Blood, sweat, and sneakers: Off-duty cop’s 5K turns into wild Atlantic City brawl Dan Alexander Published: August 26, 2025 Atlantic City skyline (Chris Coleman, Townsquare Media), Atlantic City PD shield (ACPD)
🚨 An Atlantic City police officer was preparing to run a 5K run
🚨 He saw a man appearing to drag a woman under the boardwalk
🚨 The officer and the man got into a fight before he was taken into custody
ATLANTIC CITY — A city police officer participating in a 5K Run took a thankless detour after he noticed a man holding a woman in a headlock on the beach.
In an incident caught on video, the off-duty cop ended up in a scuffle with both the man and his wife before another off-duty officer arrived and pointed his gun, alarming people on the boardwalk on Sunday morning. l