Newest Officer Is Named To Freehold Borough Police Force

FREEHOLD, NJ —Officer James Nause was sworn in Monday night as a full-time patrolman, in a ceremony at the Borough Council meeting.

Nause was initially hired in Point Pleasant last year but came to Freehold while he was still in the police academy, Capt. Ronnie Steppat said.

Nause started as a Class II Special Officer last April, assigned to the downtown area handling parking violations and downtown calls for service, Steppat said.

"He did a great job and was officially promoted to a full-time officer on Monday (Feb. 13)," he said, adding that after attending a two-week waiver academy Nause received his full certification as a police officer.

The borough police chief had praise for Nause, too:

"From the beginning he was a respectful, diligent and hardworking officer in his roles as a Special," Chief Craig Dispenza said in a police department post.