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The New Jersey Police Chief Magazine | March 2018
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Hutchinson, “a friend of Chief Sloat of Matawan…a rubber billie, on which he had a patent.”
1937
The Association received a communication from the N.J. Collector of Revenue “with
regard to our owing them $2.50 revenue due from our affair at Belmar for selling
beer” was read at the Monthly State Chiefs Meeting, and payment of the amount due
was so directed.
1956
The Acting Director of the State Bureau of Traffic Safety, Leo R. Welch, thanked the
Association “for the fine cooperation received from us” during that year’s Holiday
Safety Campaign. Mr. Welch stated that
There had been a recorded decrease in traffic deaths during the Holiday period
and throughout 1955 and the leadership and cooperation of the Police Chiefs
was a vital factor in achieving New Jersey’s present standing, which is in sharp
contrast to the general increase of traffic deaths recorded throughout the
Nation.
Attorney General Sessions Announces New Cybersecurity Task Force
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered the creation of the Justice Department’s Cyber-Digital Task Force,
which will canvass the many ways that the Department is combating the global cyber threat, and will also
identify how federal law enforcement can more effectively accomplish its mission in this vital and evolving area.
According to the official press release from the DOJ, Attorney General Sessions said, “The Internet has given us
amazing new tools that help us work, communicate, and participate in our economy, but these tools can also be
exploited by criminals, terrorists, and enemy governments. At the Department of Justice, we take these threats
seriously. That is why today I am ordering the creation of a Cyber-Digital Task Force to advise me on the most
effective ways that this Department can confront these threats and keep the American people safe.”
The Task Force will be chaired by a senior Department official appointed by the Deputy Attorney General and will
consist of representatives from the Department’s Criminal Division, the National Security Division, the United
States Attorney’s Office community, the Office of Legal Policy, the Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties, the Office
of the Chief Information Officer, the ATF, FBI, DEA, and the U.S. Marshals Service. The Deputy Attorney General
may invite representatives from other Department of Justice components and from other federal agencies to
participate in the Task Force. He may also establish subcommittees to focus the Task Force’s efforts.
The Task Force will be responsible for issuing a report to the Attorney General by the end of June.
The Attorney General has asked the Task Force to prioritize its study of efforts to interfere with our elections;
efforts to interfere with our critical infrastructure; the use of the Internet to spread violent ideologies and to
recruit followers; the mass theft of corporate, governmental, and private information; the use of technology to
avoid or frustrate law enforcement; and the mass exploitation of computers and other digital devices to attack
American citizens and businesses. The scope of the Task Force’s report is not limited to these categories.
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