Crime & Safety

Vest-A-Cop Brings Fun To Downtown Toms River

The 33ed annual fundraiser will have games, raffles, a vintage T-shirt contest and more.

The Toms River Police Vest-a-Cop fundraiser will be held in Downtown Toms River, where it was held in 2022.
The Toms River Police Vest-a-Cop fundraiser will be held in Downtown Toms River, where it was held in 2022. (Karen Wall/Patch)

TOMS RIVER, NJ — The Toms River Police Department is set to hold its 33rd annual Vest-a-Cop fundraiser on Monday, Sept. 25.

The event will be held from 4 p.m.-9 p.m. on Washington Street in Downtown Toms River as it was in 2022. There will be fun for the entire family, including live music, restaurants, food trucks, DJ, a dunk tank, axe-throwing, facepainting, raffles, police motorcycles, fire trucks, ambulances, inflatables and more.

The goal is to raise money for the department's ballistic vest fund.

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Do you have your Vest-A-Cop T-shirt from previous years? Wear it Monday night to the fundraiser for a group photo at 7 p.m. and a chance to win a prize.

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