Patrol Division
The Patrol Division is the face of the Cranford Police Department. Uniformed officers operate marked radio cars twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week throughout the township. The vast majority of citizen/police encounters involve a patrol officer. They are responsible for responding as a first responder to all calls for service. Whether an in-progress crime, alarm, medical call, fire call, motor vehicle crash, civil dispute, disorderly person, domestic disturbance, after-the-fact crime reporting or EDP/mental health crisis, uniformed patrol officers are sent as the initial resource of the Cranford Police Department. The patrol officers are responsible for assessing the situation, requesting necessary additional resources, controlling and mitigating the immediate emergency and reporting on the incident. In cases of criminal and motor vehicle investigations, the patrol officer will document the initial report for follow up by an investigator from other divisions within the Department. Equally as important as the Patrol Division response to calls for service are their crime prevention patrol strategies. The Cranford Police Department prides itself as being a proactive municipal law enforcement agency. Over half of all activity conducted by our patrol officers are self initiated, preventative patrol activities.
In the event of an EMERGENCY dial 9-1-1.
Non-Emergency Phone (908) 272-2222
Patrol Division Staff Contacts:
Division Commander A/B - Lieutenant John Swandrak j-swandrak@cranfordnj.org
Division Commander C/D - Lieutenant Eugene Perrotta e-perrotta@cranfordnj.org
Shift Supervisor A- Sergeant Timothy O'Brien t-obrien@cranfordnj.org
Shift Supervisor B- Sergeant Shayne Temple s-temple@cranfordnj.org
Shift Supervisor C- Sergeant Joseph Stulpin j-stulpin@cranfordnj.org
Shift Supervisor D- Sergeant Brian Wagner b-wagner@cranfordnj.org
Communications Supervisor A/B- Sergeant Christopher DiFabio c-difabio@cranfordnj.org
Communications Supervisor C/D- Sergeant Nadia Jones n-jones@cranfordnj.org