Continued from previous page WHEREAS , Article 6 , Section 1 , explains the constitution of the Executive Board and who they shall be , we go on record that this Section of the By-Laws be changed .
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , that we as a Committee of Three go on record that the By-Laws be changed throughout and that no one shall hold office unless he is a Chief of Police of a State , County or Municipal Police Dept . except in cities where the Chief of Police or active uniformed head is called a Superintendent or Commissioner , as is the case in Buffalo , N . Y . Such men although not officially known as Chiefs of Police , hold the same rank and shall be eligible for membership .
The New Jersey Police Chief Magazine | October 2024
Many members of the N . J . State Association of Chiefs of Police are looking for immediate action on this subject and stand ready to resign if the by-Laws are not changed and the association made what it stands for — an association of International Chiefs of Police , and not an association of men in every walk of life .
It was moved , seconded and passed that this resolution be adopted , and that it be brought up “ at the next convention of the I . A . C . P . at Kansas City .”
1937 The NJSACOP Monthly State Chiefs Meeting for October 1937 was held in Newark , NJ .
A motion was made by Chief Chester Campbell of Tenafly , seconded by Chief Lyman Parks of the Union County Park Police , to adopt the amendments to the NJSACOP Bylaws whereby the Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police would be eligible for Active Membership in the association . The motion was duly adopted , and the membership application of Col . Kimberling was approved .
Chief Charles McCoy
1953 The NJSACOP received a letter from Chief R . N . Long of Columbia , Missouri , thanking the NJ State Association of Chiefs of Police for “ information and help extended to him in his efforts to organize a chiefs of police association in the State of Missouri .”
1981 The Association celebrated the signing into law amendments to NJSA 40A : 14-114 , commonly known as the “ Chiefs Responsibility Bill ,” outlining the lawful responsibilities , rights , obligations , and protections afforded to the office of Chief of Police in the State of New Jersey .
1987 The NJSACOP Monthly State Chiefs Meeting for October 1987 was held in Plainsboro , NJ . It was announced that , pursuant to the newly adopted revisions to the NJSACOP Constitution & Bylaws , there would be no association elections for the next two years . Vice President Joe Batten also in-formed that a full “ review of the classification of membership will be started in November and should be completed by January 1988 .”
2018 Montclair State University Police Chief Paul Cell , a Past President of the NJSACOP , was installed as President of the International Association of Chiefs of Police at the organization ’ s annual conference in Orlando , FL .
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