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The Police Department provides a wide variety of services to the citizenry and visitors to the township. Temporary Handicapped Parking Permits Community Policing Access to NJ Municipal Court Direct
The Eastampton Township Police Department does perform basic fingerprinting for Township residents and employees of township businesses. This is a free service and is best performed Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM. The Police Department will fingerprint applicants for firearms applications, liquor license applications, adoption applications, and employment background checks. While the Police Department does supply the fingerprint cards for Firearms and liquor license applications, all other applicants must supply their own fingerprinting cards, which are normally provided by the agency requesting the service. No appointment is necessary.
Residents of Eastampton Township who wish to apply for a firearm's purchaser I.D. card and/or a permit to purchase a handgun should pick up the mandated forms at the Administrative Offices at the Eastampton Township Police Department during normal business hours. Upon completely filling out the forms and returning them to the Administrative Offices, you will be fingerprinted as part of the initial application. Fingerprints are also required if more than two (2) years has passed since you were originally fingerprinted. The Police Department has the required fingerprint cards and will fingerprint you without charge. This service is described in the Fingerprinting section above. At the time you file your application, you must bring a cashier's check or money order made out to the N.J. Division of State Police, S.B.I. in the amount of sixty-dollars and twenty five cents ($60.25). This fee is set by the N.J. State Police for processing the fingerprint cards. If you are applying for a duplicate ID card, a replacement ID card, or additional Permits to Purchase A Handgun AND it has been less than two (2) years since you were last fingerprinted for a firearms application, you must complete S.B.I. form 212A (Rev. 7/94). There is a eighteen dollar ($18.00) fee payable to the N.J. Division of State Police, S.B.I. This fee must be made with a cashier's check or money order and is set by the N.J. State Police for processing the fingerprint cards.
Temporary Handicapped Parking Permits The Chief of Police of each municipality in this State shall issue to any person who has temporarily lost the use of one or more limbs or is temporarily disabled as to be unable to ambulate without the aid of an assisting device or whose mobility is otherwise temporarily limited as certified by a physician or podiatrist...a temporary placard may, however, be renewed one time at the discretion of the issuing authority for a period of not more than six (6) months duration. The placard shall be displayed on the motor vehicle used by the temporarily handicapped person. A vehicle which has displayed a placard is allowed to park overtime or in a designated handicapped parking place (NJSA 39:4-204 thru 207). To obtain a temporary handicapped parking permit, please visit the Administrative Offices at Police Headquarters for the state form to be completed by your attending physician.
This is a free service provided by the Eastampton Township Police Department as part of our community policing role. If you are going away, please feel free to click on the vacation check link above and fill out the form with all information. Your residence will then be checked twice daily for and a report will be sent to you upon your return. You can then email this form to us or drop it off to the Administrative Offices at Headquarters Monday - Friday (8 AM - 4 PM) before your departure. More information is available at the Department web site by clicking on the title of this section.
The Eastampton Township Police Department is highly service oriented law enforcement agency. Through our Community Policing Unit, we are involved in and provide for the following programs: Child ID Program, D.A.R.E., Adopt-A-Cop, Neighborhood Watch, follow-up contacts with victim's of property crimes, educational presentations, and Site Security Surveys.
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