The Police Chaplain Program

Jason Scalzi is a retired Police Officer from the Vineland Police Department.  Jason served in the United States Marine Corps from 1992-1996, the New Jersey Army National Guard 1997-2004 and the New Jersey Air National Guard 2004-2010.  Jason also served in Operation Iraqi Freedom while in the Air National Guard 2006-2007 in Kirkuk, Iraq.

His Law Enforcement Service includes the Cumberland County Sheriff's Department 1999-2000, Vineland Police Department from 1999-2016.  Jason spent the first 12 years on Patrol where he attended the following schools:  Street Survival-Tactics for Winning Seminar, Drill Instruction School, Field Training Officer Preparations, Crisis Intervention, Bullletproof Mind:  Mental Preparation for Combat, Crisis Intervention Team (CIT), Group Crisis Intervention (International Critical Incident Stress Foundation).  The last 5 years Jason served as a Community Policing Officer and Police Chaplain Liaison Officer.  Jason is a Chaplain with the BGEA ~ Rapid Response Team and was deployed to Ferguson, Baltimore and Baton Rouge during times of Civil Unrest.  Jason is currently an Ordained Minister with the Assemblies of God and the new Lead Pastor of Glad Tidings Assembly of God in Tinton Falls, NJ.