From the NJSACOP Archives …. January
The New Jersey Police Chief Magazine | January 2021
1913 The NJSACOP Monthly State Chiefs Meeting for January 1913 was held in Westfield , NJ . Vice President Frank Monahan occupied the chair . As recorded in the meeting minutes
Owing to the death of our late president George G . Tenney no official business be transacted . Vice President Frank Monahan occupied the chair and confirmed the following resolutions .
Resolved that members of the Association meet at Police Headquarters Elizabeth , at eight-thirty AM and attend the funeral as a body .
Chiefs Tenney and Monahan
1922 The NJSACOP Monthly State Chiefs Meeting for January 1922 closed with the announcement by Chief Dettmar of the Trenton Police Department that he had “ retired as Chief from the department on January 1 , and that he requested that the association take no cognizance of it by a present or lunch as he would not accept it , on motions a rising vote of thanks was tendered the chief extending him our very best .”
Chief William Dettmar Trenton PD
1953 The NJSACOP Monthly State Chiefs Meeting for January 1953 was held in Lyndhurst , NJ . During the report of the Association ’ s Committees , Traffic Committee Chair Matthew Bolger presented a Resolution which read , in part :
Chief Matthew Bolger Newark PD
WHEREAS : The New Jersey State Association of Chiefs assembled in formal meeting in Lyndhurst , New Jersey , Recognizes the importance of complete knowledge of the law and Court Procedure in the adjudication of traffic cases ….
RESOLVED : That this Association hereby requests that the Attorney-General of the State of New Jersey cause to be prepared a manual of the proper procedure to be followed in the arrest and prosecution of persons violating the provisions of Title 39 of the Revised statutes as amended and supplemented , and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED : That a copy of such manual be distributed to all police officers throughout the State .
2002 Executive Director Sklar announced that the Association had launched an internet homepage , to be found at www . njsacop . org .
2003 Executive Director Sklar informed the membership that the NJSACOP Law Enforcement Agency Accreditation Program was now operational , and that information would be disseminated to all law enforcement agencies in the State .
January 1945
Chiefs Murray , Bugnon , Roff and Smalley
December 1925
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