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RED BANK: FRAZEE TO BECOME POLICE CHIEF

Captain Mike Frazee, left, at an incident with Chief Darren McConnell (back to camera) in April. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

hot topic red bank njRed Bank-born-and-raised police Captain Mike Frazee will become the borough’s next police chief, succeeding Darren McConnell, Mayor Billy Portman announced Thursday night.

The handoff, however, will be delayed “several weeks” as McConnell’s retirement, previously expected to occur next week, has been postponed, McConnell said.

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July 28, 2023 - 8:10 am |

RED BANK: McCONNELL TO RETIRE

Red Bank police Chief Darren McConnell on Broad Street after the Red Bank Classic 5K Saturday. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

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Darren McConnell, Red Bank’s police chief and interim administrator, plans to retire next month, he told redbankgreen Saturday.

McConnell’s exit means the incoming mayor and council will now have to fill the top two administrative jobs at borough hall while implementing a new “council-manager” form of government approved in a voter referendum last November.

And there’s an outside chance McConnell could return as the manager.

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June 19, 2023 - 9:30 am |

RED BANK: ADMIN SEARCH TO BE REVIVED

Chief and interim Business Administrator Darren McConnell with Senior Center Director Jackie Reynolds last October. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

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By JOHN T. WARD

hot topicRed Bank’s council will try again to find a full-time borough administrator, following an abandoned effort of year ago.

The search will be revived even as the governing body, sharply divided on numerous other issues, appears to agree that police Chief Darren McConnell is doing a faultless job in double duty as interim administrator.

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May 12, 2022 - 7:35 am |

RED BANK: PERSONNEL MOVES AT TOWN HALL

red bank borough hallThe New Year brought some job changes to borough hall. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

The Red Bank council made some administrative personnel changes last week.

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January 16, 2020 - 10:00 am |

MIDDLETOWN GETS NEW POLICE CHIEF

AUTHORITIES_MTOWN2-2014The eighth chief in the 86-year history of the Middletown police department took the helm Monday night, according to a report by More Monmouth Musings.

R. Craig Weber, a 21-year veteran of the township squad, was sworn in at a full-house ceremony to succeed Robert Oches, who retired last month after 40 years in the department.

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August 19, 2014 - 7:09 am |
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