Brian Murphy
Captain of Operations

Captain Brian Murphy was born and raised in Middle Township and graduated from Wildwood Catholic High School in 2006. After High School he continued his formal education at Montclair State University and ultimately graduated in 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Justice Studies and a minor in Psychology.

Captain Murphy began his career in law enforcement in the summer of 2008 when he was hired by the Wildwood Police Department as a Class 2 Special Law Enforcement Officer. After the summer months, Captain Murphy returned to Montclair State University and worked toward completion of his undergraduate studies.

In October of 2010, Captain Murphy was hired by the Middle Township Police Department as a full-time Class 2 Special Law Enforcement Officer and assigned to the Uniform Patrol Division. He was eventually sworn-in as a full-time Patrolman in April of 2012 and continued serving Middle Township as part of the Police Department’s Uniform Patrol Division. Since 2013, Captain Murphy has been a certified Field Training Officer (FTO) and helped train police officers after they’ve graduated from the police academy. Beginning in 2016, Captain Murphy rotated assignments between the Police Department’s Street Crimes Unit and Patrol Division until 2018, when he was permanently assigned to the Department’s Major Crimes Unit as a Detective. Captain Murphy served as a Detective until he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant in September of 2019 and assigned as the supervisor of a Uniform Patrol Squad. In September of 2021, he was reassigned to the Major Crimes Unit as the Detective Sergeant.

In August of 2022, Captain Murphy was promoted to Operations Lieutenant, overseeing the Patrol Division as the Patrol Commander.

Captain Murphy was previously certified by the International Chiefs of Police Association as a Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) and has been recognized as an expert witness in Middle Township’s Municipal Court in this field. He is certified by the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety and Kean University as a Traffic Safety Specialist – Level 1, which is a recognition of his extensive training, education, and experience in the field of traffic safety. In addition to his duties in Middle Township, Captain Murphy has been an active member of the Cape May County Regional Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team since 2016 and is currently a Team Leader. In 2022, Captain Murphy attended and graduated from the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police’s Command and Leadership Academy.