Records compiled by Barnegat Township's Police Department indicate nine uses of force over the span of 10,573 incidents requiring police response in 2013. It's one of numerous findings issued by the department as a requisite of the national accreditation won in 2011.
Social media helps Barnegat police catch a suspected debit card thief. Police say 26-year-old Charles Parkhill III, turned himself in shortly after an image of him purchasing an item at a Route 9 liquor store was posted on Facebook.