Captain Bob Elbertson
Captain Elbertson began his career with the Burlington City Police Department in 1998 as a Class I Reserve Officer. In 1999 he attended the Burlington County Police Academy as a Class II reserve Officer before being hired full time in October of 2000. In 2005 he served as a Detective until 2007 where he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant. In 2016 Captain Elbertson was promoted to Lieutenant where he remained until accepting his promotion as the Police Captain in 2019 were he currently serves as the Operations Commander.
Throughout his career he served in and supervised various units to include the Reserve Unit, Traffic Unit, K9 Unit, Special Enforcement Unit, Investigations Division, Patrol Division, Firearms Instructor and finally Police Operations.
In addition to his present responsibilities, Captain Elbertson also currently serves as the Team Commander for the Burlington County Civil Response Team Task Force, “Domestic Preparedness”. This training was received at the FEMA Center for Domestic Preparedness – Field Force Command and Planning in Aniston, Alabama.
Captain Elbertson is a Graduate of Stockton University in with a BA in Business Administration. He has also Attended the “Command and Leadership Training Program” (“West Point inspired”) – New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police and has received training as a Certified Public Manager (CPM) – State of New Jersey.
Captain Elbertson was born and raised in Burlington City and is a Graduate the Burlington City High School. He was inspired by his father Robert Senior who is a retired Burlington City Police Officer and has other family members in the “business” to include his brother, uncle and cousin.
Lieutenant Joseph Caruso
Lt. Joseph Caruso began his career with the City of Burlington Police Department in 1987 as a Reserve Police Officer. On June 14, 1995 he was hired as a full time Police Officer assigned to the Patrol Division. In 1999 he was assigned to the newly formed Pro-Active Enforcement Unit, dealing with narcotics investigations and violent crime within the City. That same year he was given the “Officer of the Year” award held at the Knights of Columbus. Also in 1999 he became a member of the Burlington City/ Burlington County Joint tactical Team (SWAT). He served on the SWAT Team for 14 years and became the Commander of the team prior to it being dis-banned in 2013. From 2002 until 2004 he was assigned to the Detective Division. In 2003 he was awarded the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Law Enforcement Officer Commendation Award for his effectiveness in combating drug activity and violent crime within Burlington City. In 2005 he was promoted to the position of Sgt. supervising the Pro-Active Enforcement Unit. In 2010 he was promoted to the position of Lt. and supervised the Pro-Active Enforcement Unit, Detective Division, SWAT Team and was the supervising firearms instructor for the department. In 2013 he was assigned to the Professional Standards Unit. Lt. Caruso currently serves as the Supervising Patrol Lt. assigned to patrol operations.
Throughout his career he was assigned to and supervised various units to include the Firearms training for all officers in the department, officer safety and vehicle pursuit training, Pro-Active Unit, Gang Task Force created by the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit, Burlington Special Response Team (SWAT), Detective Division, Professional Standards Unit, Patrol Division and currently as a Platoon Leader for the Burlington County Civil Response Team.
He has been to numerous training classes to include Basic Tactical Operations and High Risk Warrant Service, Driving while intoxicated or under narcotics, Tactical Operations at the Blackwater Training Facility in North Carolina, SWAT 2 Advanced Hostage Rescue and Tactical Operations, Gang Awareness, Basic Search Warrant Process Course, Incident Command School, Interview and Interrogation school, Familiarization with Explosives, Death Notification and Traumatic Unanticipated Grief Class, Firearms and Sub Machine Gun Instructor Class, Multi-Jurisdictional Counter Task Force Training, Undercover Operations course, 16 week course on Supervision, Radical & Recruitment of Gangs, Successful Interaction with the Media, West Point Command and Leadership Class, Active Shooter and Response, Internal Affairs Training, ABC Enforcement, Sig Sauer Armor School, Disciplinary Practices and Procedures for Internal Affairs, Proactive Approaches to Dealing with Stress, Executive Training course on Coping with Change, Adversity, and Ethics, Psychological Issues in Police Discipline, Suicide Bombers and IED’s, SWAT Team Leader Developed Training, Accreditation Manager Course, Field Force Command and Operations Planning and Below 100 Training.
Lt. Caruso was born and raised in Burlington City and has a lot of pride in his profession. He enjoys training and mentoring junior officers under his command and has taught the officers under his command the importance of Community Policing.
Lieutenant Michael J. Ekelburg Jr.
Lieutenant Ekelburg began his career in law enforcement with the City of Burlington Police Department in 1991 as a Class I Special Law Enforcement Officer. In 1997 he became a Class II officer after graduating from the Gloucester County Police Academy. Lieutenant Ekelburg was hired full-time as a patrol officer on January 1, 2001.
During his years of service, he has served in numerous units, including the Emergency Service Unit, Special Enforcement Unit, Bicycle Unit and Field Training Unit. In April of 2013 he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant and assigned to the patrol division as a patrol supervisor. In 2015 Lieutenant Ekelburg was transferred to the Criminal Investigative Division as the division’s supervisor. In June of 2019 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. He is currently the commander of the Criminal Investigative Division and the Special Law Enforcement Officer Unit.
Lieutenant Ekelburg was born and raised in Burlington City and is a graduate of the Burlington City High School. In 2017 he successfully completed the New Jersey State Chiefs of Police Command Leadership Academy.
Lieutenant Ryan P. Elbertson
Lieutenant Ryan P. Elbertson started his law enforcement career with the City of Burlington Police Department in October of 1999 as a Class I Special Officer. Lieutenant Elbertson served in this capacity until 2002 when he was hired full-time by the City of Burlington Police Department where he advanced to the position of Officer after successfully graduating from Burlington County Police Academy.
During his tenure, he served in and supervised various units to include the Special Response Team, Emergency Services Unit, Special Enforcement Unit as well as being the Supervising Firearms Instructor. In September of 2013, he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant where he served in the Patrol Division and the Criminal Investigation Division. In April of 2019, he rose to the rank of Lieutenant where he served as the Patrol Division Commander, Training Officer and Fleet Manager and then in January of 2020 he was assigned as the Department’s Accreditation Manager.
Lieutenant Elbertson has attended and successfully completed the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police Command and Leadership Academy. In March of 2019 Lieutenant Elbertson completed and graduated from the FBI National Academy, 275th Session, in Quantico Virginia. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Public Administration as well as Master’s Degree in Administrative Science.