Do you have information on a crime or suspicious activity? Use our online anonymous tip form.
Responsibilities
Performing all major investigative activities of the department.
Performing follow-up investigations of serious and vice crimes.
Conducting thorough investigations, gathering and preserving evidence, making arrests, and testifying in court.
Seeking and developing sources of information.
Interrogating suspects and witnesses.
Interviewing suspects and witnesses, taking written statements.
Maintaining surveillance over persons and places suspected of illegal operations.
Participating in the search and booking of persons arrested.
Preparing cases for prosecution by means of accurate and detailed record keeping.
Recovering stolen property for the purpose of evidence and , if appropriate return to its owner.
Performing all identification functions.
Processing juvenile offenders.
The Detective Bureau is staffed Monday through Friday from 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM. They are also available to assist with investigations on a call out basis.
Do you have information on a crime or suspicious activity? Use our online anonymous tip form.
The Mt. Olive Twp. Police Department Detective Bureau fingerprints township residents free of charge on Wednesdays and Fridays between the hours of 9-11am and 6-8pm. We will fingerprint you for:
We will not fingerprint for any I.N.S. purpose. They are handled at their Newark field office located at 970 Broad St. If you can not make the above times, special arrangements can be made by calling 973-691-0900 ext. 7203 and speaking with the on duty Detective.