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The New Jersey Police Chief Magazine | October 2017
From the NJSACOP Monthly Meeting Minutes
80 Years Ago – October 1937
The NJSACOP Monthly State Chiefs Meeting for October 1937 was held in
Newark, NJ.
A motion was made by Chief Chester Campbell of Tenafly, seconded by Chief
Lyman Parks of the Union County Park Police, to adopt the amendments to the
NJSACOP Bylaws whereby the Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police
would be eligible for Active Membership in the association. The motion was
duly adopted, and the membership application of Col. Kimberling was
approved.
Chief Lyman Parks
Union County Park Police
30 Years Ago – October 1987
The NJSACOP Monthly State Chiefs Meeting for October 1987 was held in Plainsboro, NJ. It was
announced that, pursuant to the newly adopted revisions to the NJSACOP Constitution &
Bylaws, there would be no association elections for the next two years. Vice President Joe
Batten also informed that a full “review of the classification of membership will be started in
November and should be completed by January 1988.”
Chief Chester Campbell
Tenafly PD
This month in NJSACOP history…..OCTOBER
1913
The Association received a briefing from the Bertillon System explaining “the
various finger-print systems now in vogue,” further explaining that a class of
instruction was being prepared which, for a “very nominal” price, to make it
possible for the smaller police departments “to enjoy the benefits of finger-print
and photographic system.”
1929
The Association received official notification from the US Department of the
Treasury that the organization comes “within the exempting provisions of Section
108(8) of the Revenue Act of 1928 and similar previous Revenue Acts,” and that
the association therefore “be relieved of duty of filing returns of annual income so
long as your purposes and activities remain unchanged.”
1953
The NJSACOP received a letter from Chief R.N. Long of Columbia, Missouri,
thanking the NJ State Association of Chiefs of Police for “information and help
extended to him in his efforts to organize a chiefs of police association in the State
of Missouri.”
1981
The Association celebrated the signing into law amendments to NJSA 40A:14-114, commonly known as the
“Chiefs Responsibility Bill,” outlining the lawful responsibilities, rights, obligations, and protections afforded to
the office of Chief of Police in the State of New Jersey.
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