Toms River: Ocean County College- Earlier this morning our tip line was exploding with messages inquiring about the heavy police and security presence near the Gateway Building on campus. Initially we didn’t have an answer because TRPD & OCC Security both use encrypted radio systems, but luckily Staff 01 happened to be on campus. By 09:15 all was clear and the police presence had dissipated as photographed by Staff 01.

So what happened you’re wondering? Well this turned out to be a misunderstanding.
It was a student who was wearing a weighted training vest in preparation for an upcoming MMA fight. There was no threat at all to the campus at anytime. Someone thought the weighted vest appeared to be a bullet-proof or combat vest likely.