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 2025
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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