The New Jersey Police Chief Magazine | December 2020
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1937 On the evening of December 3 rd , the NJSACOP commemorated the Association ’ s 25 th anniversary with a “ Silver Jubilee Gala ” at the Paterson Armory . As reported in the Passaic Herald-News , “ stars of the stage and radio ” were scheduled to appear at the event , including
Cab Calloway , Bill Robinson and entertainers from the Cotton Club , Savoy ballroom and other New York and New Jersey nightclubs are scheduled to appear . Music for dancing , which will begin at 8 o ’ clock , will be furnished by Martin Block and his Make Believe Ballroom orchestra , of radio station WNEW , and Sammy Cohen and his Manhattan Troubadours .
Cab Calloway , Martin Block and Passaic Chief Charles Monks
Passaic Chief Charles Monks served as chairman of the jubilee event .
1956 The Association received a letter from the Passaic County Police Chiefs Association requesting the assistance of the NJSACOP
Chief Charles Monks Passaic PD
In an effort to have the State Statute in regard to the issuing of permits to purchase fire arms amended , so that an applicant would have to be fingerprinted and the time extended for which the permit was to be issued from seven to thirty days so as to give the police departments an opportunity to make a thorough investigation of applicants , as top whether they had any criminal record .
1961 A moment of silence was held in memory of ( recently deceased ) Chief Peter Siccardi ( Bergen County Police ), a former President of both the NJSACOP and the IACP , and one of the giants in policing in New Jersey and the United States in the pre-World War 2 era .
Chief Peter Siccardi Bergen Co . PD
December 1952
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