Monthly Archives: June 2014


2014 Heroin Initiative leads to 3 local arrests

The  8-week initiative of the Bergen County prosecutors office as led to the arrest of three FLOW residents from Oakland and Franklin Lakes, as well as numerous residents from neighboring towns like Wayne, Mahwah and Pompton Lakes. There were 325 individuals arrested in total and 11,794 bags of street-packaged heroin […]


On the Job – June 4, 2014

MAY 27:  While on patrol, Officer Bryan Rowin initiated a motor vehicle stop on Ramapo Valley Road that resulted in the arrest of an Oakland resident who had an active traffic warrant issued from the Oakland Municipal Court.  The twenty-one year old male offender was taken into custody, processed, and […]


Do the Right Thing

Known to all is the fact that people who are not 21 years old get together at parties, without parental supervision, and drink alcohol- and that’s a crime in the United States, and a handful of Muslim countries such as Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Oman, Pakistan where religious tradition frowns on alcohol […]


Vince Letizia to receive Rec Lifetime Achievement Award

This Saturday is Oakland Recreation’s annual baseball/softball parade.  Every year the event gets bigger and bigger and this year is no different.  Along with the team banners, hot dogs, bouncy rides and music there will be a very special award handed out by the Recreation Commission.  Former Oakland Recreation Commissioner […]