TOMS RIVER – Detective James Carey has retired from the Toms River Police Department, concluding a law enforcement career that began in 1996.
Carey started as a special law enforcement officer with the Seaside Park Police Department before graduating from the Ocean County Police Academy in 1997. He served as a full-time patrolman in Seaside Park in 1998 before joining the then-Dover Township Police Department in 2000.
During his patrol years, Carey was a field training officer and a member of the Emergency Services Unit. He was promoted to detective in 2014, working in the department’s Burglary West unit and serving as a crisis negotiator.
Toms River PBA Local 137 congratulated Carey and said he will be greatly missed.
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