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The New Jersey Police Chief Magazine | December 2019
From the NJSACOP Archives….December
1912
The NJSACOP Monthly State Chiefs Meeting for December 1912 was held in Jersey City, NJ. President Tenney,
as well as Chiefs Monahan, Cleary, Keily, and Tolen
Spoke on the advisability of going to Washington D.C. on March 4 th , in uniform, as an
escort to President Wilson. After considerable discussion a vote was taken on the
question, it being the sense of the meeting that all members attend in winter uniform,
and adopt the cap and wreath worn at present time by the head of the Jersey City
Dept.
Major Richard Sylvester
Superintendent, Washington, D.C.
Police
Thereafter, the President introduced Major Richard Sylvester, Superintendent of the
Washington, D.C. police.
Chief Cleary
Trenton PD
The Major was in a delightful frame of mind and gave a most interesting talk. He assured the members
that it would give him great pleasure to meet them in his home city on March 4 th next.
1914
Englewood Police Chief Frank Titus, one of the founding members of the NJSACOP, passed away after a lingering illness.
According to the obituary in the New York Times, the week prior the City Council, as a mark of appreciation for his services,
voted to “retire the stricken Chief on half pay.” The Times also notes that Chief Titus was “an active figure in the New Jersey
State Association of Police Chiefs.” He was 52 years old.
1937
Captain Snook of the New Jersey State Police addressed the State Chiefs Meeting, and
Gave a very interesting talk on fingerprints and the co-operation between their
departments and the municipal police, dwelling on the fact that their department,
now equipped with a laboratory for scientific detection was at the disposal of all
departments, covering chemical analysis, molds and casts, ballistics, etc. He also
stated that it was their intention to record sex criminals and make up crime statistics,
and that they would be glad to have any department send one of their men if he
required training along identification to their department and they would be glad to
see that proper instruction was given.
Chief Thomas Claren, Montclair PD
and Chief Frank Titus, Englewood PD
Following Captain Snook’s remarks, Colonel Kimberling thanked the Association for “having changed its constitution and by-laws
so that he could become a member,” and he assured the membership that it was “his intention to work with and co-operate with
the departments throughout the state.”
1956
The Association received a letter from the Passaic County Police Chiefs Association requesting the assistance of the NJSACOP
In an effor t to have the State Statute in r egar d 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 to
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
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