{"id":2991,"date":"2026-03-10T14:55:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/?p=2991"},"modified":"2026-03-10T14:59:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:59:28","slug":"the-union-county-sheriffs-office-mourns-the-loss-of-one-of-our-own-officer-james-gritschke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/press-releases\/main\/2026\/03\/10\/the-union-county-sheriffs-office-mourns-the-loss-of-one-of-our-own-officer-james-gritschke\/","title":{"rendered":"The Union County Sheriff\u2019s Office mourns the loss of Officer James Gritschke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-subtle-background-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Officer Gritschke was a valued member of our Sheriff\u2019s Office family, and his passing is deeply felt by all who had the privilege of serving alongside him. His service and dedication to the people of Union County will always be remembered.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our thoughts and prayers are with Officer Gritschke\u2019s family, friends, and fellow officers during this incredibly difficult time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We ask the community to please keep his loved ones and the members of the Union County Sheriff\u2019s Office in your thoughts and respect the family\u2019s privacy as they grieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Information regarding arrangements to honor Officer Gritschke will be shared when it becomes available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rest in peace, Officer Gritschke. We will remember your service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>-The Union County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officer Gritschke was a valued member of our Sheriff\u2019s Office family, and his passing is deeply felt by all who had the privilege of serving alongside him. His service and dedication to the people of Union County will always be remembered. Our thoughts and prayers are with Officer Gritschke\u2019s family, friends, and fellow officers during&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"1970-01-01 00:00:00","action":"","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","browser_timezone_offset":0},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2991\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}