The New Jersey Police Chief Magazine | September 2025
Continued from previous page“ Section 1 or Article 4 of the Constitution be amended to read and include the Superintendent of State Police” which was carried after a second to the motion had been made.
1940
There was no monthly meeting of the Association held in September 1940; instead, the Association convened in Asbury Park on August 29th for a conference. The one-day conference, presided over by NJSACOP President Chief H. J. Harrington( Carteret) had a very full agenda, which included the following:
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An address by Hon. A. Harry Moore, Governor of the State of New Jersey �� Discussion of police radios( Chief O’ Neill, Bayonne) �� Review of Accident Prevention( Chief Inspector Ziegler, NJ Motor Vehicle Department) �� Police Schools( Chief Roff, Morristown)
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�� Arson in New Jersey( Special Agent Gillecce, National Board of Fire Underwriters) �� Bombs( Chief Jenkins, Union City) �� Cooperation between Police Departments( Chief McCarthy, Plainfield) �� Statewide Service and Communications( Superintendent Mark Kimberling, NJ State Police) �� Juvenile Problems( Superintendent Ernest Brown, Washington, DC Metropolitan Police) �� Cooperation between Lawyer-Director and Chief of Police( Hon. A. DeMuro, Director of Public Safety, Nutley) �� Police Work as a Vital Factor to Community Welfare( Hon. F. Gassert, Mayor of Harrison, NJ) �� Improving Relations between Police Agencies( E. Kelly, Executive Secretary, IACP) �� Police From a Practical Standpoint( Hon. J. Quinn, Prosecutor, Monmouth County)
The conference was capped off by a banquet, which featured a keynote address by Camden County Prosecutor Samuel Orlando.
1960
Chief O’ Neill
The NJSACOP Monthly State Chiefs Meeting for September 1960 was conducted at the American Hotel in Freehold. Chief Charles McCoy, chair of the Association’ s Conference Resolutions Committee, presented the Association’ s resolution on the Firearms Registration Act, NJSA 2A: 151-36.“ This resolution recommended the amendment of this statute regarding the time( seven days) to‘ reasonable time to investigate’ applications for firearms permits.” A motion was made, seconded and passed approving the resolution.
Chief Joseph Gorsky, Chairman of the NJSACOP Public Relations Committee, reported on legislation and“ brought to the attention of members that this was an opportune time to get behind the passage of a Police Training Bill. Chief Gorsky pointed out recent incidents where police officers and communities were held responsible for civil damage in shooting cases, and the need for a state-wide standard in police training to be obtained.” He also reported that Governor Meyner had signed the pension bill amendment awarding one-half salary to the widow of a police officer killed in the performance of duty.
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