Milburn swears in two new police officers; department hands out 2025 awards

The Milburn Township Committee on June 18 approved appointments to the police department and administered the oath of office to two new officers.

Chief Gil Feather introduced the candidates, saying one was a 20-year-old local resident with prior volunteer and EMT experience and the other a 22-year-old bilingual candidate who has served in the U.S. Marine Corps. The committee moved to approve resolution 2658 confirming the appointments; a roll-call vote recorded affirmative votes from Mr. Cohen, Mr. Cosro, Mr. Ser, Mr. Fuller and Mayor Sakan.

Mayor Sakan administered the oath. Jack Larson repeated, “I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of police officer,” and was congratulated by the committee. The second appointee repeated the same oath.

After the swearing-in, a department presenter identified as Bill summarized the police department’s 2025 awards and several recent investigations. The presentation credited officers and detectives for locating a stolen vehicle and apprehending suspects; interrupting a credit-card fraud operation that recovered stolen cards and a handgun; developing burglary leads through surveillance and cellular data that led to arrests; executing an elder-financial-fraud operation that recovered cash; and recovering dozens of pieces of stolen mail. Multiple officers were named during the summaries.

The committee recorded its appreciation to department staff. No additional action on personnel was taken during the meeting.

The committee adjourned the public-comment period and proceeded with other agenda items.