On Sept. 7, Patrolman Keith Smith was sworn in as a full-time police officer for the Barnegat Township Police Department.
Police Chief Keith Germain said Smith is a fully trained officer who has six years of experience with the Galloway Police Department, where he recently qualified for that agency’s SWAT team.
“He had a spotless record of service with Galloway, where he focused on community policing and was never the subject of a citizen complaint,” said Germain.
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