Undersheriff Philip Meehan

Undersheriff Philip E. Meehan is in charge of the Monmouth County Sheriff's Office Communications Division, which answers calls for multiple municipalities and provides dispatch services for 32 police departments, 106 fire companies and 55 first aid squads.

U/S Meehan is a Marine Veteran and began his law enforcement career in the Sussex County Sheriff's Department, Corrections Division in 1994. In 1997 he was hired as a patrol officer with the Hazlet Police Department where he rose through the ranks and was appointed to chief. He retired as chief in 2020 and was hired at the Monmouth County Police Academy as a training officer before becoming undersheriff.

U/S Meehan is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, a certified Public Manager and has a master's degree in Administrative Sciences from Farleigh Dickinson University. He is a member of the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police, Monmouth County Chiefs of Police Association, Monmouth County 200 Club and The International Association of Chiefs of Police.