Margate City Police Department

09/01/2026

Students are heading back to school, and safety starts with all of us. New Jersey recorded approximately 16,000 school bus-related crashes from 2016 to 2024. Let’s watch for children walking and biking, follow school bus laws, and slow down in school zones.

08/30/2026

08/29/2026

Please avoid traveling in the area of an Essex and Wi******er Avenues. Downed wires have created the need for detours while utility company crews assess and repair the wires.

Please follow the direction of all emergency personnel and do not cross or disturb any caution tape that is up in the area. If you encounter any wires that are down, please treat them as if they were live and do not approach.

We do not have an exact ETA as to when power will be restored to affected homes and the area will be rendered safe, but crews are working as fast as possible.

08/25/2026

This Labor Day weekend, plan your ride before the celebration begins. In 2024, 40% of drivers ages 18–34 killed in Labor Day crashes were drunk—choose a sober ride home.

08/21/2026

Thanks to all who joined us last night at the annual Law Day at the Margate City Public Library! We had a fantastic time meeting all those who came out to see not only MCPD, but several of our regional partners who help us keep you all safe!

08/19/2026

Tonight at 6pm is our annual Law Day at the Margate City Public Library at Huntington and Atlantic Avenue!

Come on out for lets of fun activities for kids, snacks, and a chance to get to know members of the Police Department and many of our partners in the region who will be there!

08/18/2026

Wearing a helmet is one of the easiest ways to protect your brain while biking, riding an e-bike, or using an e-scooter. Make safety part of every ride.
This graphic was created by students at Kean University through the CRASH Project, a peer-led traffic safety initiative that empowers young people to promote safer communities.
Thank you to these student leaders for helping spread important safety messages across New Jersey.

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08/14/2026

UPDATE: The female has been located!

It is believed that Laverne was in Margate last night. If anybody sees her, please call us at 609-822-1151.

FINAL UPDATE- Detectives Maria Borsani and Bryan Victoria-Garcia have diligently worked to locate Laverne traveling today to Philadelphia and Camden.
Thankfully, we just received word that Laverne has been located by Philadelphia PD and is safe. Her family has been notified.

UPDATE- Our detectives have worked on the search for Laverne all day. We have located surveillance video of her boarding a bus heading for Philadelphia. We are in contact with the Philadelphia PD and her family members in Philadelphia.

MISSING PERSON- This morning, the ACPD was notified that Laverne Harvey, a 64-year-old black female, left her hotel room on August 13 and has not returned. According to family members, Laverne suffers from dementia and Alzheimer's disease. She was last scene wearing the same outfit in the photograph.
After an extensive search, Surveillance Center personnel tracked her to Jackson and Ventnor Avenues entering Ventnor City at 6:45 PM last night.
Anyone with information about Laverne's whereabouts can contact the Criminal Investigations Section at 609-347-5766 or the Communications Unit non-emergency number at 609-347-5780.

08/12/2026

On August 11, 2026 at approximately 7:23pm, Margate City Police dispatch received multiple 9-1-1 calls in reference to a pedestrian motor vehicle accident at Jerome and Wi******er Avenues. Police units were dispatched along with the Margate Fire Department’s ambulance and a medic unit to assist.

Investigating officers on scene determined a vehicle making a left hand turn onto Wi******er Avenue from Jerome Avenue struck an 89 year old woman from Margate as she crossed southbound in the crosswalk of the intersection. The driver, identified as Stephen J. Thack, 84 years old from Margate, remained on scene and cooperated with the crash investigation.

The victim was taken to AtlanticCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City to be treated for life threatening injuries. She remains in the hospital at this time in critical but stable condition.

No summonses have been issued at this time but remain pending the outcome of the investigation. The accident is being investigated by Officer Ronald Krause of the Margate City Police Department.