The NJ Police Chief Magazine Volume 26, Number 6 | Page 7

The New Jersey Police Chief Magazine | February 2020
From the NJSACOP Archives….February
1912
The first meeting of the NJSACOP was conducted at the Court House in Newark, NJ. Elizabeth Police
Chief George Tenney was elected President, Jersey City Police Chief Frank Monahan was elected Vice
President, East Orange Police Chief William O’Neill was elected Secretary, and New Brunswick Police
Chief Michael O’Connell was elected Treasurer. Bylaws were adopted, and a motion made and
carried authorizing the Secretary to “purchase all needed stationary and supplies for use of the
Association.” Chief Tenney addressed the membership, promising “to do everything in his power to
advance the objects of the Association and work for the betterment of Police Departments.”
Chief George Tenney
Elizabeth PD
1933
The NJSACOP Monthly State Chiefs Meeting for February 1933 was held in Newark,
NJ. Bergen County Police Chief Peter Siccardi “called attention to a movement in Bergen County in
which the Chiefs of that county were backing, whereby the county would shortly put into effect a
broadcasting system and where all police stations and police cars within the county would be
equipped with radios.”
1937
Hawthorne Police Chief Vanderwalk reported that “Passaic County Chiefs of Police had formed an
association, and would be glad to co-operate with this or any other, police association.”
Chief Frank Monahan
Jersey City PD
2020 Monthly State Chiefs Briefings
(All meetings are held at the Doubletree Hotel in
Eatontown, NJ unless otherwise noted.
Meetings begin at 10:00 am—breakfast is served at 9 am.)
Thursday, February 6th Thursday, June 4th
Thursday, March 5th Thursday, September 3rd
Thursday, April 2nd Thursday, October 1st
Thursday, May 7th Thursday, November 5th
Thursday, December 3rd
The Ocean Place Resort
Long Branch, NJ
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