The Chief of Police, Michael M. Koroski, has been the Chief since 2020. He oversees the entire department and its sworn and civilian employees. Assisting the Chief with operations is his civilian secretary, Gia Chichelo.
Our agency consists of multiple units that are each designed to support our community in different ways. Find out more about each of our divisions below.
The Patrol Division, overseen by Lt. Ryan McKay, handles day to day calls for service, including alarm response, traffic enforcement, medical aid calls, emergency calls, and many more. The division consists of 4, 4 person squads, each with a Sergeant or Officer-in-Charge, as well as two patrol officers.
The support services division, headed by Lt. Guild, consists of the Detective Bureau, Traffic Unit, our Class III SLEO (Special Law Enforcement Officer), Matrons, and School Crossing Guards.
Detective Sergeant Bruce Rapp, under the umbrella of the Support Service Division and Lt. Guild, is a supervisor within the Detective Bureau. He is also the agency's foremost authority on Firearms Laws and Firearms applications.
Detective Zarrillo is a patrol officer who is currently assigned to the Detective Bureau working alongside Detective Sergeant Rapp. He is responsible for criminal investigations, interviewing, fingerprinting, crime scene processing and many other investigative functions within our agency.
Sergeant Hochman, under the umbrella of the Support Services Division headed by Lt. Guild, is a Traffic Safety Unit Supervisor. He oversees day to day operations of the unit, which currently has two members. He is responsible for traffic safety and enforcement and is currently the agency's only Motorcycle certified officer.
Patrol Officer Nyquan Shaw is currently assigned to the Traffic Safety Unit alongside Sgt. Hochman. He has a large number of responsibilities within the agency, including by not limited to, traffic safety and enforcement, motor vehicle crash investigations, traffic studies and response to traffic related complaints.
Currently, The Morris Plains Police Department, with the assistance of the Morris Plains School District, employs one school resource officer, or SLEO III. This officer is assigned to assist both Mountain Way School and Borough School with School Safety. Our current SLEO III is Michael Rolph. retired from the Morris Plains Police Department and has held the position of SLEO III since that time.
