By Mark Daniels
An officer with the Winslow
Township police department has been charged for allegedly shooting his own
patrol car, authorities in Camden County announced Friday.
Da'Shaun Carr, 23, of Clayton,
was charged Nov. 17 with false public alarm in the incident that occurred Oct.
3 at 8 p.m. at New Brooklyn Park in Winslow.
According to prosecutors, Carr
activated an emergency button in his patrol car and indicated over police radio
that it had been fired upon, according to prosecutors.
Officers with the Winslow
Township Police Department, New Jersey State Police, Camden County Sheriff's
Office and Camden County Prosecutor's Office responded to the incident,
authorities say.
The CCPO's Crime Scene
Investigation Unit processed the scene and determined the vehicle had been shot
once through the windshield and bullet fragments were recovered, according to
prosecutors.
Investigators believe Carr used
a personal handgun to shoot the vehicle from the outside, prosecutors say, and
ballistic testing results are pending.
Carr is a part-time Class II
Special Law Enforcement Officer with Winslow and had been with the department
for about a year, according to police.
Carr was arrested Nov. 19 and
released on his own recognizance pending appearance in court.
He has been suspended without
pay.