{"id":52696,"date":"2023-12-12T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/?p=52696"},"modified":"2023-12-12T11:07:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T16:07:41","slug":"news-2023-12-12-congratulating-new-jersey-conservation-police-officer-lieutenant-joseph-soell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/news-2023-12-12-congratulating-new-jersey-conservation-police-officer-lieutenant-joseph-soell\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulating New Jersey Conservation Police Officer Lieutenant Joseph Soell"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/joseph-soell-2022-shikar-safari-club-international-wildlife-officer-of-the-year-with-frank-panico-and-david-golden-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1007\" src=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/joseph-soell-2022-shikar-safari-club-international-wildlife-officer-of-the-year-with-frank-panico-and-david-golden-1024x1007.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52693\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.0168818272095332;width:480px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/joseph-soell-2022-shikar-safari-club-international-wildlife-officer-of-the-year-with-frank-panico-and-david-golden-1024x1007.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/joseph-soell-2022-shikar-safari-club-international-wildlife-officer-of-the-year-with-frank-panico-and-david-golden-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/joseph-soell-2022-shikar-safari-club-international-wildlife-officer-of-the-year-with-frank-panico-and-david-golden-768x755.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/joseph-soell-2022-shikar-safari-club-international-wildlife-officer-of-the-year-with-frank-panico-and-david-golden-1536x1510.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/joseph-soell-2022-shikar-safari-club-international-wildlife-officer-of-the-year-with-frank-panico-and-david-golden-2048x2013.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Lieutenant Joseph Soell has been selected as the 2022 Shikar Safari Club International Wildlife Officer of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lt. Soell has a bachelor\u2019s degree in Natural Resource Management from Rutgers University and a master\u2019s in Coastal Environmental Management from Duke University. Joe began his career with the Bureau of Law Enforcement as a Conservation Police Officer in 2004. He was first assigned to the Marine Unit, District 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few of the highlights of his time there include a case of unmarked lobster pots in federal waters that brought $67,000 in penalties and forfeitures, and a case involving a vessel landing overages of fluke and black sea bass that resulted in $15,800 in penalties and forfeitures. Lt. Soell was also active in pollution investigations. On two occasions he brought successful prosecutions for the spilling of diesel fuel into the Forked River, resulting in penalties of $8000 and $6800.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/joseph-soell-2022-shikar-safari-club-international-wildlife-officer-of-the-year-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"631\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/joseph-soell-2022-shikar-safari-club-international-wildlife-officer-of-the-year-631x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52692\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6162109375;width:480px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/joseph-soell-2022-shikar-safari-club-international-wildlife-officer-of-the-year-631x1024.jpg 631w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/joseph-soell-2022-shikar-safari-club-international-wildlife-officer-of-the-year-185x300.jpg 185w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/joseph-soell-2022-shikar-safari-club-international-wildlife-officer-of-the-year-768x1246.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/joseph-soell-2022-shikar-safari-club-international-wildlife-officer-of-the-year-947x1536.jpg 947w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/joseph-soell-2022-shikar-safari-club-international-wildlife-officer-of-the-year-1262x2048.jpg 1262w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/joseph-soell-2022-shikar-safari-club-international-wildlife-officer-of-the-year-scaled.jpg 1578w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Lt. Soell transferred to the Administration Unit in 2015 and has been instrumental in the daily function and survival of the Bureau of Law Enforcement ever since. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in 2022. Lt. Soell has become the Bureau\u2019s IT officer earning the nickname \u201cCody Joe\u201d after the records management system that he manages. He is the lead on all major projects such as body worn cameras, computer aided dispatch (CAD), vehicle purchases, software purchases and many more. Joe\u2019s hard work and dedication continue to have a tremendous impact on the success of the Bureau of Law Enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please join us in congratulating Lieutenant Joe Soell on a job well done and an award well deserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lieutenant Joseph Soell has been selected as the 2022 Shikar Safari Club International Wildlife Officer of the Year. Lt. Soell has a bachelor\u2019s degree in Natural Resource Management from Rutgers University and a master\u2019s in Coastal Environmental Management from Duke University. Joe began his career with the Bureau of Law Enforcement as a Conservation Police [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":52694,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law-enforcement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}