South Brunswick PD's 2025 Numbers Are In: 93K Calls, Cold Case Cracked

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — The South Brunswick Police Department responded to more than 93,000 calls for service in 2025 while keeping use of force below a fraction of a percent, according to the department's newly released annual report.

"Our 2025 goals focused on reducing serious traffic infractions and fatalities, decreasing vehicle-related crimes, and expanding community engagement efforts with an emphasis on mental health awareness," Chief Raymond Hayducka wrote in the report. "I believe we have met and, in many areas, exceeded our goals."

Here's a look at the numbers behind the department's year.

Calls & Activity

Officers handled 93,838 calls for service in 2025. Dispatchers fielded 123,023 total telephone calls over the course of the year, averaging 1,640 emergency 911 calls per month.

Budget & Overtime

Police overtime totaled $184,296.58 in 2025 — a decrease of $65,500.93 from the prior year. The township also brought in approximately $234,697.50 in net revenue from quasi-duty work, in which officers are hired by outside contractors for security or traffic control details on their off hours.

Use of Force

Out of 87,560 calls for service, force was used in 22 incidents — a rate of 0.025 percent. A total of 46 use-of-force reports were completed. All uses of force were determined to be objectively reasonable, necessary and proportional following command-level review.

Investigations

Detectives were assigned 1,183 cases in 2025, down from 1,502 in 2024. The clearance rate for Part I crimes held steady at 22.98%. The department also completed 636 background investigations, up 15% from the prior year.

Among the standout cases: detectives cracked a 2012 burglary after DNA testing — conducted 13 years after the crime — linked a suspect to the scene. An elder fraud investigation resulted in the arrest of a courier after a sting operation; the victim had been deceived into handing over more than $250,000. And a suspicious death investigation, conducted in partnership with the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office and Medical Examiner, resulted in a first-degree homicide charge.

Traffic

The year included two traffic fatalities. In January, a 24-year-old Trenton woman died at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital after her vehicle struck a slow-moving tractor-trailer on Route 1; the truck driver fled the scene. In July, a 75-year-old Jersey City man died after being struck by a pickup truck while crossing Route 27 outside a crosswalk in a dimly lit area.

Heroism on the Job

In November, Officers Sites and Shroff pulled an unconscious, trapped driver from a burning vehicle on Route 27 before it became fully engulfed. The department called their actions life-saving.

Training

Officers completed 7,172 hours of initial and in-service training in 2025, conducted in both in-person and virtual formats.

Mental Health Response

The department's ARRIVE Together team — pairing an officer with a state mental health screener — handled 20 calls in 2025, with 15 individuals safely transported for further evaluation and others connected to outside services through Rutgers Behavioral Health.

Community Programs

The department hosted 25 residents in a fall Citizens Police Academy, brought 50 youth through its summer Youth Police Academy, and issued Child ID cards to more than 100 children. The "Cram the Cruiser" food drive, held twice during the year, collected donations for the South Brunswick Food Pantry.

Accreditation

South Brunswick PD is one of only three agencies in New Jersey holding simultaneous accreditation from CALEA, the NJSACOP Law Enforcement Accreditation Program, and NJSACOP's Public Safety Answering Point program for its communications center.

Hayducka, who announced his retirement effective Sept. 1 after 21 years leading the department, closed the report on a note of pride in his officers.

"Each year brings new challenges and complexities to the job, yet our officers continue to rise to the occasion with professionalism, compassion, and a true commitment to growth," he wrote. "Our connection to the community has never been stronger."

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