.Mayor John E. McCormac today announced the appointment of eight new police officers to the ranks of the Woodbridge Township Police Department (WPD).  The new officers successfully completed the state-mandated six-month Police Training Commission program and will take-up patrol assignments on the streets of Woodbridge Township.  The appointments were approved after the recruits successfully completed an extensive testing and eligibility process overseen by the New Jersey Department of Personnel, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs and the Woodbridge Police Department.

“We are pleased to announce the appointment of these eight new police officers to the ranks of the Woodbridge Township Police Department,” Mayor McCormac said.  “The public safety mission of the Woodbridge Police Department is our most important priority.  As a result of our commitment to public safety, combined with the increased assignment of uniformed officers to street patrol, the Woodbridge Police Department continues to maintain police ranks at a maximum staffing level of more than 200 sworn officers effectively protecting public safety.”

Joining Mayor McCormac to announce the appointment of the new police officers were Police Director Robert Hubner, Deputy Police Director Joseph Nisky, Captain Scott Kuzma, Chief Law Enforcement Officer, Municipal Clerk John Mitch, Municipal Council President Lizbeth DeJesus, Council Vice President Brian Small, Councilwomen Debbie Meehan and Nancy Drumm, and Councilmen Cory Spillar and Gregg Ficarra, along with members of the WPD Command Staff, WPD Officers, families and friends.

Pictured above are WPD Officers (L-R):  Tianna Zaremba, Dalleyri Lopez, Laura Higgins, Steven Doyle, Samuel Annuzzi, Riley Egan, Richard Byrnes and Robert McPartland.