The Long Beach Township Board of Commissioners meeting on Monday, Dec. 1 began with a ceremony to swear in three new police officers, whose family members and friends filled the courtroom at the municipal complex in Brant Beach. Mayor Joseph Mancini led Patrolmen Jared Schworn, Robert Gunnell and Noah Brachelli through the oath of office, and formally welcomed them to the township police department.

“We’re very happy that they have come to work for us,” Mancini remarked. “They’re a good group.”