From the NJSACOP Archives …. February
The New Jersey Police Chief Magazine | February 2021
1912 The first meeting of the NJSACOP was conducted at the Court House in Newark , NJ . Elizabeth Police Chief George Tenney was elected President , Jersey City Police Chief Frank Monahan was elected Vice President , East Orange Police Chief William O ’ Neill was elected Secretary , and New Brunswick Police Chief Michael O ’ Connell was elected Treasurer . Bylaws were adopted , and a motion made and carried authorizing the Secretary to “ purchase all needed stationary and supplies for use of the Association .” Chief Tenney addressed the membership , promising “ to do everything in his power to advance the objects of the Association and work for the betterment of Police Departments .”
Chiefs Tenney and Monahan
1933 The NJSACOP Monthly State Chiefs Meeting for February 1933 was held in Newark , NJ . Bergen County Police Chief Peter Siccardi “ called attention to a movement in Bergen County in which the Chiefs of that county were backing , whereby the county would shortly put into effect a broadcasting system and where all police stations and police cars within the county would be equipped with radios .”
Chief William O ’ Neill East Orange PD
1937 Hawthorne Police Chief Vanderwalk reported that “ Passaic County Chiefs of Police had formed an association , and would be glad to co-operate with this or any other , police association .”
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