The NJ Police Chief Magazine Volume 26, Number 2 | Page 6

The New Jersey Police Chief Magazine | October 2019
From the NJSACOP Archives….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.”
Chief Lyman Parks and the Union Co. PD
1937
At the NJSACOP Monthly State Chiefs Meeting 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.
Mark Kimberling
Superintendent,
NJ State Police
1953
The NJSACOP received a letter from Chief R.N. Long of Columbia, Missouri, thanking Chief Chester Campbell
the NJ State Association of Chiefs of Police for “information and help extended to
Tenafly PD
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.
2018
Montclair State University Police Chief Paul Cell, a Past President of the
NJSACOP, was installed as President of the International Association of Chiefs
of Police at the organization’s annual conference in Orlando, FL.
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