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Byram Township honors officers and telecommunicators for actions during 2025 incidents
Summary
At its May 5 meeting, the Byram Township Council recognized multiple officers and telecommunicators with medals and citations for their roles in two 2025 critical-incident responses, including an Allamuchy officer-involved shooting and a barricade incident that ended in the subject’s death.
The Byram Township Council on May 5 recognized several police officers and dispatch personnel for actions taken during two serious incidents in 2025.
The council recorded nominations and commendations related to an Allamuchy officer-involved shooting on Feb. 17, 2025 (report 25BT00275). Nominations listed Lt. Guy Mariani, Sgt. Thomas Dellicker, Detective Lawrence Mendelsohn, Patrolman Victor Marin and Patrolman Christopher Spaldo for honors that included a Medal of Honor and a Combat Cross. The incident summary in the record shows officers encountered a suspect who fired multiple rounds; officers established a perimeter, attempted negotiations, advanced to take the suspect into custody and provided lifesaving first aid after the suspect sustained gunshot wounds. Chief Daniel De Wald is recorded in the meeting materials as the nominator for several of those commendations.
The council also recorded nominations tied to a July 20, 2025 incident (report 25BT04147) that involved a barricaded subject and the subsequent discharge of a firearm. That packet recommends a Unit Citation for a group of officers (including Patrolman Kevin Garrity and Patrolman Daniel Mejorado, among others) and a Unit Citation nomination for public safety telecommunicators—Stephanie House, Travis Finan, Ashley Hebble and Mike Totaro—for their role in dispatch and coordination. Chief Thomas A. Dellicker is recorded as submitting those nominations.
Other recognitions included a Honorable Service Award for Detective Lawrence Mendelsohn, a 10-year Good Conduct Award for Sergeant Kevin Perry (service dated May 2, 2016–May 2, 2026) and a Military Service Award for Patrolman Mark Bollmann.
The awards and nominations were entered into the council record during the May 5 meeting; the materials in the packet identify the incident report numbers and the nominating chiefs but do not include extended oral testimony in open session. The council’s acknowledgement places the commendations on official record; any formal presentation, ceremony or departmental follow-up was not detailed in the open-session transcript.
