Following the retirement of Lieutenant Joseph “Jay” Duffy, the Plainsboro Police Department has promoted sergeant John Bresnen to lieutenant. Corporal Brett Olma will be promoted to sergeant and detective Martin McElrath will be promoted to corporal.
Bresnen currently commands the patrol division, having joined the department in 1999 and worked in patrol and traffic divisions. He was promoted to corporal in 2008 and to sergeant a year later.
Olma is a supervisor in the patrol division. He grew up in Monroe and joined the department in 2003. In addition to serving in patrol and administration, Olma has been assigned to the Middlesex County narcotics task force and special operations response team.
McElrath is from Edison and joined the department in 2008. He has worked in patrol as well as in the detective bureau as a juvenile officer.
