Fairfield (NJ) – The New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP) announced an upcoming statewide “Goal Zero” enforcement and awareness initiative for Friday, January 16, from 3-7 p.m.   The timing is deliberate and strategic, targeting the high-risk Friday afternoon “getaway” period that marks the start of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday weekend, one of the most congested travel periods of the winter season. Law enforcement agencies across New Jersey

Fairfield (NJ) Chief Anthony G. Manna and the officers and staff of the Fairfield Police Department are pleased to welcome four new officers to the department’s law enforcement. They are Officers Etian Rivani, Matthew Iatesta, Christopher LeMay and Brenden Muhs. All were appointed by the Mayor and Council as probationary police officers on July 10, 2025, and began attending the Essex County Police Academy that same month. On December 10, 2025, all four graduated as part of Es

Fairfield (NJ) The Fairfield Police Department is actively investigating a commercial burglary and theft that took place at Digital World Shop, located at 1275 Bloomfield Avenue on December 14, 2025. On that date, at approximately 3:48 AM, Fairfield officers were dispatched to this location on a report of a burglary in progress. Apparently, the owner of the business was alerted by a Ring camera because of activity near the bay door to the business. The responding officers wer

Fairfield (NJ) The Fairfield Police Department announces the arrest of Seaf Alswelim (20) of Totowa N.J. for eluding police and a variety of motor vehicle offenses on December 12, 2025. On that date, at approximately 9:21 PM, Officer Louis Bisciotti was running stationary radar on Route 46 East when he observed a white BMW allegedly traveling east at a high rate of speed. The officer’s radar indicated the vehicle to be traveling 85 mph in a 50 mph zone.   At this time, Office