The NJ Police Chief Magazine Volume 26, Number 6 | Page 12

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2/7/2020 Contact: Chief Stephen Beecher, NJSACOP ACE Chairman Email: [email protected] Phone: [phone] ext. 7558 2020 NJSACOP ACE Certification Program Update ACE (Accredited Chief/Command Executive) Certification Program Awards The New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police awarded certification status to seven (7) deserving police executives at the February 6 th State Meeting for Chiefs. Certification Status lasts for three years. At the end of that period, Command Executives and Chiefs of Police must show they have maintained the training and leadership standards since their initial award of certification. Achieving Command Executives join a select group, only thirty three percent (33%) of state police chiefs are certified; and only twenty nine percent (29%) of municipalities have certified command executives. Each applicant below recently underwent peer reviews conducted by the NJSACOP Accredited Chief/Command Executive (ACE) Program and has successfully earned the following designations: ACE-COP (ACCREDITED COMMAND EXECUTIVE-CHIEF OF POLICE): Gloucester Township Police Chief David J. Harkins Chatham Township Police Chief Thomas Miller ACE (ACCREDITED COMMAND EXECUTIVE): City of Bayonne Deputy Police Chief Walter Rogers Gloucester Township Deputy Police Chief Anthony Michael Minosse Gloucester Township Police Captain Brian Scot McKendry Bridgewater Township Police Captain Paul S. Payne Borough of Rutherford Police Lieutenant Sean T. Farrell Gloucester Township Police Chief David J. Harkins is a twenty five (25) year veteran of the police force. He was previously certified as a Command Executive in 2017 while holding the rank of Deputy Chief. He was promoted to Chief in 2019. Chief Harkins received his Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Rutgers University in Camden in 1994; and a Master’s Degree in Human Resources from Seton Hall University in 2015. He is the recipient of numerous awards and citations during the course of his career; among these the Gloucester Township Police Officer of the year in 2001, the Camden County Gallagher Award in 2007 for providing outstanding instruction to recruits at the police academy, and a Unit Citation from the Pennsylvania Narcotics Association. 10