Highland Park CERT

07/31/2025

This is always a great event. Hope to see you there.

🎉 The Countdown Begins... 🎉

Just 1 week to go until our annual National Night Out celebration!

📅 Tuesday, August 5th
🕕 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
📍 Back lot of Bartle School (435 Mansfield Street)

Come meet our officers, check out our equipment, and enjoy a night full of family fun!

🎶 Dance party with our DJ
🎨 Face painting & balloon animals for the kids
🤝 Community organizations and local resources on hand

It’s the Dog Days of Summer—what better way to cool off than with a great community event? We hope to see you there!

08/01/2023

National Night out is tonight - hope to see you there.

***UPDATE***

National Night Out begins in less than 24 hours! It will be held tomorrow from 6p-9p in the parking lot of 424 Raritan Avenue (the old Stop & Shop).

As an update, we'd like to thank and provide publicity for the following vendors:

Glatt 27 will have Kosher items for sale

418 Burgers will be offering a 20% discount off their menu for the evening

Costco of Edison was gracious enough to donate a variety of snacks

Sam's Club was generous enough to donate bottled water for the event

Special thanks to Raceway for donating ice for the event to keep everything cold

The Highland Park Neighborhood Preservation Program made a donation that will enable an ice cream truck to dole out frozen desserts free of cost to attendees

Skullboy's Pizza Shack (located inside of Pino's at 13 N. 4th Avenue) will be donating hot and fresh pizza

We hope to see you tomorrow night!

12/21/2022

10/20/2021

Thanks for the assistance.

In our on going effort to provide transparency to our Borough and use statistics to effectively and efficiently operate the Police Department, here is our third quarter use of force report for 2021.

Our process of being transparent under Police Chief Abrams continues, with more information and data to be published. This is something we are dedicated to, and appreciate all of the recommendations from our community.

Please check out our website for more information.

https://www.hpboro.com/departments/public-safety/police

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03/24/2021

Be careful and double check.

Recently, throughout the state, many elderly citizens have fallen victim to the "grandparents" scam. HPPD is looking to educate its residents regarding this specific scam. Currently, criminals are contacting an older or elderly person, informing them that their grandchild was involved in a serious motor vehicle accident and is in police custody somewhere in the nation. They are informed to go to their bank and withdraw cash. They would then be instructed that a "courier" for a bail bonds company will be enroute to their home to retrieve the bail money. A courier service would then arrive, retrieve the money, provide a fake receipt or document of the transaction and leave.

We want our residents to know if there was an actual real incident of a family member in police custody and a bail amount needed to be posted, it would have to be in person at a police department. Also- if there was an incident where notification needed to be made to a family member about an arrest, Highland Park Police Officers would respond to the residence and make this notification in person.

If an incident like this happens to you or you feel uneasy about a situation you are in while on the phone with someone purporting to be a law enforcement officer, ask them for their name, what agency they work for, and a call back number. Please then call Highland Park Police Department asking for assistance.

01/18/2021

For those who are looking for vacination sites; here's some info:
https://covid19.nj.gov/pages/covid-19-vaccine-locations-for-eligible-recipients?fbclid=IwAR0cIHhZ6KYExbHdYShsEjX1lIlD-15fzap5zKZ1MkluhsdKmCD2YEh4hg8

COVID-19 vaccines are now available in New Jersey for certain qualified recipients, including healthcare workers, residents and staff of long-term and congregate care facilities, sworn law enforcement, fire professionals, and other first responders, individuals over 65, and individuals 16-64 with ce...

01/18/2021

Today we celebrate the life & legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

01/13/2021

Thanks for all you do!

This weeks officer Spotlight is Ptl. Alaina Giles!

Ptl. Giles attended the Burlington County Police Academy and has been with the Highland Park Police Department since 2014.

Ptl. Giles is one of our Field Training officers, certified in Crisis Intervention and an alco-test operator.

Ptl. Giles also received a life saving award in 2019 for running into a fire engulfed apartment building to rescue an
unconscious individual.

However what Ptl. Giles is most known for throughout the Borough is being our Humane Law Enforcement officer. To receive this certification Ptl. Giles had to attended several trainings regarding the care of animals. This ranged from Animal Cruelty investigations and Identifying, Collecting and Preserving Evidence to Animal Behavior and Traits Including Why Animals Lash Out.

We are greatly appreciative of Ptl. Giles and her desire to help all animals. This position is new to the Highland Park Police Department and Ptl. Giles has done an excellent job helping the community with their animal needs!

01/12/2021

Stay safe until you are vacinated.

01/06/2021

Let's welcome the newest member to the HP PD force. Welcome!

Today we would like introduce you to our newest officer, Shakiyla Brown!

Ptl. Brown graduated the Essex County Police Academy in March of 2020. She joins us from the New Jersey Institute of Technology Police Department where she served as an officer.

Ptl. Brown is a Graduate of University High School in Newark, and is currently enrolled at Rutgers University finalizing her Bachelors in Psychology.

Ptl. Brown will be assigned to the Patrol Division and assigned a Field Training Officer.

Ptl. Brown will replace Sgt. lancry who has recently retired and left the agency. We thank the Mayor, Town Council Members and Borough Administration in their continued support of the agency as they remain committed to the agency.

When you see Ptl. Brown, Please stop and say Hi and welcome her to the Borough!