time and time again during our assessment and review, our township was complimented for the outstanding partnership between the community and the agency," Germain said.

"It would be impossible for us to accomplish all that we do on a daily basis without the funding and support of the Township Committee who give us all of the resources we need to be a premier public safety agency."

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