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.