Chief Rickey Varga
Lieutenant Franklin Dillane
Lieutenant Michael Owens
Sergeant Giuseppe DeChiara
Sergeant Ryan Dworzanski
Sergeant Gregory Pfremmer
Sergeant Todd Galla
Detective Sergeant Peter Ziegler
Detective Raymond Wetzel
Officer William Simkin
Officer Paul Lindenfeld
Officer Michael Cipriano
Officer Jeffrey Morley
Officer Matthew Schneider
Officer Robert Giaccone
Officer Douglas Mayer
Officer Kaitlin Walling-Gant

In addition to seventeen (17) sworn officers the department employs one (1) Administrative Assistant / matron and eight (8) school crossing guards.

Administrative Team:
The Cranbury Township Police Department’s Administrative team consists of the Chief and two Lieutenants. They are responsible for the day-to-day operations of the department, operating and capital budgets, long and short term planning, maintaining standard operating procedures, developing rules and regulations, internal affairs investigations, hiring new personnel, training, implementing the polices of the New Jersey State Attorney General’s Office and the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, maintaining records, evidence and equipment, computer audits, providing the Cranbury Township Council with crime trend updates, maintaining a counter terrorism plan, and all the duties of a patrol officer.

Detective Bureau:
The Detective Bureau was started in 2004. One sergeant and one patrol officer are assigned to the Detective Bureau. The Detective Bureau is responsible for investigating crimes which occur in our jurisdiction.

The detectives are trained in forensics ( latent fingerprints, DNA etc.), interviewing and interrogation, photography and specialized training. They further investigate offences of burglary, theft, sexual offenses, cyber, bias, environmental, and juvenile crimes.

The detectives also participate in regional criminal intelligence meetings, complete background checks on department applicants and conduct surveillance operations.

Patrol Officers
Patrol Officers are responsible for criminal arrests, patrolling residential streets, traffic control and enforcement, motor vehicle accident investigation, investigating citizens complaints, investigating incidents involving juveniles, enforcing township ordinances (breach of peace violations), participating in community policing events, attending mandatory training courses, equipment maintenance and report writing. Officers are responsible for ninety nine (99) specific duties and many more that are to numerous to list.

Besides their basic patrol duties, patrol officers are encouraged to find an area of interest and to develop skills in that field. Our patrol officers have received training in the following areas:

Traffic crash reconstruction
Radar instruction
Bias crime investigation
C.P.R. instructor training
A.E.D. (defibrillator) instructor training
Firearms instructor training
Domestic violence investigation
Sex crimes investigation
Crime scene processing
Arrest, search and seizure
Uniform crime reports
Street survival
Radiological emergencies
Incident command
Firearms instructor training
Counter terrorism
Emergency management

The world is an ever changing place. The duties of all police officers change on a regular basis. Terrorism, gangs and cyber crime are only the latest duties and responsibilities thrust upon your local police officers.