The NJ Police Chief Magazine Volume 26, Number 6 | Page 13

Chief Harkins is a graduate of the 247 th Session of the F.B.I. National Academy in 2011.
While rising through the ranks he has served as a Field Training Officer; member of the
Gloucester Township Narcotics Unit; Task Force Officer with the New Jersey State
Police Narcotics/Organized Crime Bureau; Gloucester Township Operations Officer for
the Office of Emergency Management; and was a member of the Gloucester
Township Special Response Team, rising to the position of Team Commander.
Chatham Township Police Chief Thomas Miller has been on the force for twenty one
(21) years and was promoted to Chief in 2018. He was previously certified as a
Command Executive while holding the rank of Lieutenant. Chief Miller received his
Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice from the County College of Morris in 1993; his
Bachelor’s Degree in Law and Justice from Rowan University in 1995; and his Master’s
Degree in Administrative Science from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 2012. He is a
graduate of the 16 th Session of the Police Executive Institute through the New Jersey
State Association of Chiefs of Police; the F.B.I. Law Enforcement Executive
Development Program; and the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police
Command and Leadership Program. He has received numerous awards and citations
during his career. Chief Miller is the past Accreditation Manager for the Chatham
Township Police Department. He is a former defensive tactics, PR-24, and expandable
baton instructor. Chief Miller previously served as a member of the Morris County
Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Task Force and lead the Chatham Township Office of
Emergency Management.
City of Bayonne Deputy Police Chief Walter Rogers has served for twenty six (26) years.
He was previously certified as a Command Executive in 2015. Since his initial
certification he has attended Penn State University’s Police Executive Development
Program; Strategic Management through the 21 st Century taught by the Southern
Police Institute of the Department of Justice at the University of Louisville; and the 24 th
Session of the F.B.I.’s Law Enforcement Executive Development Program.
This is the initial certification for Gloucester Township Deputy Police Chief Anthony
Minosse; Gloucester Township Police Captain Brian McKendry; Bridgewater Township
Police Captain Paul Payne; and Borough of Rutherford Police Lieutenant Sean Farrell.
Deputy Chief Anthony Michael Minosse is a twenty five year veteran of the Gloucester
Township Police and was promoted to Deputy Chief by Chief Harkins in October 2019.
Deputy Chief Minosse received his Bachelor’s Degree from Rowan College in 1995. He
previously served as the Operations Captain. Deputy Chief Minosse has served as a
Field Training Officer. In 1999 he was selected to the Gloucester Township Special
Response Team and in 2010 was appointed Team Commander. He holds numerous
instructor certifications and teaches various curses at the Camden County Police
Academy. Deputy Chief Minosse is a graduate of the New Jersey State Association of
Chiefs of Police Command and Leadership Program; the New Jersey State Association
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