CINNAMINSON POLICE
Command / Administration
The Cinnaminson Township Police Department is committed to providing the highest quality law enforcement services to our residents, businesses and visitors in a professional, expedient manner while displaying honesty, dedication, integrity and wisdom.
CHIEF OF POLICE WILLIAM OBUCHOWSKI
Chief William “Bill” Obuchowski is a Cinnaminson native who graduated in 1994 from Cinnaminson High School. His career took off soon after at the Burlington County Corrections Department and the Burlington County Sheriff’s Department in 1998. He was hired by the Cinnaminson Police Department on February 16, 1999, where he followed in the footsteps of his father, Cinnaminson Police Chief John Obuchowski. On June 25, 1999, Bill graduated from the Burlington County Police Academy Class #76 on June 25, 1999, receiving the Director’s Award for overall excellence.
Soon after joining the Cinnaminson Police Department, he was designated as a marksmen/observer and a firearms instructor as well in 2002. By 2003 he had been trained as an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician), and in 2004 had become a field training officer. He’s always been involved in training, and has been or is a radar instructor, firearms instructor, taser instructor, as well as a firearms armorer.
In December 2010, Bill was promoted to Sergeant, where he was put in charge of training, a position he still holds today. In 2018, he was tasked with completely revamping the department’s field training officer program as well as creating a sergeant training program.
In June of 2021, Bill was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. Since that time, he has attended several prestigious training programs. In November 2021, Bill graduated from the New Jersey Chiefs of Police’s Command and Leadership course, where he received the Chief Harry Wilde Academic Achievement Award for coming out at the top of his class. Upon graduating, he was asked to return to the course as an instructor, where he teaches in Area 4 of the program.
On March 17, 2023, Bill Obuchowski graduated from the nationally accredited Certified Public Manager program. In May of 2023, he received a Certificate of Achievement from Fairleigh Dickinson University for the completion of the Executive Leadership Program for Public Safety. Also in May of 2023, Bill successfully passed with distinction the Professional Certificate in Evidence-Based Policing from Cambridge University. On December 8, 2023, Bill graduated from Northwestern’s School of Police Staff and Command.
On January 2, 2024, Bill was promoted to the rank of Captain. As Captain, he was assigned as the head of the Patrol Division. His duties included, but were not limited to scheduling, training, policy development, field training officer program, firearms, Quartermaster, OPRA/common law and was also assigned as a Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator for the Township.
On June 1, 2024, Bill was appointed as the Officer-in-Charge of the Cinnaminson Police Department following the retirement of Chief Richard Calabrese. On June 17, 2024, Bill was promoted to Chief of Police. This became a historical moment, as according to Executive Director Mitch Sklar, Esquire, CAE of the New Jersey State Association of Chief of Police, Bill, and John became the first father and son combination to become Chiefs of Police for the same department. There were two other father/son combinations and one father/daughter combination that became Chiefs of Police in New Jersey, however, they all worked for different departments.
CAPTAIN ROY WAGNER
Captain Roy Wagner grew up in Cinnaminson and graduated from Cinnaminson High School in 1992. He started his law enforcement career attending the Cape May County Police Academy in 1998, graduating as a Class 2 Special Law Enforcement Officer working with the City of Wildwood Police Department. In 1999, he was employed by the Burlington County Sheriff's Department as a Sheriff's Officer. Captain Wagner graduated from his second police academy at the Burlington County Police Academy and received the Academic and Director's Award upon graduation. In 2002, he joined the Cinnaminson Township Police Department and was assigned to the Patrol Division.
While in the Patrol Division, Captain Wagner was assigned to the Field Training Officer program, training new officers to prepare them to function as solo-beat officers after their training cycle. He was also designated as an Evidence Technician to assist the Detective Bureau with investigations. In addition, Wagner became certified as a firearms instructor, armorer, and taser instructor.
On August 3, 2017, Wagner was promoted to Patrol Sergeant and later to Detective Sergeant in the fall of 2019. During his time in the Detective Bureau, he was tasked with investigating and overseeing all criminal activity affecting the residents and visitors of Cinnaminson Township. He was also assigned to Internal Affairs and was tasked as the department's Bias Crime Liaison and Juvenile Liaison Officer.
On January 2, 2024, Wagner was promoted to Lieutenant, where he assumed command of Internal Affairs and continues to train officers in the use of firearms and tasers.
On June 17th, 2024, Wagner was promoted to Captain, and is the executive officer to Chief Obuchowski.
Captain Wagner earned his bachelor’s degree in individualized studies from Fairleigh Dickinson on September 1, 2018, and a master’s degree in administrative science from Fairleigh Dickinson University on May 18, 2021. He is a graduate of the New Jersey State Chiefs of Police Command and Leadership Program and received a Certification of Achievement from Fairleigh Dickinson University for completion of the Executive Leadership Program for Public Safety Personnel.
Captain Wagner is a proponent of using technology and intelligence-led policing techniques and believes continuous learning is the key to resilience and success in an organization. He believes that as leaders, we must champion this mindset at all levels of an organization, and leaders should never be satisfied. They must always strive to improve and build that mindset into the team.
