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Mantua police: search-warrant executed without incident; two officers to graduate June 19; officer honored for life-saving response

Township Committee of the Township of Mantua · June 9, 2025
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Summary

Lieutenant Hauss told the committee a Camden County search warrant was executed without incident, said two full-time officers will graduate from the academy June 19 at the top of their class, and recounted a resident gifting a Special Olympics medal to Officer Germscheid after she helped save the resident's mother.

Lt. Hauss reported the department has been clearing old property and evidence from storage and that the Camden County Prosecutor's Office executed a search warrant at a Norris Street residence without incident. He said the detective bureau identified an individual responsible for spray-painting trash cans at Ceres Park.

Hauss told the committee that two full-time officers currently in the police academy will graduate June 19 and that both were at the top of their class; he also said two Class 1 officers have completed the academy and are in the field-training program, and that Officer Julia Gehring was the class leader among the new graduates.

Hauss recounted that the department received a letter from a resident whose mother called 911 for a medical emergency; Officer Germscheid responded and the department helped save the woman's life, after which the resident presented Germscheid with a Special Olympics gold medal.

He also noted officers are completing required Miranda and Use of Force Addendum training now part of the curriculum required for police licensing.