The Shrewsbury Borough Police Department has two trained Crime Prevention/Community Policing Officers. Their mission is to prevent crime from occurring through education and awareness, as well as through creating partnerships with community members and groups. The Crime Prevention Officers will conduct seminars in various topics to interested businesses, community groups, and residents. We provide free home security surveys, free business security surveys, and other security checks. To contact the Crime Prevention Officers contact 732-741-2500 ext.209 or ext.327.

Crime Prevention Links
National Crime Prevention Council
National Citizen’s Crime Prevention Campaign
Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free

The Shrewsbury Police Department offers a House Check program to residents. Contact us before you go on vacation and we will periodically check your house for you. Contact the Police Desk with the following information:

• Date leaving and returning
• Forwarding Address or telephone number
• Name of someone local with a key
• Anyone who will be around the residence
• Lights left on
• Cars allowed in driveway or garage

The Two Rivers Regional Domestic Violence Response Team was created in 2002. This team, consisting of volunteers from many of the Two Rivers communities, provides advocacy and assistance to victims of Domestic Violence. The volunteers receive training from 180, Turning Lives Around, (http://www.180nj.org/) in threat assessment, shelter care, and understanding the laws and the victim’s rights. The training is funded through grants given to communities by the NJ Attorney General’s Office. The participating communities are Fair Haven, Little Silver, Red Bank, Rumson, Sea Bright and Shrewsbury.

Domestic Violence Crisis Intervention Teams embody the partnership among police agencies, domestic violence core service programs and the community. Victims of domestic violence will be given immediate support at the moment of crisis and receive all available information regarding the law, safety options and available resources.

The goals of the team, according to the NJ Coalition for Battered Women, are:

• Provide crisis intervention and emotional support to victims of domestic violence and their children.
• Assist victims of domestic violence in addressing their immediate safety needs.
• Provide information and referrals.
• Serve as a conduit between victims and domestic violence core service programs.
• Enable police officers to concentrate on their traditional law enforcement responsibilities.

If you or someone you know is a victim of Domestic Violence, please get help. Domestic Violence is a problem that affects all communities, all races, all religions, and is often accompanied by child abuse. Victims can respond to member Police Departments and ask to speak with an advocate. Victims can also contact 180 at 732-264-4111 or use one of the following links below for assistance. Intervention and counseling for the victim and the abuser make a difference. The following are links for information regarding Domestic Violence.